Who has successfully harvested the most "Game" animals with a firearm,with the fewest shots?

My guess would be one of the American Bison (buffalo)hunters of the 1860 - 1870 era.

Has any other continent ever witnessed such a "harvest"?

Interesting question. The buffalo hunters here in the US would make sense, given the number of animals, the demands for the meat/hides and the advent of the sharps.

Another possible consideration would be the meat hunters in Africa. Seems I recall reading stories about guys who would get within range, then lay on/by a termite mound waiting for two antelope to line up so they could get a "double" via the pass thru. The herd not knowing where/what had happened, would run off a ways, they would settle down, and the hunter then moves back into range and repeats the process.

One of Saeed's videos show a modern day depiction of this, where they shot a kudu and a zebra with one pass-thru shot.

Certianly the old Bison slaughters were unsurpassed for sheer quantity of game taken, but I dont think that nessicarily qualifies them as "best of the best" or that even most of the kills were done with one shot.

Not to lump people and game into the same category, but considering the thread description, one would have to consider the sheer # of kills that some snipers in past wars must have accounted for and possibly even a few foot soldiers in the trenches of WW1.

I would also throw into the hat some of the gunwriters and PH's of days gone by, like Karamojo Bell and O'connor. They had the wherwithall to rack up a considerable number of kills and permits back then were much eaysier to obtain than today. Where hunting game is concerned they probably gained more experience than any of us ever will.

WstnHunter, since you brought military sniping into the discussion, the short ranges involved as during WW2 in Europe several German and Russian snipers made kills in the hundred during battles for Russia's cities should be considered seperately. NVA and VC snipers stalking to under 200 yds of our positions was pure skill and talent as was our sniper's tactics.

The big difference I would see would be if you were just a shooter or you had to dress & process the kill after shooting it.
If you don't have to do anything but shoot it, modern day prairie dog shooters would probably have the best shooting skills because they have the smallest target at the longest range with the most variables to the shot.
Roo shooters in Aussie would probably be right in there. Some of those guys are going through multiple .308 barrels in a year. To keep roo from tasting gamey it's important that the shots are head shots.

I would guess it was the native North Americans, when they would shoot in the air to drive entire herds of bison over a cliff.

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I wouldnt call bison hunting/hunters "the best of the best". American bison suffered quite a bit. They were shot with pistols/rifles/shotguns by the thousands, without concern, from moving trains. You can dig up quite a bit of advertising from old RR companies about this sales pitch. Bison hunters have some pretty tall tales in literature, about bison being shot in the ass and bullets recoverd in their toungs, and bison being shot by the hundreds, only to comeback at daybreak to see whats left. I would say the vast amount of bison were shot and not used at all.

There are people with incredable experiance in cropping animals in africa and AU. Some people with thousands and thousands of buffalo to their name.

As much as it pains me to do so, I will have to agree with SnakeLover on this one, the meat hunters of Africa were pretty amazing. Nobody hold that against me please!
One possible scenario would be the guys that grew up with the old flintlocks in the 1700 and 1800's. I dont know if your arguement would be for the most game killed but I would be willing to bet that these guys would be up there in the numbers of hits to shot taken catagory. They had to be pretty sure of there shot for a number of reasons.

Drummond