Craig Bottington, a well known outdoor writer, and his daughter were on a leopard hunt and were involved in a hunting accident.

Go to atsn.tv to see the full story.

old news thanks for takeing up space

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Originally posted by Lhook7:
THIS JUST IN....Generalísimo Francisco Franco Is Still Dead

Hey Rick-- Back to the kitchen for you!!

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Originally posted by rcamuglia:
Craig Bottington, a well known outdoor writer, and his daughter were on a leopard hunt and were involved in a hunting accident.

Go to atsn.tv to see the full story.

If you are going to late, a least be accurate. Don't believe Craig was involved

I unfortunately did view the "report".

Journalism at its finest! At the outset the host said "his staff went into hysteria [sic] to gather information on the incident and looked into it very carefully."

The host unequivocally states that Craig AND his daughter were in Namibia and involved in the incident. Later Barbara Crown from The Hunt Report states that the incident involved Britanny, but the clear implication is that Craig was there as well---just wrong.

They also report today that Puki is doing pull ups in the hospital to keep his strength up? Is that true?

Also, they both wondered and said they believed there was a government game scout with the party- but that is not a requirement in Namibia, as far as I know.

The host said he looked forward to the report from the game scout as an "eyewitness" to hear a version from a party that was not involved??

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Originally posted by rcamuglia:
Craig Bottington, a well known outdoor writer, and his daughter were on a leopard hunt and were involved in a hunting accident.

Go to atsn.tv to see the full story.

Well, I think he was on the same continent at the time, so I guess that's close enough.

Seems like there would have been a few threads here at AR about such an accident...

One time around on this one was plenty! Let this thread die!

Brett

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While I am quite certain I cannot afford it does anyone know what the trophy fee is on a tracker?

BODDINGTON not Bottington

Start there.

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Originally posted by jcarr:
While I am quite certain I cannot afford it does anyone know what the trophy fee is on a tracker?

I'll bet that was supposed to be funny.

I KNOW it didn't get there.

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While I am quite certain I cannot afford it does anyone know what the trophy fee is on a tracker?

Very poor tasts IMHO

The Trohpy fee on a tracker = hospital bills, legal bills, lost compensation, personal injury award, physical rehab, toiletries for your stay in prison.

jcarr - your comment is about as tasteless as the ones from the former Adrook who was expelled from here. I vote that you are next!!

Larry Sellers
SCI Life Member

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Originally posted by jcarr:
While I am quite certain I cannot afford it does anyone know what the trophy fee is on a tracker?

Larry,
Drook is gone and I don't post anymore and your still not happy?

Ill second that vote to expell

Folks you all need to calm down just a tad.

This whole situation is fresh and raw in many folks minds, but human nature tells me that a whole bunch of folks have thought that very thing and either haven't said it in public or typed it anywhere.

jcarr just made a damn comment and a few self righteous people are offeneded, GROW UP.

Similar comments were made when Dick Cheney shot his hunting partner.

It is a bad situation for all involved, but I do wonder how rhis same comment and scenario would be playing out if the Boddington family was not involved?

Is the lynch mob getting fired up again?


It is a shame that the media can't get it right, but can we expect more accuracy for a story from Namibia than we get in the US?

jcarr

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. . . accuracy . . .

Accuracy? Accuracy doesn't sell copy. What good would it be to the media?

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Originally posted by Larry Sellers:
jcarr - your comment is about as tasteless as the ones from the former Adrook who was expelled from here. I vote that you are next!!

Larry Sellers
SCI Life Member

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Originally posted by jcarr:
While I am quite certain I cannot afford it does anyone know what the trophy fee is on a tracker?

Yea, I concur, let's vote to ban anyone with an opinion that "we" don't agree with.

That makes sense.

Very childish.

Oh hell people it was a dark joke, on a redunant thread get the hell over yourselves. Amazes me how everyone on here is either a Capstick/homo ph hating fruitloop or a complete stick in the mud.

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Originally posted by Larry Sellers:
jcarr - your comment is about as tasteless as the ones from the former Adrook who was expelled from here. I vote that you are next!!

Larry Sellers
SCI Life Member

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Originally posted by jcarr:
While I am quite certain I cannot afford it does anyone know what the trophy fee is on a tracker?

Jesus, do any of you guys have balls or has Nancy cut them? There is a politically correct crowd here that is afraid to say anything offensive to anyone else on earth.

I find it offensive that you guys need to feel forever offended about anything and everything!

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Originally posted by Will:

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Originally posted by Larry Sellers:
jcarr - your comment is about as tasteless as the ones from the former Adrook who was expelled from here. I vote that you are next!!

Larry Sellers
SCI Life Member

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Originally posted by jcarr:
While I am quite certain I cannot afford it does anyone know what the trophy fee is on a tracker?

Jesus, do any of you guys have balls or has Nancy cut them? There is a politically correct crowd here that is afraid to say anything offensive to anyone else on earth.

I find it offensive that you guys need to feel forever offended about anything and everything!

Well said Bill.

There sure are a lot of girls on this forum.

Wrong again - I am indeed very happy with the turn of events thank you.

Larry Sellers
SCI Life Member

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Originally posted by chipolopolo:
Larry,
Drook is gone and I don't post anymore and your still not happy?

Mr. Sellers, as the gentleman Will stated above, you would appear to be a little Nancy boy if you cannot even take a minor joke. And what's with the call for expelling members simply because you have an opinion about their jokes? It does not appear that this forum is a bastion of facism with you playing the role of Heinrich Himmler, but perhaps I am mistaken.

I believe there is a big difference between disagreeing opinions and an outright slur. Not a political correct thing either Billy Will, just good common sense and upbringing.

Larry Sellers
SCI Life Member

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Originally posted by Mvu:

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Originally posted by Larry Sellers:
jcarr - your comment is about as tasteless as the ones from the former Adrook who was expelled from here. I vote that you are next!!

Larry Sellers
SCI Life Member

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Originally posted by jcarr:
While I am quite certain I cannot afford it does anyone know what the trophy fee is on a tracker?

Yea, I concur, let's vote to ban anyone with an opinion that "we" don't agree with.

That makes sense.

Very childish.

Sorry Mr. Klink. I missed the fact of your 7 posts on here that qualify you as an expert.

Larry Sellers
SCI Life Member

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Originally posted by Colonel_Klink:
Mr. Sellers, as the gentleman Will stated above, you would appear to be a little Nancy boy if you cannot even take a minor joke. And what's with the call for expelling members simply because you have an opinion about their jokes? It does not appear that this forum is a bastion of facism with you playing the role of Heinrich Himmler, but perhaps I am mistaken.

So if people are judged by their post count, does that make you a dipshit compared to the guys with 10,000 posts?

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Originally posted by Larry Sellers:
Sorry Mr. Klink. I missed the fact of your 7 posts on here that qualify you as an expert.

Larry Sellers
SCI Life Member

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Originally posted by Colonel_Klink:
Mr. Sellers, as the gentleman Will stated above, you would appear to be a little Nancy boy if you cannot even take a minor joke. And what's with the call for expelling members simply because you have an opinion about their jokes? It does not appear that this forum is a bastion of facism with you playing the role of Heinrich Himmler, but perhaps I am mistaken.

CK - Yea maybe??? Your namecalling is nice too, welcome to AR.

Larry Sellers
SCI Life Member

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Originally posted by Colonel_Klink:
So if people are judged by their post count, does that make you a dipshit compared to the guys with 10,000 posts?

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Originally posted by Larry Sellers:
Sorry Mr. Klink. I missed the fact of your 7 posts on here that qualify you as an expert.

Larry Sellers
SCI Life Member

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Originally posted by Colonel_Klink:
Mr. Sellers, as the gentleman Will stated above, you would appear to be a little Nancy boy if you cannot even take a minor joke. And what's with the call for expelling members simply because you have an opinion about their jokes? It does not appear that this forum is a bastion of facism with you playing the role of Heinrich Himmler, but perhaps I am mistaken.

Colonel,
Wecome to the wonderful world of Mr Larry Sellars
Chip

Dont flame me out for this, its just for rational based discussion:

CBs daughter did not shoot with the intention of trying to stop the process of a life threatening mauling, (she was unaware of such at the time)
FACT; She did shoot at a mostly obscured target in tall grass, without actually knowing where a number of the crew were in relation to the path of bullet.

http://forums.accuratereloadin...1411043/m/1081092801
I, Brittany Boddington, a 23 year old U.S. citizen herewith declare under oath as follows:
I was hunting leopard with Nic Kruger of Omujeve Hunting Safaris Namibia on the Fahlwater farm in the Karibib district. We found some fresh leopard tracks at about 5:15 in the morning and when it was daybreak we put down the dogs. We set out following the sound of the hounds through the brush but this was a very aggresive cat, it was not running from the dogs like most cats do. Zukile was one of the dog handlers, he was contacting us by radio telling us that the cat was fighting the dogs and had injured several of them. These dogs know what they are doing and almost never get close enough to get hurt. After a couple of hours we came up to a really thick area where the dogs were barking and the leopard would not tree. The leopard held its ground and the dogs were tired and bleeding so we sent Classen to get the car so that we could give the dogs some water. At this point we called the dogs away from the leopard and they laid down inthe shade waiting for the car to bring water. After they had all had water and were looking rested the dog handlers started encourageing the dogs to go back into the brush and find the tracks of where the leopard had gone. The dog handlers were sure that the leopard had run away because none of the dogs were barking so we started walking slowly in the direction that the leopard had been. Nic showed me the flattened grass in an area surrounded by bushes where the leopard had been hiding when the dogs were last barking. The dogs were scattered all around us looking for tracks and as I was examining the flattened grass area I heard a dog begin to bark. Before the dog could even get the whole bark out I heard the growl of the leopard. When I heard Nic’s shot go off I stepped out from behind him and saw the leopard come out from behind a bush. The leopard paused for a moment and in the tall grass I could see only slightly more than the outline of the leopard’s back. I saw that the leopard had been hit and it stopped with its head down in the grass. I got my rifle up and took a shot at the part of the leopard that I could see. The leopard then jumped up and Nic hit it again with another shot as the leopard ran into the bush and Nic ran after it to make sure it would not come back to attack again. At this moment I heard Zukile yell, we realized that Punki had been shot and we called Nic back and he sent Classen to get the car. We held pressure on the wound and we kept Punki awake until the car could get through the thick brush to where we were. We loaded him into the back seat of the car and I jumped on the back of the cruiser. The entire way to the hospital I was trying to figure out what had happened. I could only imagine that I had shot over the leopard and hit Punki as he was running away. I didn’t know where they had been standing so I assumed that he had just run when the leopard charged . It was only after we had wheeled him into the emergency room that Simon told me “You should see what the leopard did to his ankle.” My response was a suprised “The leopard bit him? When did the leopard bite him?” Simon then told me that Punki had been attacked and mauled by the leopard and that he was in fact under the leopard when I shot. I screamed “WHAT?” and then it all started to make sense. Nic had seen the two men fall to the ground in the tall grass before I had stepped out from behind him. Both men were wearing full camouflage from head to toe and in the tall grass they were completely invisible to me . The leopard bit through Punki’s leather belt and had been thrashing him about in the grass when I shot. Apparently the leopard was pulling him up from the ground and as I fired my rifle the leopard pulled him up by the left side and the bullet must have missed the leopard and gone through his hip. I know better than to fire when a leopard is mauling someone, I would not have shot had I known that there was a person even close to the leopard . The whole attack from beginning to end took less than four seconds and there was just no time to sort out what was happening.
Brittany Boddington

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I would not have shot had I known that there was a person even close to the leopard

Its a hunters highest obligation-cardinal rule, to know the position of people(strictly unwarranted targets), before one fires their weapon.

Chippy - Gone back on your word already of not posting here anymore. Knew you couldn't resist, your too easy to incite, not even fun anymore. Talk about whinning Nancy boys heh Chippy, Will and CK??? Somehow knew you would be on that side of the fence.

Larry Sellers
SCI Life Member

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Originally posted by chipolopolo:
Colonel,
Wecome to the wonderful world of Mr Larry Sellars
Chip

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Originally posted by chipolopolo:
Larry,
Drook is gone and I don't post anymore and your still not happy?

thank God for that( although this looks suspiciously like a post to me)

Well, you know foul language poor grammer and untrustworthy. Just stopped by for a quicky, need go to my therapist now

And don't try to tell me you didn't love Hogans Heros

Folks:

It looks like someone published a "story" about the young lady's incident using not so accurate information and a member posted it here. No blame to him. He didn't write the inaccurate article.

Now the thread has morphed into a flame site for members vs. members here. Is there any useful purpose in that?

I'm going to bed shortly.

What is important to me is that I had cubed venison steak, marinated in olive oil and herbs with a touch of vinegar, then smothered with some green and red peppers and diced Vidalia onions and (since I'm lazy) cooked medium-rare on my George Forman grill. I had a little brown gravy from an earlier meal heated it and put it the cube steak, etc., then over some rice, and added to my plate some brussel sprouts that I'd sautee'd and a little salad of mixed greens, cherry tomatoes with bacon bits, dried tomatoes, some sprinked feta cheese and sprayed with a spritz or two of spicy Italian dressing... cracked pepper on everything.. some South African merlot. My girl friend joined me for the dinner while her 15 year-old daughter was at a guitar class and gave me a hug upon leaving. She and I are looking to going to the SCI banquet in Jacksonville on Saturday if other duties permit.

In other words, ya'll fuss. I'm going to thank the good Lord for my blessings.

Good night folks.