Gaur Hunt - unknown

Maharajah of Bikaneer with his 200th tiger, 1939.

Rhino hunt in Nepal.

Rhino Hunt, possibly Maharajah Citarakhan of Nepal.

Lord and Lady Curzon with tiger shot in India, 1903.

Father and son native tiger hunt, India 1930s.

Indian hunter with a Himalayan black bear, 1930s.

Nepal, butchered rhinos


Lord and Lady Cuzon, governor of India in 1903 with tiger.


Prince of Wales, after his tiger hunt.

Skinning a tiger.

Male Javan rhino shot on 31 January 1934 at Sindangkerta in West Java. Specimen is preserved in the Zoological Museum of Buitenzorg (Bogor, Indonesia).

European hunter with a dead Javan rhinoceros, 1895, Java Island.

Borneo, 1925 - Captain George L. Anderson with a Javan Rhinoceros in Sandakan region of Sarawak.

Cambodia, 1930 - William Duckworth with a Javan Rhino.

Sumatra, 1952. From T. Schilling, Tijgermensen van Anai with trophy Sumatran rhino and native guides.

The Man-Eater of Champawat.
The Champawat Tiger is a legendary female Bengal Tiger. She is allegedly responsible for more then 400 human deaths in Nepal and the Kumaon area of India in the early 20th century. This tiger was often seen roaming the streets outside populated villages and would even try to break into huts. She was shot the day after killing a 16-year-old girl. Even today there remains a “cement board” marking the place where the tiger fell in Champawat town. An autopsy revealed that the tiger had broken upper and lower canine teeth on the right side of her mouth, which is often the case with man-eating animals. As humans are easier forms of prey. Around the same time the Panar Leopard was terrorizing people in the Kumaon District of Northern India. This male leopard is also alleged to have killed around 400 citizens, striking utter fear in the parents and children of many small villages. Both of these animals were hunted down and killed by legendary big cat hunter and author Jim Corbett. Corbett was an Indian-born British conservationist who was extremely talented at stalking and killing man-eaters. These two animals are widely regarded as the most deadly of all time.

N.A. Baikov, a lifetime member of the Society of Study of the Manchurian territory, the author of the book "In mountains and woods of Manchuria", St.-Petersburg,1915. Posing with a Manchurian tiger trophy at home.

A man-eater hunted in India by John Stoddard with natives, 1890s. Published in "India - 13 volumes" by John L. Stoddard in 1901.

Jim Corbet and the man-eating leopard of Rudraprayag, India.

"The Mother Of Evil" , terror of the hills, the man eating tigreass of Tallades, shot by Jim Corbet.

King George V of Britain, mounted on elephant during a shikar in Nepal, 1911.

Bird shooting party in Mandalay, western Burma, 1885.

King George V, mounted on elephant, departing for a shikar.

A massive tiger hunt organized by Maharajah of Alwar in 1926 for his British guests: a dozen elephants and aproximately 300 people involved.

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip on tiger hunt in India, 1961.

sigh.....born too late.

Yes 100 years too late for me

Great Photos from a time long gone...

Seloushunter

thankx for sharing beautiful memories.regards

Great pix, though I believe the first Corbett/tiger pict is not of the Champawat tigress, but of a huge male tiger called "The Batchelor" that was not a maneater.

Nice Pictures thank you.

Thank you for posting. Fantastic photos.

Thanks for posting, love those old photos.
Jeff

The pictures are great, thanks for posting.

Thank you for posting these amazing photos. I enjoyed them immensely.

Regards
Aziz

I've read that story of Jim Corbet and the man-eating leopard of Rudraprayag over and over!

Thanks for the pic.

Nepal, Cambodia, Sumatra, yeah things are much better without imperialism. What a joke! Like the pictures of Kenya pre Uhuru and now, sickening! Wouldn't it be nice to have a "do over"?

Thank you Top : I very much enjoyed the pics and captions ..Wish it was known what the great huge muzzle loader The Prince of Wales is holding is ...
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. Those Guar are huge ..

One of the best sets of photos ever posted here on AR.. I enjoyed them immensely! As others have said.. to be born 100 years ago..

Just awesome. Thanks for posting

Few more photos.


Sher shikar, tiger hunt in Kerala, India.
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Hunting party in India with five tigers and one rhinoceros, possibly late 1920s.

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Kachar shikar

Maharajah's daughter with dead leopard.
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Indian potentates with tigers and Rolls Royces, Narsingh, India
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Pig Sticking Club, India
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British sportsmen in India, 1880s
Photos from this facebook group.
http://www.facebook.com/album....hotguns/112045878486

Those are great! Wish I could have been there. Where did you come across all those? Thanks for putting them up.

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A massive tiger hunt organized by Maharajah of Alwar in 1926 for his British guests

My great grand father is standing in the front row with a long stick..

another photo which I have in my collection..I thought I had posted this photo on AR, its on nitro express, great grandfather is 2nd from right with sola topee in hand..

link to post on nitro express

lynx

Sadly all over now. India was once a place on par with AFRICA, the current population however makes it a close to impossible dream.

This being said some game is reaching plague proportions in certain areas! Who knows

Great Pics.but if all these hunting were organized in a conscious way it could be great.

Anywaz great pics thanks for sharing

Outstanding collection of photos. Always felt that to hunt the Royal Bengal Tiger would be the ultimate hunt. Naturally one would only dare use a British built double!!
Curious if anyone has some sort of count on just how the tiger population in India is faring these days since hunting has been banned for so long??

I have heard 2-3k left in the wild in India if that! Definitely under 5k! Very sad.

Fantastic photos...thanks for sharing them.