06 October 2003, 06:02
SaeedA Warthog That Ran Into A 300 Grain Warthog Bullet
We were hunting in the Selous, in Tanzania last month.
One day we were driving along on our way to an area we know buffalo frequent. It is full of long grass, which these bovine love to feed and hide in. There can be herds in there that number several hundreds, and one cannot see them, except when one sees the egrets that follow them to feed on the insects they notmally have around them.
Anyway, we were driving along, when we saw two warthogs running parallel to us. Pierre, our PH, said to jump out and shoot this one. The other one was much younger.
I jumped out of the truck, and ran after the two pigs with Pierre and Alan, our video cameraman.
We could see them running, but because of the bush it is very hard to get a shot at them, even if they stopped, let alone while they are going full throttle.
I took a shot at this one as he was going through a small clearing, knocking him down on the spot.
The 300 grain Warthog bullet hit him on the point of the shoulder, coming out of his neck, as he was running away from us at a slight angle.
While everyone was telling me what a great shot that was, Walter intervenes and said "Saeed did not hit that pig. The pig ran into the bullet, so stop this bullshit of telling him what a great shot he is"
[ 10-05-2003, 21:04: Message edited by: Saeed ]
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