Of the big five what one is more dangerous and why?

I guess that would depend on the situation and not the game.
A hippo in the water is not as dangerous as a hippo on land with you in the way of the water.
Would not a lone buff in the tall grass be more dangerous than a herd one 100 yards away?

The hookers in Dar es Salaam?

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Originally posted by Will:
The hookers in Dar es Salaam?

What shot placement do you recommend for them?

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Originally posted by Harris:

What shot placement do you recommend for them?

Penicillin in the arm?




Actually I don't think the shot needed has been developed!

The most dangerous is the one that decides to try to kill you on that particular day.

The poacher with an AK-47 and a full magazine.

Judge G: +1

bush planes

Having never hunted dangersous game, other than the female two legged kind, I can say this without bias of any kind:

The most dangerous of the big 5 is whichever one you happen to be hunting when things go to pot!

LOL

Anxious to see what those that have been there think>

Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

or the client with the shiny new 460 WBY and an unopened box of bullets.

Elephant,no doubt in my mind.

Randy's question is being asked of the "Big 5". That rules out hippos.

It's not a Rhino unless you're hunting a Black Rhino, because of the possibility of an unprovoked charge. Randy unless you have about $200K laying around, you're probably not interested in a Black Rhino. Just go for a green of a White Rhino.

Rule out lions and leopards unless you happen to stumble across a wounded one in the bush.

Randy that leaves you with buffs and eles. Most unwounded buffs will head the opposite way from humans when detected. Many PH's believe cow buffs are more likely to initiate unprovoked charges than bulls.

That leave elephants, because of their predictable unpredictable nature, as the clear winner. Dave didn't you say something similar to that in about six words?

The wife's lawyer

Elephants IMHO.

Especially if you hunt them up close.

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Plasmodium falciparum.

MR

Have you faced the "charge" the the little beggar?
And more importantly, what "weapon" do you recommend? Doxy?

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Originally posted by Steve H:

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Plasmodium falciparum.

MR

Have you faced the "charge" the the little beggar?
And more importantly, what "weapon" do you recommend? Doxy?

Wendell can tell you all about it.

For hunter...leopard are responcible for arround 80% of incidents...but have only once herd of a guide getting killed by one.

In terms of deaths..elephant.

For photgraphic clients...croc and ele share the honours. For peasants...Lion and hippo

From years of big 5 viewing in the Kruger park we have only been charged by elephants. All of the big 5 have been viewed from 10yds and less. Elephants are the most unpredictable and moody of the lot(t).

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Originally posted by accit:
From years of big 5 viewing in the Kruger park we have only been charged by elephants. All of the big 5 have been viewed from 10yds and less. Elephants are the most unpredictable and moody of the lot(t).

Yeah, you can be out trying to annoy leopards, lions, and buff but they'll never charge you. But elephants, well you never know whether they is coming for ya!

As others have said, a lot depends on a variety of things like area and other factors such as hunting pressure etc.

For example the Zambezi ladies (especially) are a nucking fightmare when it comes to agreesiveness and the terrain and bush make them doubly dangerous..... whereas in some some other areas, you can almost walk up to an elephant and slap it on the arse with a cricket bat.

If we're talking previously wounded animals, that also has a lot of different answers, largely depending on where it's been previously wounded and the area/terrain you're hunting them in.

At the end of the day, dead is dead and even a bushbuck can make you that way.

Accit,

You may well almost drive past my place on your way to the KNP. I stay just outside White River.

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walk up to an elephant and slap it on the arse with a cricket bat.

Cricket bat, maybe, but a golf club, especially one with square grooves?!!!
Peter.

uncle bob

That means I drove past there less than a month ago
I'll drop you a mail, we're planning a biltong hunt in May and maybe some trophies.
Once I get my 458 license sorted we'll start looking at buffalo, hippo etc.

Accit,

You may well almost drive past my place on your way to the KNP. I stay just outside White River.[/QUOTE]

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Originally posted by Will:
The hookers in Dar es Salaam?

Have you been to Bilicanna's recently?

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Originally posted by Peter:

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walk up to an elephant and slap it on the arse with a cricket bat.

Cricket bat, maybe, but a golf club, especially one with square grooves?!!!
Peter.

Only if you are Phil Mickelson or Scott McCarron.

Tuskless cow Elephant! (and the rest of her herd)

I am by no means an accomplished African hunter, but thus far my closest encounters with a potential stomping have come almost exclusively from Elephant cows.

They seem to get "rabbid" late in the season.

JW

Pardon my ignorance, but why are the "tuskless" more aggressive?

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Originally posted by Jeff Wemmer:
Tuskless cow Elephant! (and the rest of her herd)

I am by no means an accomplished African hunter, but thus far my closest encounters with a potential stomping have come almost exclusively from Elephant cows.

They seem to get "rabbid" late in the season.

JW

Elephant use their tusks in feeding (particularly bark stripping and washing reeds pulled from pans, etc.) and in their social intercourse. Tuskless get by by being more aggressive and aware and stealing food.

JPK

On my first safari, I was having this very conversation with Roy Vincent. He said something I haven't forgotten, and which I believe is very true. Roy said "Elephants can hurt you worse on accident than most animals can on purpose." He went on to tell me about a wounded bull that had completely demolished a hunter who was following him into Wankie. He said all that was left was a bloody mound of clothes and flesh, as the bull had kneaded him with his front feet after killing him. Think of how many ways an elephant can wreck your day, there are a bunch of different things they can do to you.

Yeah, I'd agree that Elephants are the most dangerous.

The most dangereous one is the one you let get to you.
If an elephant gets to you, your dead.
465H&H

A pissed off redhead, no matter how big she is!!

Elephant in the rain forest!

Rich Elliott

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Originally posted by LionHunter:
The poacher with an AK-47 and a full magazine.

Have any of you had or heard of encounters with poachers while on Safari? Would be interested in hearing the stories.

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Originally posted by Rich Elliott:
Elephant in the rain forest!

Rich Elliott

Rich, I seem to remember that Ric Martin had an 'interesting' hunt with Nassos many years ago that proved up just what you're saying above.

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By Mike70560
or the client with the shiny new 460 WBY and an unopened box of bullets.

Mike

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Originally posted by Dave Fulson:
Elephant,no doubt in my mind.

I think it is a toss between Mike and Dave on this one!

ONLY two things scare me....

Women, and the Police....

I must admit, everytime I am hunting and see fresh elephant poop on the ground, I get very alert.