Don't mess with Waterbuffaloes. Especially if they're drinking.
"Where once a tyrant had to wish that his subjects had but one common neck that he might strangle them all at once, all he has to do now is to 'educate the people' so that they will have but one common mind to delude." -- Richard Mitchell (1929-2002) Professor at Glassboro State College, NJ, author, founder and publisher of The Underground Grammarian Source: The Underground Grammarian
I'll bet you're one of those people who cross the pasture when you see a buffalo coming towards you.
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“The best and first guarantor of our neutrality and our independent existence is the defensive will of the people…and the proverbial marksmanship of the Swiss shooter. Each soldier a good marksman! Each shot a hit!” -Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
I'll bet you're one of those people who cross the pasture when you see a buffalo coming towards you.
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LOL! 'A' buffalo seems like a fair fight every other Friday or so. But a herd, no.. that's a family reunion with special ice tea. :)
"Where once a tyrant had to wish that his subjects had but one common neck that he might strangle them all at once, all he has to do now is to 'educate the people' so that they will have but one common mind to delude." -- Richard Mitchell (1929-2002) Professor at Glassboro State College, NJ, author, founder and publisher of The Underground Grammarian Source: The Underground Grammarian
Don't mess with Waterbuffaloes. Especially if they're drinking.
They aren't water buffalo, they are Cape Buffs and are considered the most dangerous game animal in Africa.
This is because of all of the "BIG FIVE" game animals, including lions, leopards, hippos and rhinos the Cape Buffalo are the only ones that cannot be turned from a charge with a non fatal shot. If the hunter doesn't place the slug through the nose and into the brain pan (no chance of penetrating that thick horn "armor" on their skulls) the hunters wind up as toe jam.
"Dear Jack, I heard our song and it got me thinking of you. Love, Ennis."
They aren't water buffalo, they are Cape Buffs and are considered the most dangerous game animal in Africa.
This is because of all of the "BIG FIVE" game animals, including lions, leopards, hippos and rhinos the Cape Buffalo are the only ones that cannot be turned from a charge with a non fatal shot. If the hunter doesn't place the slug through the nose and into the brain pan (no chance of penetrating that thick horn "armor" on their skulls) the hunters wind up as toe jam.
Thanks for the lesson hounddawg. This sounds like the kind of situation Marlin Perkins would send Jim Fowler into.
"Where once a tyrant had to wish that his subjects had but one common neck that he might strangle them all at once, all he has to do now is to 'educate the people' so that they will have but one common mind to delude." -- Richard Mitchell (1929-2002) Professor at Glassboro State College, NJ, author, founder and publisher of The Underground Grammarian Source: The Underground Grammarian
Thanks for the lesson hounddawg. This sounds like the kind of situation Marlin Perkins would send Jim Fowler into.
Well, one of the unintended benefits of reading HUNTING and GUNS & AMMO MAGAZINES for forty plus years is familiarity with Africa's BIG FIVE, and I've lost count of the number of hair raising hunting dangerous game stories I've read in that time.
My fave is the one where a hunter with a shotgun goes into a dark cave in pursuit of a man eating lioness, and "...he could smell her as she watched him approach in the dark".
But, next in line are those about a charging Cape Buff and how they hold their noses up and present that small target to hunters with nerves of steel. Those who miss the brain and don't get off a second shot find themselves trampled under 2,000 lbs of angry, "Won't take no for an answer" Cape Buffalo.
"Dear Jack, I heard our song and it got me thinking of you. Love, Ennis."
Well, one of the unintended benefits of reading HUNTING and GUNS & AMMO MAGAZINES for forty plus years is familiarity with Africa's BIG FIVE, and I've lost count of the number of hair raising hunting dangerous game stories I've read in that time.
My fave is the one where a hunter with a shotgun goes into a dark cave in pursuit of a man eating lioness, and "...he could smell her as she watched him approach in the dark".
But, next in line are those about a charging Cape Buff and how they hold their noses up and present that small target to hunters with nerves of steel. Those who miss the brain and don't get off a second shot find themselves trampled under 2,000 lbs of angry, "Won't take no for an answer" Cape Buffalo.
Can you even imagine doing that yourself? I can lose my cheerios if the light changes to yellow too fast. Thanks much for the Cape Buffalo link. Very interesting. I wish I would've liked Wild Kingdom as a kid. I had the attention span of a gnat. If that. :)
"Where once a tyrant had to wish that his subjects had but one common neck that he might strangle them all at once, all he has to do now is to 'educate the people' so that they will have but one common mind to delude." -- Richard Mitchell (1929-2002) Professor at Glassboro State College, NJ, author, founder and publisher of The Underground Grammarian Source: The Underground Grammarian
Oh, sure, "I coulda made that shot if my allergies weren't acting up!" ;)
ROFL! Oh yeah, thaaaaat. It's an indescriminate monster cheating millions from their chance at Big Game. Hehehehe.. Maybe they'll have a vaccine for us soon. I know for sure I'll fight to be last in line. ;)
"Where once a tyrant had to wish that his subjects had but one common neck that he might strangle them all at once, all he has to do now is to 'educate the people' so that they will have but one common mind to delude." -- Richard Mitchell (1929-2002) Professor at Glassboro State College, NJ, author, founder and publisher of The Underground Grammarian Source: The Underground Grammarian
ROFL! Oh yeah, thaaaaat. It's an indescriminate monster cheating millions from their chance at Big Game. Hehehehe.. Maybe they'll have a vaccine for us soon. I know for sure I'll fight to be last in line. ;)
I've been denied my place among the Famous Hairy Chested Brutes too long because of these damned allergies!
"Dear Jack, I heard our song and it got me thinking of you. Love, Ennis."
I've been denied my place among the Famous Hairy Chested Brutes too long because of these damned allergies!
This is a travesty! Well, there's always Roller Derby. Or just Derby. ;)
"Where once a tyrant had to wish that his subjects had but one common neck that he might strangle them all at once, all he has to do now is to 'educate the people' so that they will have but one common mind to delude." -- Richard Mitchell (1929-2002) Professor at Glassboro State College, NJ, author, founder and publisher of The Underground Grammarian Source: The Underground Grammarian
“The best and first guarantor of our neutrality and our independent existence is the defensive will of the people…and the proverbial marksmanship of the Swiss shooter. Each soldier a good marksman! Each shot a hit!” -Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
"Where once a tyrant had to wish that his subjects had but one common neck that he might strangle them all at once, all he has to do now is to 'educate the people' so that they will have but one common mind to delude." -- Richard Mitchell (1929-2002) Professor at Glassboro State College, NJ, author, founder and publisher of The Underground Grammarian Source: The Underground Grammarian
Can you imagine that animal soaking up a couple of tons of muzzle energy with each round and not being flattened?
It's easy to see from this video why they're so dangerous. If the hunter hadn't damaged something in the "boiler room" he'd have likely been killed. This is why only brain shots are considered reliable when pursuing these critters. If you shoot them anywhere else with an elephant gun such as a .460 Weatherby or .458 Winchester Magnum they get angry!
Ironically, I met a guy in Flint, MI years ago who took two of them with a bow! He said that he stuck them in their hearts and they didn't even flinch or acknowledge his presence, but kept walking until they simply flopped over dead! He also said that hunters with their pain-in-the-ass loud guns signal the buffs as to the source of their unhappiness and that's why they charge!
"Dear Jack, I heard our song and it got me thinking of you. Love, Ennis."
