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A "hunter" on Nosler's Magnum Tv show shoots a cape buffalo. On follow up it is standing there facing him pretty close. He throws up the rifle and click! No bullets in the gun! I couldn't stop laughing. Even better he is a lefty trying to work a right handed rifle! I was laughing so hard my sides still hurt! He did finally manage to kill the buffalo.  | ||
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Maybe he wanted to let the buffalo decide how it wanted to die...by shots or by laughing. 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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Can't the director just yell "Cut! Take Two"?  Have gun- Will travel The value of a trophy is computed directly in terms of personal investment in its acquisition. Robert Ruark | |||
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So much for the theory that ALL TV hunts are scripted and edited to death. SSR | |||
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I saw that and wondered if he had a misfire or didnt have a round in the chamber. I've also noticed lots of fiddle fumbling with bolt actions on the various shows.....and when not hunting dangerous game!!! DRSS | |||
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The rifle was empty. He had to dig around for far too long to find some shells, all while the Buff stood there in amazement. Even the wounded Buff was dumb founded. Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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Shit happens. I once was driving in the passenger seat of an open car and had my rifle between my legs upright butt down. A thorn branch zipped over the bonnet and I quickly ducked and head butted the barrel of my .458, knocking myself unconscious. Glad that was not on film. ROYAL KAFUE LTD Email - kafueroyal@gmail.com Tel/Whatsapp (00260) 975315144 Instagram - kafueroyal | |||
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Hey! People get excited and like Andrew said "shit happens". My trick is to engage the safety for the follow up and then try to apply the finisher without disengaging the safety. Makes for a heck of heavy trigger pull. The instance that stands out in my mind on these hunting TV shows is the Ruger guy on a buffalo hunt. He grabs the ejected case from the then new 375 Ruger out of the air after his initial shot on the buffalo. He sure was cool but he wounded the buffalo and they had a grueling and long follow up. Mark MARK H. YOUNG MARK'S EXCLUSIVE ADVENTURES 7094 Oakleigh Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89110 Office 702-848-1693 Cell, Whats App, Signal 307-250-1156 PREFERRED E-mail markttc@msn.com Website: myexclusiveadventures.com Skype: markhyhunter Check us out on https://www.facebook.com/pages...ures/627027353990716 | |||
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Yeah i thought ohh crap! This is going to get ugly, ole buff must have been pretty sick. Did you here the PH in the back ground? He finaly told him to just calm down and load the gun! I have walked in the foot prints of the elephant, listened to lion roar and met the buffalo on his turf. I shall never be the same. | |||
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Mark, that was one of my shows where the guy caught the empty...I wasn't present but was in camp. Interestingly, by the end of the day the hunter was fully aware that this was a huge mistake; he mentioned it several times that evening. I'm sure every experienced hunter has done at least one strange thing in the presence of game...what you really hope for is that either there wasn't a camera present, or it was focused somewhere else! The best one I ever saw was similar to the incident mentioned at the beginning of this thread...wounded buffalo, close range, full view...the guy put his rifle down, held it between his knees, and put in ear plugs. Then raised the rifle again and shot the buffalo. Why the buffalo didn't either charge or run is totally beyond me, other than the good Lord sometimes looks after us while we do dumb things. Well, okay, that was the second best. Best was my own screwup, but I was lucky. The camera was elsewhere! Cheers, Craig | |||
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Alright Craig, I'll bite. Let's hear about your (as you phase it) screwup. | |||
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You can't dangle a tease like that and then just run off  ....I say that hunters go into Paradise when they die, and live in this world more joyfully than any other men. -Edward, Duke of York | |||
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I had never short-stroked a bolt action rifle in my life until I shot my elephant. Then I did it twice in less than two minutes. That "click" when I squeezed the trigger was louder than any cartridge going off! | |||
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Why wasn't the rifle loaded did he shoot the rifle dry when he wounded the buff? Bryan | |||
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Although right handed, I have shot left handed with right hand rifles my whole life, and outshot many ,many peers.  SUSTAINABLY HUNTING THE BLUE PLANET! "Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful, murder respectable and to give an appearence of solidity to pure wind." Dr J A du Plessis | |||
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Very very naughty!! | |||
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I'll bring a helmit with me for you. ______________________ 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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Craig, That was my exact thought that he had run that scenario over in his head a 1000 times asking himself why in the world he did it. Mark MARK H. YOUNG MARK'S EXCLUSIVE ADVENTURES 7094 Oakleigh Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89110 Office 702-848-1693 Cell, Whats App, Signal 307-250-1156 PREFERRED E-mail markttc@msn.com Website: myexclusiveadventures.com Skype: markhyhunter Check us out on https://www.facebook.com/pages...ures/627027353990716 | |||
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I believe he shot it 3 or 4 times, and in pursuit he didn't remember to load it. It did look funny when he kind of "ran" towards the bull before finding out the gun was unloaded, but as others have said, shit happens. He's lucky he didn't get hurt though because the bull was only about 30 yards away standing facing him when this went down. Greg Brownlee Neal and Brownlee, LLC Quality Worldwide Big Game Hunts Since 1975 918/299-3580 greg@NealAndBrownlee.com www.NealAndBrownlee.com Instagram: @NealAndBrownleeLLC Hunt reports: Botswana 2010 Alaska 2011 Bezoar Ibex, Turkey 2012 Mid Asian Ibex, Kyrgyzstan 2014 | |||
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Well, I am sure we all have some hunting scene we are glad went undocumented. While I never approached a Buff unloaded, I am sure I have pulled some boneheaded moves. I was in a party of pig hunters sneaking up on a herd of pigs. One member said, "I will count to three, then we will shoot." After all the shooting he was visibly annoyed yelling at everyone that they counted too fast and he didn't get a shot. Stunned silence followed by uncontrollable laughter. In the midst of the laughter I grabbed his gun and found he had not pulled the trigger on his single shot, even though he thought he had. | |||
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Andrew, that must have been hilarious! "There are worse memorials to a life well-lived than a pair of elephant tusks." Robert Ruark | |||
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My most embarrasing moment came on my first trip to Africa. I was stalking a gemsbok on the first morning of my hunt with Fritz Hein, who is now dead. He whispered, "Shoot that one." I got into position, and as I did, I put my finger on the trigger and slid the safety off. The rifle was/is a Rem 700, and I had the trigger adjusted so light that it went off when I took the safety off (they will do that as I found out). "Boom" went the rifle; dirt flew up a good 10 feet in front of the gemsbok. The PH turned around to look at me and said, "You missed." He had a look on his face that said it was going to be a long hunt. And he certainly didn't believe me when I told him the gun went off accidentally. I redeemed myself shortly afterwards when I shot a jackal running. Later on that hunt I shot a big kudu running. I haven't shot at running game in Africa since. | |||
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'Take the Zebra on the far right' Client shot the foal which was indeed on the far right standing next to the stallion. ROYAL KAFUE LTD Email - kafueroyal@gmail.com Tel/Whatsapp (00260) 975315144 Instagram - kafueroyal | |||
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Definitely blame the PH ! | |||
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Humility is the name of the game But at least he stood his ground and did not turn and run. We all get humbled some time. Mike | |||
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that is what you call "absolute faith" in your ph.  | |||
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Had a similar to "Shoot the Zebra on the far right " experience....my trusty PH said "shoot the Tseebee on the far right" I had the Bull in my scope but couldn't help saying "the calf?"....unfortunately we both got so tickled, it was four years later before I killed a Tseebee....and in a different country... The only time I remember getting peeved at a PH was when I was instructed to "shoot the bull" on my first Gemsbok hunt....duh....then we both got tickled with my exasperation---we had been chasing them for 2 1/2 days trying to get a shot on the "easy" animal....he knew we had them dead to rights but I did not at the time....and we did "shoot the bull" after a bit of counting....and around campfire with some sundowners! | |||
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You fight like you train! I hunt, not to kill, but in order not to have played golf.... DRSS | |||
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And I got it in the neck for making a bad call. There was another PH in camp so I took it on the chin that safari. The size of this Zebra was also reflected in my tip. Ever tried to smile when you are blue in the face? ROYAL KAFUE LTD Email - kafueroyal@gmail.com Tel/Whatsapp (00260) 975315144 Instagram - kafueroyal | |||
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Had a client who asked me to put up the sticks on a charging hippo? ROYAL KAFUE LTD Email - kafueroyal@gmail.com Tel/Whatsapp (00260) 975315144 Instagram - kafueroyal | |||
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SHEIT !!!! I took care of my PH....my hippo floated after just an hour! | |||
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Lady Client, first trip to Africa. Kudu bull stood perfectly for her. Take him was the command, but she shook her head adamant that she would not take the shot. Kudu bull ran off. When questioned, she rather tersely replied....I want a Kudu Bull, not an Eland!!!! She had to be shown a reference book before she was convinced that she had actually been looking at a Kudu not an Eland. .......she has been back several times though and still laughs about the incident. | |||
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