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I'd like to see that video. Glad the dude made out ok and is alive, but this sure sounds like a whole lot of stupid was going on around him during all of this. | |||
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 he posed for a photo with it... and his bow that never fired a shot!!!A day spent in the bush is a day added to your life Hunt Australia - Website Hunt Australia - Facebook Hunt Australia - TV | |||
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I Believe! LORD, let my bullets go where my crosshairs show. Not all who wander are lost. NEVER TRUST A FART!!! Cecil Leonard | |||
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Tha Article also states that "200 hunters are killed each year by Buffalo"  | |||
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4 PH's? Sounds like another SA canned hunt. You are only pretending to hunt DG when you have a bow. Yakking on and on about an incident of a few seconds. Sounds like an AR hunt report.  I was waiting for the "giving the local kids teddy bears" bit. ------------------------------- Will Stewart / Once you've been amongst them, there is no such thing as too much gun. --------------------------------------- and, God Bless John Wayne. NRA Benefactor Member, GOA, N.A.G.R. _________________________ "Elephant and Elephant Guns" $99 shipped “Hunting Africa's Dangerous Game" $20 shipped. red.dirt.elephant@gmail.com _________________________ Hoping to wind up where elephant hunters go. | |||
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I like the "6 inch long elephant gun cartridges". | |||
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"The crew of six guides and four professional hunters located one and stalked it to within 49 yards." What are the day rates on that entourage? Upon reading further what ever the day rate was it was too much... It was 80 degrees and everyone in the hunting party had given him their extra clothes and water bottles to stuff into his backpack to carry . “He hit that backpack and crushed the water bottles, but if they hadn't been in there he would have broken my spine,” Trotter said. ______________________ DRSS ______________________ Hunt Reports 2015 His & Her Leopards with Derek Littleton of Luwire Safaris - http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/2971090112 2015 Trophy Bull Elephant with CMS http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/1651069012 DIY Brooks Range Sheep Hunt 2013 - http://forums.accuratereloadin...901038191#9901038191 Zambia June/July 2012 with Andrew Baldry - Royal Kafue http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7971064771 Zambia Sept 2010- Muchinga Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4211096141 Namibia Sept 2010 - ARUB Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6781076141 | |||
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"“Abrie told me he saw a pillar of light surrounding me during the third charge with an angel above my head. He said the dark beast could not penetrate the light as the angel fought the beast. I thought I'd died and this was heaven. I could only see it from inside the light. I remember everything being bright,” Trotter said." Send your contributions to the South African Cape Buffalo Ministry of Light........details to follow....  ______________________ DRSS ______________________ Hunt Reports 2015 His & Her Leopards with Derek Littleton of Luwire Safaris - http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/2971090112 2015 Trophy Bull Elephant with CMS http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/1651069012 DIY Brooks Range Sheep Hunt 2013 - http://forums.accuratereloadin...901038191#9901038191 Zambia June/July 2012 with Andrew Baldry - Royal Kafue http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7971064771 Zambia Sept 2010- Muchinga Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4211096141 Namibia Sept 2010 - ARUB Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6781076141 | |||
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Sobering indeed... sounds like he was not hunting with the right crew...nontheless, happy to see him make it out alive...Wow! | |||
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  Sorry...gotta go, my bulls$%t alarm just went off. | |||
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Gents: The question I have is this: if the angels were there, why did the buff get to him in the first place? This was the worst piece of BS I have read regarding hunting in a long time. Cheers, all. Cal _______________________________ Cal Pappas, Willow, Alaska www.CalPappas.com www.CalPappas.blogspot.com 1994 Zimbabwe 1997 Zimbabwe 1998 Zimbabwe 1999 Zimbabwe 1999 Namibia, Botswana, Zambia--vacation 2000 Australia 2002 South Africa 2003 South Africa 2003 Zimbabwe 2005 South Africa 2005 Zimbabwe 2006 Tanzania 2006 Zimbabwe--vacation 2007 Zimbabwe--vacation 2008 Zimbabwe 2012 Australia 2013 South Africa 2013 Zimbabwe 2013 Australia 2016 Zimbabwe 2017 Zimbabwe 2018 South Africa 2018 Zimbabwe--vacation 2019 South Africa 2019 Botswana 2019 Zimbabwe vacation 2021 South Africa 2021 South Africa (2nd hunt a month later) ______________________________ | |||
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Missed my hunt report eh Cal? ______________________ DRSS ______________________ Hunt Reports 2015 His & Her Leopards with Derek Littleton of Luwire Safaris - http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/2971090112 2015 Trophy Bull Elephant with CMS http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/1651069012 DIY Brooks Range Sheep Hunt 2013 - http://forums.accuratereloadin...901038191#9901038191 Zambia June/July 2012 with Andrew Baldry - Royal Kafue http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7971064771 Zambia Sept 2010- Muchinga Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4211096141 Namibia Sept 2010 - ARUB Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6781076141 | |||
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Because obviously one of the angels doesn't suffer fools gladly .... | |||
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[QUOTE] You are only pretending to hunt DG when you have a bow. Now there is an ignorant perspective for you. Maybe it happens when you sell a few books and become a world authority on hunting and your ego becomes a little incontinent. You should have got to Don G before he spent all that cash in TZ on that mountain buff. You could have let him know that he was only pretending..... JCHB | |||
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Ditto. | |||
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"Yakking on and on about an incident of a few seconds. Sounds like an AR hunt report." Guess I wasted about five days of my life writing too. Or perhaps if I paid some vanity press to publish them for me and cut the sleeves off my shirt I'd be a real hunter. ______________________ DRSS ______________________ Hunt Reports 2015 His & Her Leopards with Derek Littleton of Luwire Safaris - http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/2971090112 2015 Trophy Bull Elephant with CMS http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/1651069012 DIY Brooks Range Sheep Hunt 2013 - http://forums.accuratereloadin...901038191#9901038191 Zambia June/July 2012 with Andrew Baldry - Royal Kafue http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7971064771 Zambia Sept 2010- Muchinga Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4211096141 Namibia Sept 2010 - ARUB Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6781076141 | |||
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Maybe the angels got confused when the syncerus caffer was described as a "water" buffalo: "A water buffalo tears you to pieces with its horns then stomps you to make sure you're dead, and that's what it was doing with his daypack." Quite an authoritative piece by the reporter at Vail Ski Resort, obviously getting his facts from this intrepid adventurer. Glad he's recovering, but it is an awfully funny story.  Norman Solberg International lawyer back in the US after 25 years and, having met a few of the bad guys and governments here and around the world, now focusing on private trusts that protect wealth from them. NRA Life Member for 50 years, NRA Endowment Member from 2014, NRA Patron from 2016. | |||
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Would not be surprised to see this article pinned up on camp walls all over Africa. What a complete wanker. | |||
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Damn, did I hear the braying of the pompous jackass brigade?  Twats again? Frostbit [quote] and cut the sleeves off my shirt I'd be a real hunter. You didn't cut the sleeves off your shirt,  what the hells wrong with you? Tis standard procedure you know. Next time then.  The original writer should look for a job with the Walt Disney mob, serious fairy tale there, you know, just a stretch of writer's licence. | |||
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I have seen MANY who have blacked out and even almost died and nary a one has told me they thought they died. Perhaps they were unconscious and didn't know it.
A little advice like "don't shoot that buffalo with an arrow" before the fact would have been helpful.
I was thinking 50 BMG they they're less than 5.5 inches long. Maybe 20mm cannon?
I'm pretty sure Trotter is also a rocket scientist.
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Yea. Those slackers in Cape Town. And where was the first heart transplant done? | |||
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Strange that, I wonder why so many injured PHs, clients, serious burn victims and assorted other ills and bodily woes come to SA to be put back on the road [if humanly possible] to health. I do know that SA's public health system is in need of an extended stay in ICU, but the private health care facilities are pretty good. Well at least it seems as though someone knew how to work a screw-driver. | |||
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The preacher and the deacon was prayin' one day. Along come a bear comin' down the way. The preacher told the deacon to say a prayer. He say "prayer won't kill that bear, we got to run for it!" Otis Redding | |||
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This is a perfect example of why some people should find something else to do rather than hunt dangerous game. And the same goes for the so called PHs who were with him. How the hell no one was able to kill the buffalo when it charged from 40 yards? There is a mentioned of a ninth bullet being fired, what had happened to the other 8? Oh, and that is a CAPE buffalo, NOT a water buffalo. Glad he survived. | |||
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You have to know the back-ground, Vail Colorado fits with The Hamptons, San Francsico and other liberal vanity spots- This would be considered calm sane reportage there. | |||
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Maybe his guardian angel practices "catch and release" | |||
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I started to read the article and stopped and went out and put on my 16in. muck boots. There is so much bull crap flying with the article, very deep in crap. USDA will have to arrest him they imported cape buffalo steaks, or they were hunting in Texas for exotics and embellished the story. Mike | |||
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Ignore the haters.... | |||
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DARWIN AWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cal _______________________________ Cal Pappas, Willow, Alaska www.CalPappas.com www.CalPappas.blogspot.com 1994 Zimbabwe 1997 Zimbabwe 1998 Zimbabwe 1999 Zimbabwe 1999 Namibia, Botswana, Zambia--vacation 2000 Australia 2002 South Africa 2003 South Africa 2003 Zimbabwe 2005 South Africa 2005 Zimbabwe 2006 Tanzania 2006 Zimbabwe--vacation 2007 Zimbabwe--vacation 2008 Zimbabwe 2012 Australia 2013 South Africa 2013 Zimbabwe 2013 Australia 2016 Zimbabwe 2017 Zimbabwe 2018 South Africa 2018 Zimbabwe--vacation 2019 South Africa 2019 Botswana 2019 Zimbabwe vacation 2021 South Africa 2021 South Africa (2nd hunt a month later) ______________________________ | |||
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I have to admit this hunt report was one of the funniest I've read in a LONG time. | |||
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A lucky escape. All the God bothering nonsense spoils the story for me. Nothing miraculous about it - not all animal attacks or car crashes are fatal, just a statistic. If it were all down to angels, why didn't one tell the buff to leave him alone and scoot in the other direction? | |||
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Okay... "Back at the hunting lodge, after it was over, the guides ran a battery down in the video player watching the attack over and over. Trotter watched it three times, then had four or five filet mignon steaks from the beast that tried to kill him." This guy had broken bones, but watched the video and ate five steaks? Wow. Paul Smith SCI Life Member NRA Life Member DSC Member Life Member of the "I Can't Wait to Get Back to Africa" Club DRSS I had the privilege to fire E. Hemingway's WR .577NE, E. Keith's WR .470NE, & F. Jamieson's WJJ .500 Jeffery I strongly recommend avoidance of "The Zambezi Safari & Travel Co., Ltd." and "Pisces Sportfishing-Cabo San Lucas" "A failed policy of national defense is its own punishment" Otto von Bismarck | |||
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Quite a "Buffalo Story"! I wonder what their RSA "Lion Stories" are like? | |||
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I sent a e-mail to the guy that wrote the article. Wonder if I will hear back from him? | |||
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SSShhhh now!  | |||
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How do I get some of those Angels? Sounds better than MedJet. | |||
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One error I picked up on is the chap was using 6-inch long elephant cartridges. Well, he should have been using buffalo cartridges. Maybe that is why his 4 (count 'em, 4!) PHs didn't kill the buff easily as they, too, had the wrong cartridges. It seems to me the BS meter is equally at fault with the hunter and the writer. This is better than the Olympics! Cheers, all, Cal _______________________________ Cal Pappas, Willow, Alaska www.CalPappas.com www.CalPappas.blogspot.com 1994 Zimbabwe 1997 Zimbabwe 1998 Zimbabwe 1999 Zimbabwe 1999 Namibia, Botswana, Zambia--vacation 2000 Australia 2002 South Africa 2003 South Africa 2003 Zimbabwe 2005 South Africa 2005 Zimbabwe 2006 Tanzania 2006 Zimbabwe--vacation 2007 Zimbabwe--vacation 2008 Zimbabwe 2012 Australia 2013 South Africa 2013 Zimbabwe 2013 Australia 2016 Zimbabwe 2017 Zimbabwe 2018 South Africa 2018 Zimbabwe--vacation 2019 South Africa 2019 Botswana 2019 Zimbabwe vacation 2021 South Africa 2021 South Africa (2nd hunt a month later) ______________________________ | |||
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Absolutely the best hunting report I have ever read! Now my search begins for the 6" elephant cartridges. Do you guys think I can open up a Model 70 action for that? How would it feed? The price of knowledge is great but the price of ignorance is even greater. | |||
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Harris, I'm beginning to like you. Good luck with yur kudu hunt. | |||
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Do you think my 6" elephant cartridge will be enough for a charging kudu or should I take my PH's recommendation and pay for the guardian angels at $400/day extra? The price of knowledge is great but the price of ignorance is even greater. | |||
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