OT-- Video of a hippo charge & kill
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OT-- Video of a hippo charge & kill
I love to hunt but this fellow is border line crazy. Perhaps the other double rifle beside him gave him a bit more nerve, I still wouldn't do it, it would be embarresing to fill your shorts on film!! This video is a little graphic when its in slow-mo when the blood is gushing out of its nose. Just watch the video and see what I mean about this guy being "border line crazy".
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/919180/
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/919180/
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I think I'll stick with Squirrels..
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I think he probably had to change his shorts just after !
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243dave wrote:I love to hunt but fellow is border line crazy. Perhaps the other double rifle beside him gave him a bit more nerve, I still wouldn't do it, it would be embarresing to fill your shorts on film!! This video is a little graphic when its in slow-mo when the blood is gushing out of its nose. Just watch the video and see what I mean about this guy being "border line crazy".
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/919180/
I wouldn't be a bit afraid.........gun or no gun.
Apparently the hippo has a sensitive area on the belly about half way between the line joining the front legs & the belly button that if rubbed calms the animal right down to the point of docility.
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I would think that'd give a LOT of folks the Hershey Squirts, alright .................
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Heck, I'd charge too if someone kept kicking sand in my face. But, it looks like he had an assist from another shooter to his right.
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It appears to me that he deliberately provoked the charge just for the rush, no pun intended. I'll wager that it wasn't his first Hippo rodeo.
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Tell you what, I'll stand 20 yards to one side with a BIG gun and you go up and rub his belly .pricedo wrote:243dave wrote:I love to hunt but fellow is border line crazy. Perhaps the other double rifle beside him gave him a bit more nerve, I still wouldn't do it, it would be embarresing to fill your shorts on film!! This video is a little graphic when its in slow-mo when the blood is gushing out of its nose. Just watch the video and see what I mean about this guy being "border line crazy".
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/919180/
I wouldn't be a bit afraid.........gun or no gun.
Apparently the hippo has a sensitive area on the belly about half way between the line joining the front legs & the belly button that if rubbed calms the animal right down to the point of docility.
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Re: OT-- Video of a hippo charge & kill
[quote pricedo
I wouldn't be a bit afraid.........gun or no gun.
Apparently the hippo has a sensitive area on the belly about half way between the line joining the front legs & the belly button that if rubbed calms the animal right down to the point of docility.[/quote]
I'll bear that in mind if I'm ever in Hippo country
I wouldn't be a bit afraid.........gun or no gun.
Apparently the hippo has a sensitive area on the belly about half way between the line joining the front legs & the belly button that if rubbed calms the animal right down to the point of docility.[/quote]
I'll bear that in mind if I'm ever in Hippo country
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Any of those beasties in Texas, Joe?? 1886.
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Works with pigs too which a hippo is, a 2 ton aquatic version.pricedo wrote: I wouldn't be a bit afraid.........gun or no gun.
Apparently the hippo has a sensitive area on the belly about half way between the line joining the front legs & the belly button that if rubbed calms the animal right down to the point of docility.
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Who is that guy and were'd he get his cape?
Anything after that a person did for an adrenaline rush just wouldn't feel the same.
Anything after that a person did for an adrenaline rush just wouldn't feel the same.
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Re: OT-- Video of a hippo charge & kill
Friends Call Me Ji wrote:Works with pigs too which a hippo is, a 2 ton aquatic version.pricedo wrote: I wouldn't be a bit afraid.........gun or no gun.
Apparently the hippo has a sensitive area on the belly about half way between the line joining the front legs & the belly button that if rubbed calms the animal right down to the point of docility.
i recognize that piggy! wonder how she is doing and how big she is now?
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That guy's a lamo.
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! I know that Hippo, It's was a criminal !
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WHAT A MAN,...................... I CANT WAIT TILL I SEE THE VIDEO WHEN SOMETHING BIG AND NASTY HAS HIS GUTS HANGING FROM THE TREES. TAKE YOUR 45-70 GO TO YOUR LOCAL FARM AND pee OFF A BULL. TAKE A PICTURE AND PRETEND YOUR SOMEKIND OF BIG MAN. ABSOLUTLY NO CLASS..... WHAT A SHAME THE WORLD WILL LOOK AT CR** LIKE THIS.
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Re: OT-- Video of a hippo charge & kill
Can't say I'm impressed. I believe that is Mark Sullivan . Seems to me he makes a name for himself getting big
stuff (hippo,buffalo, etc) to charge him then dispatches them with a 500 Nitro ....all on video of course.
I kinda feel shameful watching such as this.
Killing just for the killing.
I could be wrong but I think I'm going to take a shower.
YMMV.
stuff (hippo,buffalo, etc) to charge him then dispatches them with a 500 Nitro ....all on video of course.
I kinda feel shameful watching such as this.
Killing just for the killing.
I could be wrong but I think I'm going to take a shower.
YMMV.
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Re: OT-- Video of a hippo charge & kill
People pay big money to these bad boys. It brings money into their local economy and helps to feed to locals too. I can't say I have ever had a desire to hunt a hippo but if he does then he had one exciting hunt.
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Wonderful to see that old pic Ji.Friends Call Me Ji wrote:Works with pigs too which a hippo is, a 2 ton aquatic version.pricedo wrote: I wouldn't be a bit afraid.........gun or no gun.
Apparently the hippo has a sensitive area on the belly about half way between the line joining the front legs & the belly button that if rubbed calms the animal right down to the point of docility.
Most of you fella's know I'm not much of a big game hunter, but I think it would have been more ethical to take that hippo while it was standing still. The dude had the nerve to stand his ground and make the shot point blank though, so I really can't fault him.
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The hippo in the video had a lot more sporting chance than the pig your morning bacon came from that was held secure in the narrow kill chute while some bozzo knocked him out with a pneumatic hammer after which the next guy on the line cut his throat with an electric knife, wrapped a choker cable around his back legs and hung him up on a hoist to bleed out in a trough that caught the blood to make blood sausage.Bullard4075 wrote:Can't say I'm impressed. I believe that is Mark Sullivan . Seems to me he makes a name for himself getting big
stuff (hippo,buffalo, etc) to charge him then dispatches them with a 500 Nitro ....all on video of course.
I kinda feel shameful watching such as this.
Killing just for the killing.
I could be wrong but I think I'm going to take a shower.
YMMV.
Pass the bacon please...........I like mine crisp.
Feel the remnants of the canine teeth in your upper front jaw while you're crunching down on that delicious bacon.
The socialists would have us believe otherwise but Man is a predator & predators kill to live & yes for fun, just like sex .......it's a survival behavior that is hard-coded in our DNA & the libs & the do-gooders ain't going to wish it away......we can't turn the predatory instinct off but we can channel it into recreational activities like hunting..........much better than hacking & shooting each other up on the battle field.
Only a very nasty critter can become the dominant predator in a world filled with predators........WE are that critter.
Face the facts of life & get over yourself.
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But a grouse or a duck fluttering around with its head shot off is OK, or a bear, deer, elk or moose running around bleeding out with an arrow shaft through its lungs......no problem with that.RIHMFIRE wrote:not impressed....
The animal died humanely & quickly...........the 505 Gibbs was expertly deployed in the hands of the shooter who obviously has done this before.......got to admire the guys gonads of solid brass............rather than using a tree stand or a ground blind his method of hunting was baiting WITH HIMSELF AS THE BAIT...........it's one of a number of blood sports collectively called HUNTING.
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I hate that kind of stuff. Complete disrespect for the animal. The equivalent of a sucker punch. Reminds me a little of bullfighting.....which is what men do when they are lacking in "other areas".
This is the kind of stuff that animal rights activists use to portray hunters. Most of us are very respectful hunters, not blood-thirsty trash talkers. Keep posting stuff like this, and watch your gun rights go down the drain.
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Re: OT-- Video of a hippo charge & kill
The number one killer of humans.
the most dangerous of the big five.
Stood his ground and took him face to face.
A sucker punch would have been a standing shot on an unexpecting hippo.
Looked to me like a 50/50 chance of coming up on the short end.
But then again, some people get their meat from the market where no animals are hurt.
the most dangerous of the big five.
Stood his ground and took him face to face.
A sucker punch would have been a standing shot on an unexpecting hippo.
Looked to me like a 50/50 chance of coming up on the short end.
But then again, some people get their meat from the market where no animals are hurt.
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Point well taken. I just think it's disrespectful to stage it.
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Bogie35 wrote:Point well taken. I just think it's disrespectful to stage it.
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stage it???.................I kinda doubt that's what happened.
I think the hunt likely occurred very much as it played out naturally in the wild except for the presence of the camera.
Nobody complains when Jim Shockey pops a bear or a moose with that T/C black powder cannon he carries around.
Jim is no hanger-backer but you won't find him teasing a pizzed off 3 ton boar hippo giving him "stink eyes" from only 25 yards of very sparse jungle foliage away .
Three ton hippos are notoriously hard to train & generally don't follow movie directors scripts & trainers hand signals like the collies that played Lassie over the years.
There's Bart the Trained Grizzly Bear but I haven't heard of Harry the Trained Hippo yet.
Maybe the movie "stagers" rubbed the hippos sweet spot on its belly & it became docile & co-operated after being bribed with a few raw cabbages (for goodness sake stay away from the rear end !).
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Re: OT-- Video of a hippo charge & kill
I just heard from a pal of mine who has worked as an apprentice professional hunter in Africa ..... he said that was Mark Sullivan.
definitely not staged, that was the reality of the moment .....
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Guy's bent.
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I'm not anti-hunting and I like being at the top of the food chain, but for some reason, I'd like to see the sequel where the rifle misfires and the hippo gets HIM!
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claybob86 wrote:I'm not anti-hunting and I like being at the top of the food chain, but for some reason, I'd like to see the sequel where the rifle misfires and the hippo gets HIM!
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Sullivan has a terrible reputation among those who hunt large dangerous game in Africa. He is well known to set up these charge scenes for the camera. It's real, not fake, scripted, or photo-shopped.
That said...it's not anything I'd be proud to be known for.
For the record: I've hunted pretty much everything that walks, crawls or flies..including taking Cape Buffalo with a rifle, and an elephant with a handgun. I don't have any interest in provoking charges to sell video footage to whatever pathetic soul would buy it. That's just me. Mr. Sullivan obviously feels differently. He identified a "niche market" of folks who wish to live vicariously through him and sells his videos to them. I don't like it, but it's not illegal, and the meat doesn't go to waste.
That said...it's not anything I'd be proud to be known for.
For the record: I've hunted pretty much everything that walks, crawls or flies..including taking Cape Buffalo with a rifle, and an elephant with a handgun. I don't have any interest in provoking charges to sell video footage to whatever pathetic soul would buy it. That's just me. Mr. Sullivan obviously feels differently. He identified a "niche market" of folks who wish to live vicariously through him and sells his videos to them. I don't like it, but it's not illegal, and the meat doesn't go to waste.
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Now that's what I call a pig shoot. Loved it.
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Re: OT-- Video of a hippo charge & kill
The main considerations are that the animals are killed humanely & quickly & that the hunt is legal. Both criteria have been met here.guido4198 wrote:Sullivan has a terrible reputation among those who hunt large dangerous game in Africa. He is well known to set up these charge scenes for the camera. It's real, not fake, scripted, or photo-shopped.
That said...it's not anything I'd be proud to be known for.
For the record: I've hunted pretty much everything that walks, crawls or flies..including taking Cape Buffalo with a rifle, and an elephant with a handgun. I don't have any interest in provoking charges to sell video footage to whatever pathetic soul would buy it. That's just me. Mr. Sullivan obviously feels differently. He identified a "niche market" of folks who wish to live vicariously through him and sells his videos to them. I don't like it, but it's not illegal, and the meat doesn't go to waste.
It's all part of the BLOOD SPORT called hunting where human beings can satisfy their predatory instinct in a recreational manner that is much preferably to blowing each other to bits on the battlefield.
I presume that most members of this forum engage in the shooting & hunting sports & like guns & hunting.
The movie industry is predicated on selling vicarious & often violent experiences whether based on fiction or fact.I don't have any interest in provoking charges to sell video footage to whatever pathetic soul would buy it.
Is a person who watched the Terminator movies where "Arnie" offed a couple of Sarah Connors + many others with handguns & various automatic firearms a pathetic soul?
One pet peeve for me is people who proclaim derogatory moral judgements in regards to the kind of hunting others engage in or the type of firearms other people own. Whether you hunt pheasants over dogs with a shotgun or bait hippo with your own body while packing a .505 Gibbs double it's all about the same thing.....satisfying a primordial predatory instinct by chasing & killing other animals lower on the food chain because WE CAN......a BLOOD SPORT.
I personally find some credence in the argument that stealth hunters who stalk & kill unsuspecting animals from blinds & tree stands well out of harms way are cowards and are morally inferior to the hunter who faces his quarry on its own turf under circumstances where there is a significant probability that he/she might wind up the bagged game of the day.
Now wasn't the above statement an offensive & uncalled for insult to most deer hunters?? (including me cause I do most of my deer hunting from stands).........that's why I usually avoid voicing judgmental moral opinions about other hunters preferred legal hunting methods or their choice of weapons.
It would be a lot more peaceful & harmonious world if people learned to mind their own business & stay out of each others faces.
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Hey Jedpricedo wrote:But a grouse or a duck fluttering around with its head shot off is OK, or a bear, deer, elk or moose running around bleeding out with an arrow shaft through its lungs......no problem with that.RIHMFIRE wrote:not impressed....
The animal died humanely & quickly...........the 505 Gibbs was expertly deployed in the hands of the shooter who obviously has done this before.......got to admire the guys gonads of solid brass............rather than using a tree stand or a ground blind his method of hunting was baiting WITH HIMSELF AS THE BAIT...........it's one of a number of blood sports collectively called HUNTING.
I think the Animal Rights Coalition, the Brady Campaign & the Democrats are taking new members........join all 3.
If you think I am one of those animal rights nuts.....your wrong..dead wrong....and your nuts!
all i said ...I was not impressed....with the video.
That guy can hunt any way he wants...
and it does not bother me one bit.....
I would have rather seen the entire stalk to that point....
and about you little comment on the end...
I am willing to bet...That I have spent more time at the range shooting
more time in the field hunting...with all types of weapons
and more time on the water....than most....a heck of a lot more time.....
This just reminded me to take some wild boar out of the freezer....
which I shot out of a blind!! and right below his ear!!....so i would
not mess up any of the meat.........
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Well, it would appear that He makes a very Good liveing off of this sort of thing.He has a really big page of videos for sale.Not For Me.
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This is kind of old news but I like to chime in on these things. Mark is a friend that has provided quality hunts for his clients for many years. The repeat clients and lavish endorsements really tell the story of his personality, attention to detail and method of hunting. Moving along, if you know anything about hippo behavior most live in or near the river systems. A karongo is a small pool of water isolated from the river system. Hippos seek these out when they are pregnant, raising young, injured or have been "kicked out" of the pod. The hippo needs the water in that karango. So do lots of other animals. A natural defense is for hippos to run at the offending animal. With the exception of an elephant, most run away. When the animal is now man and you don't run away the hippo either commits to the charge or rethinks the situation. Back to Marks hunting mentality, he discourges the clients from shooting an animal that retreats. If a bluff charge or hasty retreat occurs they go find another animal. Most PH's have a client shoot a hippo in the water. To me, that is killing. There is no mental or physical endurance involved. A well placed shot isnt hard with a rested rifle and an unaware target. If you are going to kill a hippo, let the hippo decide if he's the one. If he is committed to a charge, frankly that hippo was a potential threat to locals and other hunters that might cross his path anyway. Let me extend this mindset a little further. Most PH's will say they've never been charged by a buffalo. Others have had it happen numerous times. Why? Some PH's and hunters go out of their way to avoid a potentially dangerous situation. They shoot the buffalo from 50, 100, even 200 yards away from a concealed position. Then they wait an hour or more before taking up spoor. I believe in finishing what you started. If you're going to tackle dangerous game then go tackle it. If you are going to put a bullet in something to take its life, follow up for a quick death. Some of my clients that are members of this forum have experienced this with me first hand. If you hit a buffalo, we follow it immediately. If it is wounded but on it's feet it will sometimes charge, sometimes not. If you know how to handle a charge you actually have quite a bit of control over the situation. These situations are where the PH and client are really a team. Lastly, the word "ethics" or "ethical" really have no place in hunting. Ethics are an artificial set of parameters based on socio-political agendas. The concept of ethics was originally born to address the behavior of politicians and later governmental employees and those sworn to an oath. Ethics were created to prevent a conflict of interest. Where does this fall in hunting? Shooting at deer over 100 yards is unethical. Using a scope is unethical. Hunting from a treestand is unethical. Using decoys is unethical. Have a repeater is unethical. This could go on and on. None of it is unethical - unless in your own parameters you deem them inappropriate to your taste. However, inappropriate to to your taste does not make it illegal. Legal or illegal are the only real guidelines for hunting. It is up to the individual as to what method is acceptable to them. Mark Sullivan is one of the original SCI sponsors and has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to conservation in the US and Tanzania. Who's made that kind of contribution here? Hunters should remember we live in a glass house........
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I think hunting & fishing celebrities like Jim Shockey & Bob Izumi have the best jobs in the world. I remember watching an old codger name of Red Fisher from Scuttlebutt Lodge years ago & wishing I had his job..45colt wrote:Well, it would appear that He makes a very Good liveing off of this sort of thing.He has a really big page of videos for sale.Not For Me.
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pricedo wrote:I think hunting & fishing celebrities like Jim Shockey & Bob Izumi have the best jobs in the world. I remember watching an old codger name of Red Fisher from Scuttlebutt Lodge years ago & wishing I had his job.
I used to watch Red Fisher every Saturday! Great show, you can't find that kind of fishing in North America nowadays.
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Apparently Red hung up his fishing rod for the last time after catching a monster pike during an excursion in Canada in 2004 & died at the age of 92 in 2006.pdentrem wrote:pricedo wrote:I think hunting & fishing celebrities like Jim Shockey & Bob Izumi have the best jobs in the world. I remember watching an old codger name of Red Fisher from Scuttlebutt Lodge years ago & wishing I had his job.
I used to watch Red Fisher every Saturday! Great show, you can't find that kind of fishing in North America nowadays.
I think his shows last broadcast year was 1989.
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That idiot provoked the hippo, until it charged. Too bad the Hippo didn't win and take the guy out of the gene pool.
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Charles wrote:That idiot provoked the hippo, until it charged. Too bad the Hippo didn't win and take the guy out of the gene pool.
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No problem here....Just don't care for the way he brags.....should be a special moment between animal spirit & hunter.
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Nicely put, 86er. My first reaction at seeing a clip from a Sullivan video was cold, but on reflection I soon came to see it as you do.86er wrote:... but I like to chime in on these things...
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Re: OT-- Video of a hippo charge & kill
Has anybody here read "Hunter" by John Hunter? How about any of the writings of Walter "Kilimanjaro" Bell? I have and loved them all.
Going into tall grass after a wounded dangerous animal means you have large attachments, or whatever you want to call them.
I watched this video and after a bit of reflection, I wished that I had been there. Likely would have had brown pants on but what a rush as the same time. Similar to doing a hot lap at Watkins Glen or any challanging track.
Sorry, if some of you do not like what you saw, but I agree with 86er on this one. If you want to have a very fair hunt then get your sharpened stick out and get'er done.
Going into tall grass after a wounded dangerous animal means you have large attachments, or whatever you want to call them.
I watched this video and after a bit of reflection, I wished that I had been there. Likely would have had brown pants on but what a rush as the same time. Similar to doing a hot lap at Watkins Glen or any challanging track.
Sorry, if some of you do not like what you saw, but I agree with 86er on this one. If you want to have a very fair hunt then get your sharpened stick out and get'er done.
Re: OT-- Video of a hippo charge & kill
I have never read any of those authors, but I have read several books by John Hathaway Capstick and loved them!pdentrem wrote:Has anybody here read "Hunter" by John Hunter? How about any of the writings of Walter "Kilimanjaro" Bell? I have and loved them all.
Going into tall grass after a wounded dangerous animal means you have large attachments, or whatever you want to call them.
I watched this video and after a bit of reflection, I wished that I had been there. Likely would have had brown pants on but what a rush as the same time. Similar to doing a hot lap at Watkins Glen or any challanging track.
Sorry, if some of you do not like what you saw, but I agree with 86er on this one. If you want to have a very fair hunt then get your sharpened stick out and get'er done.
The fact is we have no idea what happend before this little clip starts, were they just ambling along and stumbled upon this Hippo quietly minding his business and decided to provoke him, or did they get charged and the Hippo stopped at that point to re-evaluate what was going on and they decided to find out how commited the Hippo realy was?!
I too have to agree with 86er, and I wish I had seen the whole eppisode, woujld have been nice to know exactly was was going on there.
Terry
Re: OT-- Video of a hippo charge & kill
Valid permit in pocket, 2 fast shots, 2 tons of hippo hamburger on the ground seconds later......sounds like a good hunt to me.........no need to psychoanalyze the hunter or the hippo.TMair wrote:I have never read any of those authors, but I have read several books by John Hathaway Capstick and loved them!pdentrem wrote:Has anybody here read "Hunter" by John Hunter? How about any of the writings of Walter "Kilimanjaro" Bell? I have and loved them all.
Going into tall grass after a wounded dangerous animal means you have large attachments, or whatever you want to call them.
I watched this video and after a bit of reflection, I wished that I had been there. Likely would have had brown pants on but what a rush as the same time. Similar to doing a hot lap at Watkins Glen or any challanging track.
Sorry, if some of you do not like what you saw, but I agree with 86er on this one. If you want to have a very fair hunt then get your sharpened stick out and get'er done.
The fact is we have no idea what happend before this little clip starts, were they just ambling along and stumbled upon this Hippo quietly minding his business and decided to provoke him, or did they get charged and the Hippo stopped at that point to re-evaluate what was going on and they decided to find out how commited the Hippo realy was?!
I too have to agree with 86er, and I wish I had seen the whole eppisode, woujld have been nice to know exactly was was going on there.
Terry
This forum is a gun forum & the thread topics are usually about guns, shooting & hunting which involves killing game animals.
I'm sure there are sewing, crocheting & knitting forums for those who find discussions about hunting & killing game animals too offensive.
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Re: OT-- Video of a hippo charge & kill
Ok that's truepricedo wrote:Valid permit in pocket, 2 fast shots, 2 tons of hippo hamburger on the ground seconds later......sounds like a good hunt to me.........no need to psychoanalyze the hunter or the hippo.TMair wrote:I have never read any of those authors, but I have read several books by John Hathaway Capstick and loved them!pdentrem wrote:Has anybody here read "Hunter" by John Hunter? How about any of the writings of Walter "Kilimanjaro" Bell? I have and loved them all.
Going into tall grass after a wounded dangerous animal means you have large attachments, or whatever you want to call them.
I watched this video and after a bit of reflection, I wished that I had been there. Likely would have had brown pants on but what a rush as the same time. Similar to doing a hot lap at Watkins Glen or any challanging track.
Sorry, if some of you do not like what you saw, but I agree with 86er on this one. If you want to have a very fair hunt then get your sharpened stick out and get'er done.
The fact is we have no idea what happend before this little clip starts, were they just ambling along and stumbled upon this Hippo quietly minding his business and decided to provoke him, or did they get charged and the Hippo stopped at that point to re-evaluate what was going on and they decided to find out how commited the Hippo realy was?!
I too have to agree with 86er, and I wish I had seen the whole eppisode, woujld have been nice to know exactly was was going on there.
Terry
This forum is a gun forum & the thread topics are usually about guns, shooting & hunting which involves killing game animals.
I'm sure there are sewing, crocheting & knitting forums for those who find discussions about hunting & killing game animals too offensive.
Terry
Re: OT-- Video of a hippo charge & kill
Well stated, Joe. 1886.
Re: OT-- Video of a hippo charge & kill
Fella's I didn't post this topic to stir anything up, I figured you would like to see the video. Personally I don't feel there is anything wrong with the way these guys hunt, its just not how I would have done it, I would have put the hippo down while standing in the brush. Perhaps if I had hunted with that large bore double for a while and had absolute confidence in the cartridges ability I could work up the nerve to attempt something of the sort but the most I got to worry about is the big, dangerous, man-eating deer in my neck of the woods and most any centerfire will work for them. I still think they have to be half-crazy to invoke a charge though!!
Dave
Dave