Big LION Shot: Kafue

27 May 2010, 01:26

Aaron Neilson

Big LION Shot: Kafue - 2010

Just thought you guys might like to see the picture of this Big Lion. Andrew Baldry (Fairgame on AR), was the PH. They shot it 3 days ago.

His message read - "The best I could do in 10 days, but you should have seen the huge leopard feeding on the bait too"!

Below is a photo of the Leopard that was also feeding on the lion bait!!! Andrew says he didn't seem to bothered by the lion.

27 May 2010, 01:30

Mario

Wonderful !

27 May 2010, 01:31

Maxx

AWESOME, I want one!

27 May 2010, 01:51

Canuck

quote:
Originally posted by Maxx:
AWESOME, I want one!

LOL.

You have a problem. I bet it would look great next to your 10 foot brown bear though!

27 May 2010, 01:57

matt u

Awesome Lion!!

27 May 2010, 02:01

safari-lawyer

Wow. Nice.

27 May 2010, 02:09

Use Enough Gun

Holy cow! I mean lion!

27 May 2010, 02:37

SteveGl

Look at the size of that head!

27 May 2010, 02:42

LionHunter

Lovely, lovely lovely! Do you know the skull measurements? And I note the missing mane! Would like to see a frontal pic as well. Regards to Andrew on guiding to a great trophy Lion.

27 May 2010, 02:44

Aaron Neilson

quote:
Originally posted by LionHunter:
Lovely, lovely lovely! Do you know the skull measurements? And I note the missing mane!

Nope! But knowing the normal size of a lion skull in that area, I would be its between 24" - 25".

27 May 2010, 03:13

fairgame

quote:
Originally posted by LionHunter:
Lovely, lovely lovely! Do you know the skull measurements? And I note the missing mane! Would like to see a frontal pic as well. Regards to Andrew on guiding to a great trophy Lion.

Lionhunter,

We shot trophy Hippo, Puku, and maybe a 16 inch Warthog as bait (which i have a photo of) but those animals are not what the hunt is about.

We shot a good Lion under quite extreme circumstances and that my friend is what hunting is about.

I doubt the skull will ever be measured by me or my client?

27 May 2010, 03:42

Awesome cat.

27 May 2010, 04:21

jeff h

quote:
Originally posted by Use Enough Gun:
Holy cow! I mean lion!

Well said! Congrats Fairgame!!!

27 May 2010, 05:00

BrettAKSCI

Stunning lion Andrew!!!

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27 May 2010, 05:03

Tim Herald

Fantastic - congrats to Andrew and the client...

27 May 2010, 05:21

steve f

WOW-that is a great lion. Congratulations to the hunter !

27 May 2010, 05:59

Nakihunter

Great Lion. is it an old animal past its prime?

I cannot wait to read the report.

27 May 2010, 06:02

SBT

That is an awesome lion. Congratulations to Andrew and the hunter.

27 May 2010, 07:17

Aaron Neilson

Guy, see the new picture of the leopard at the top of this thread.

27 May 2010, 07:22

505 gibbs

quote:
His message read - "The best I could do in 10 days,

smart ass, what an unbelievable cat.

27 May 2010, 08:05

sandyhunter

Wonderful cats, and what a great photo of the leopard. I'll be there for leopard in July/August. I would start counting the days, but that would only make the wait seem longer.

27 May 2010, 08:10

sandyhunter

Andrew, I notice you're holding your double in the photo. Does that have anything to do with the "extreme circumstances" you mentioned? Interesting follow-up, perhaps?

27 May 2010, 09:15

Sevenxbjt

Beautiful animal. Well done Andrew.

27 May 2010, 10:21

A.Dahlgren

the lion is great but that leopard......damn he´s fat ! ! !

27 May 2010, 10:53

fairgame

quote:
Originally posted by sandyhunter:
Andrew, I notice you're holding your double in the photo. Does that have anything to do with the "extreme circumstances" you mentioned? Interesting follow-up, perhaps?

sandyhunter,

No follow up as the shot broke the spine. However this Lion destroyed two of our blinds and spent three nights in camp. The disruption was such that one night we had to go without dessert.

I was hunting along side one of Fred Duckworth's old time friends and PH and he remarked he had never seen such behaviour from a Lion.

We had two leopard feeding on bait both of them were brutes.

Will get Aaron to post some more photos.

27 May 2010, 17:37

Michael Robinson

Great cats!

27 May 2010, 17:46

Aaron Neilson

Young Lion near the Bait

Look at the size of this PIG!!!

27 May 2010, 18:13

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27 May 2010, 18:14

MacD37

quote:
Originally posted by A.Dahlgren:
the lion is great but that leopard......damn he´s fat ! ! !

Everything is fat in the Luangwa Valley!

..............Congratulations Andrew!

27 May 2010, 18:31

silkibex

quote:
Below is a photo of the Leopard that was also feeding on the lion bait!!! Andrew says he didn't seem to bothered by the lion.

Not any more, at least! Congratulations on a great cat

27 May 2010, 19:52

Aaron Neilson

MacD37 - The Lion, and all the pics here are from the Kafue.

27 May 2010, 20:11

mboga biga bwana

WOW what a Super CAT.

27 May 2010, 22:58

fairgame

quote:
Originally posted by silkibex:
quote:
Below is a photo of the Leopard that was also feeding on the lion bait!!! Andrew says he didn't seem to bothered by the lion.

Not any more, at least! Congratulations on a great cat

The Leopard fed during the day and the Lion at night. This was one of the biggest Leopards I have ever seen and we all mistook him as a Lioness in the long grass?

28 May 2010, 08:36

bronxfats

Beautiful cats.After spending 10 nights and 9 days, with damned little sleep to take a lion,I swore I'd never do it again. Now, 10 months later I can barely resist jumping on some of this years bargains. What sweet misery. Jim

28 May 2010, 09:17

Jeff Thomason

Wow Andrew, Congrats on a HUGE lion! That Pig looks like one we saw. But he was running 9-0 when we saw him. Hope you are doing well Andrew. Jeff

28 May 2010, 22:34

fairgame

quote:
Originally posted by Jeff Thomason:
Wow Andrew, Congrats on a HUGE lion! That Pig looks like one we saw. But he was running 9-0 when we saw him. Hope you are doing well Andrew. Jeff

Not bad Jeff and you?

28 May 2010, 23:15

Gerrypeters375

Aaron:

In my ignorance (on another thread)I insulted you about hunting lion over bait (and you were kind enough to respond as a gentleman to an old Irishman's temper) Looking at your second photo of a "young lion" reminded me of something I had totally forgotten. (My prejudice had been originally inspired because of a picture I took of a lion stand (Chirisa,Zim)It seemed to me that the lion had to be completely helpless which stretching up to the bait. Your photo of the "young lion" (he looked magnificent enough to me!) reminded me that the lion might also be on all fours around the bait and very alert for enemies. Many thanks for showing some pictures of an animal I admire enormously. (The first picture is dumbfounding - Did somebody comb out that mane before snapping the picture?)

28 May 2010, 23:28

fairgame

quote:
Originally posted by Gerrypeters375:
Aaron:

In my ignorance (on another thread)I insulted you about hunting lion over bait (and you were kind enough to respond as a gentleman to an old Irishman's temper) Looking at your second photo of a "young lion" reminded me of something I had totally forgotten. (My prejudice had been originally inspired because of a picture I took of a lion stand (Chirisa,Zim)It seemed to me that the lion had to be completely helpless which stretching up to the bait. Your photo of the "young lion" (he looked magnificent enough to me!) reminded me that the lion might also be on all fours around the bait and very alert for enemies. Many thanks for showing some pictures of an animal I admire enormously. (The first picture is dumbfounding - Did somebody comb out that mane before snapping the picture?)

Gerry,

This cat broke into the vacant blind twice. The second time we had gone in during the dark of early morning to find one of the chairs gone and a bloody great hole in the grass wall. It was quite an unnerving feeling sitting on the ground waiting for light not knowing if the Lion had seen us or not. He did not and I wonder what his reaction had been if he had?

You should try walking into a blind when it is dark and when one of the world's apex predators is tearing a big piece of meat to pieces.

28 May 2010, 23:30

Aaron Neilson

quote:
Originally posted by Jeff Thomason:
Wow Andrew, Congrats on a HUGE lion! That Pig looks like one we saw. But he was running 9-0 when we saw him. Hope you are doing well Andrew. Jeff

Jeff, what's up brother?? Hey man, if we saw one like the lion pictured above, why in the heck wasn't I shooting it??? Guess you better re-fresh my memory, cause I don't recall passing one like that.

We did pass the first male when you were so conveniently throwing-up in the blind, and making all kinds of racket. Much to our amazement, the lion came strolling into the bait only 10 minutes later!! My poor girlfriend, had to sit right next to you through the whole thing, as did Richard. I'm surprised we all didn't start throwing up.

Then we passed the other lion, who was with that female which was missing a lower left leg. After you left, Richard and I passed another lion, but I sure don't remember one like that????

How's the new show going, I hope well???

28 May 2010, 23:34

MacD37

quote:
Originally posted by Aaron Neilson:
MacD37 - The Lion, and all the pics here are from the Kafue.

I noticed that later, but the fact is Zambia is a great place to hunt no matter what part you hunt, and in my experience that wildlife is healthy just about everywhere, as long as the country is not under drought conditions, but especially along the rivers!