Posted for Ganyana:

Closing In .... How a lion hunt should end!

WOW...

Very nice.

Whats he waiting for????Why doesnt he shoot??Lion have a snare on his left front leg??

Where is the lion?

hunt or trail walking?

Silwane! Your going to get eaten!
Large male on left side of termite mound!

465H&H

Cool pics. I would have been eaten too. Took me about 30 seconds to find the lion.

Me, too. I have far from enough experience to be turned loose in lion country on my own.

Damn, I feel good, spoted the beast right off. Beatuful!

Damn, I had to blow the picture up to see the lion, now that I know where he is he sticks out like a sore thumb!! I'm definitly no expert on lions but he looks huge IMO.

I presume the location is Zim.

Who is the hunter?

Rifle and calibre? ( guessing .375 H&H, but if the hunter is Ganyana, no doubt a 9.3mm )

Are there any follow up pics? I NEED CLOSURE.

Funny angle maybe, but the dude with the rifle doesn't even seem to be looking at the lion. Maybe it's the kind of thing where he doesn't want the lion to know that he knows that he's there? I know it that were me, I'd probably be looking right at him, through a recoiling rifle scope! Damn that's something. Great shots.

Now stop teasing, and post the ones taken in the next few minutes following these!

These are weird! I was looking where the "hunter" was looking, and where he was walking ie. off to the right! I confess that I did not see the lion either.
Peter.

I saw the lion before the hunter in pic #2... what is with that?

I still don't see it unless it the very large dark object just to the photos left of the mound about 2/3's of the way up -- but it looks to large to be a lion.

Can someone give some visual clues or perhaps mark it someway and repost it?

Watching the bitch who is straight ahead (and not visible in the photo), she looked as though she was about to charge. The male is planning on a fast retreat!

Yup- Zambezi Valley

Rifle is actually a Mauser 66 in .458 Win

Ganyana

Good point. It the one none of us can see that might bite. The female.

How far were you from the lion? It looks to be maybe 50 yards if that IMO.

The lioness is by all accounts, at least these days, generally braver and more agressive than the lion.

I am convinced that is true only because the lioness is generally not hunted and so has a lesser fear of humans than her mate.

But in the instant case . . . Ganyana, what happened next?

The lion was much more difficult to locate than I anticipated!

For those that would have long since been eaten (like me)... here' the lion AKA "Waldo."

That looks suspiciously like Chewore along the river.

My eye was drawn to that area initially but the lion looks huge compared to the PH in the photo...the perspective just isn't there.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by new_guy:
The lion was much more difficult to locate than I anticipated!

For those that would have long since been eaten (like me)... here' the lion AKA "Waldo."



Nice graphics touch. You must be a professional. As long as you're showing off your skills, here's the template for your hunter.

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Originally posted by mrlexma:
The lioness is by all accounts, at least these days, generally braver and more agressive than the lion.

I am convinced that is true only because the lioness is generally not hunted and so has a lesser fear of humans than her mate.

Hmmm.

Damn, KG, that looks my wife and I. Kudude

quote:

Originally posted by new_guy:
The lion was much more difficult to locate than I anticipated!

For those that would have long since been eaten (like me)... here' the lion AKA "Waldo."

Whew! I saw the lion, but I must admit I could not tell its disposition at first glance. Now that Chris has provided the incredible illustration, my worries were for not. And I now know why the hunter in the picture appears to be ignoring that large cat. It is the rare Smiley Faced Lion of Southern Africa. They will not hurt you, and will let you hug and kiss them.

Thank you, Chris.

Just as aside, but how many times did you watch that clip about the two nice English guys who raised the lion cub and visited it a year after they released it into the wild? With your enhanced rendition, it has to be that very same lion.

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Originally posted by kudude:
Damn, KG, that looks my wife and I. Kudude

Unless you promise to break out the the really good stuff next time I visit,I sending this to your wife. I be down this weekend Erin is having her gallbladder removed, I try to call.

JD

JD