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and this blatant hatred and jealousy towards the guys who have been on, and continue to go on safari. Realize, that although a few were born into the money it takes to do these trips, most are similar to myself. They have been hunting for 30 or 40 + years. They have gained a great deal of experience with firearms and are quite capable of both safely handling guns and making the shot in the field. At some point, hunting Africa became a dream to aspire to. For me, it occurred very early in life. I was captivated by those books on Africana written by Bell and the like when I was 10 years old, or younger, but I wasn't able to live out my dreams of safari until I was 44 years old. You see Trax, a major difference between us is that you're still captivated by the books and haven't done anything to advance beyond the fantasy of being Bell's tent boy. The rest of us identified what we wanted to do when we grew up, identified a vocation that would likely pay sufficient financial dividends to pursue our desires, became educated, some formally, others through job experience, then worked, saved, and invested for decades until in a position to do something other than simply READ about other's life experiences!

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Originally posted by fairgame:
Getting close to a buffalo is fairly easy if conditions are right. I have done this recently and took two AR members into a bachelor herd of sleeping bulls.

I did notice on the video that the buffalo's vision was obscured on the approach which is all important.

Well done on the hunter and I think he was fairly lucky the buff did not charge him. However he had a PH covering him which must have been comforting.