Baagh Shikar: The Art Of Hunting The Royal Bengal Tiger

[Ruraldoc]

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[Hunter-Habib]

Very interesting read Golam...should I ever do such a hunt I would use my 450/400 3 1/4 with 400 grain woodleigh softs..and flip up the moonsight..

The Sundarban looks like a nightmarish place to hunt..with very close range shots..

Excellent choice, Pondoro. What brand is your .450/400 Nitro Express 3.25" Magnum ?

 

[Hunter-Habib]

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I think i would carry this one In the swamps there .

Pound and ounces

20 inch Gew 98 .458 Win

With 500Gr Nosler Partitions, Per ?

 

[Pondoro]

Excellent choice, Pondoro. What brand is your .450/400 Nitro Express 3.25" Magnum ?

Habib, it is a Joseph Lang made 1906..

 

[PerH]

With 500Gr Nosler Partitions, Per ?

No idea Habib last Tine i checked they were very expensive here , compared to reloads

So ill Get some of the done later on .

 

[VertigoBE]

This a great read @Hunter-Habib! Thanks a lot for taking the time to write this out and sharing it so freely with us all. I’ll be making a PDF out of it to save for the future.
Thanks enormously!

 

[Hunter-Habib]

I’m very curious why the government hasn’t taken action to eradicate the screw worm from the area ?
we took massive action to try and eradicate the flesh eating insects in the 1960-1980’s
in northern Mexico and the southern USA using sterilization of the male fly ( the female flies can only breed once before life cycle ends)
I bet this action would have a major impact on axis , nilgai, sambar , tiger populations

Because in third world countries, each government body is far too concerned with trying to overthrow other government bodies to actually decide to dedicate the time & effort to do anything productive.

I made 10 proposals to the Ministry of Forests in 2000 (while I was the Chief Conservator of Forests), one of which included a plan for screw worm reduction projects. 7 proposals were accepted (after a great deal of haggling between me & them), but unfortunately I retired and went on to pursue my political career before the proposal about screw worm containment could go through.

 

[poco]

Because in third world countries, each government body is far too concerned with trying to overthrow other government bodies to actually decide to dedicate the time & effort to do anything productive.

I made 10 proposals to the Ministry of Forests in 2000 (while I was the Chief Conservator of Forests), one of which included a plan for screw worm reduction projects. 7 proposals were accepted (after a great deal of haggling between me & them), but unfortunately I retired and went on to pursue my political career before the proposal about screw worm containment could go through.

That’s a shame, those flys cause billons of dollars in agricultural damage and untold ecological destruction to wildlife, and sounds like caused some people to get eaten by some tigers

 

[Hunter-Habib]

This a great read @Hunter-Habib! Thanks a lot for taking the time to write this out and sharing it so freely with us all. I’ll be making a PDF out of it to save for the future.
Thanks enormously!

Why thank you, Vertigo.

 

[Hunter-Habib]

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Who should I tag, Doc ?

 

[Hunter-Habib]

That’s a shame, those flys cause billons of dollars in agricultural damage and untold ecological destruction to wildlife, and sounds like caused some people to get eaten by some tigers

They do. And the frustrating thing is that this could all have been completely avoidable.

 

[DieJager]

Wonderful to read. Thank you for sharing.

 

[Hunter-Habib]

Wonderful to read. Thank you for sharing.

I'm glad that you enjoyed it, Die Jager.

 

[mark-hunter]

Great article, much enjoyed the reading, thank you for taking the time and effort to write it, @Hunter-Habib

 

[Hunter-Habib]

Great article, much enjoyed the reading, thank you for taking the time and effort to write it, @Hunter-Habib

I’m glad you enjoyed it, Mark-Hunter.

 

[VertigoBE]

For those that would like to save this on their PC's, and with permission from @Hunter-Habib here is a pdf combining all the posts together.
I did remove the graphic pictures.

@BRICKBURN & @AfricaHunting.com : Have you ever thought of creating a "library-section" for the best articles to be made available on PDF? Some of these articles contain information that is unobtainium otherwise. Having a library where these are all stored together in their own section, might be a real added-value for the website. Just an idea.

 

[Hunter-Habib]

For those that would like to save this on their PC's, and with permission from @Hunter-Habib here is a pdf combining all the posts together.
I did remove the graphic pictures.

@BRICKBURN & @AfricaHunting.com : Have you ever thought of creating a "library-section" for the best articles to be made available on PDF? Some of these articles contain information that is unobtainium otherwise. Having a library where these are all stored together in their own section, might be a real added-value for the website. Just an idea.

I’m really honored that you consider it to be so worthy, Vertigo.

 

[Wyatt Smith]

Thank you for taking the time to write this for us. A very educational and entertaining read for sure.

 

[Hunter-Habib]

Thank you for taking the time to write this for us. A very educational and entertaining read for sure.

I’m glad you enjoyed it, Wyatt.

 

[jimmywallstreet]

Very entertaining read Hunter-Habib! Thank you for sharing with us.