Has it ever happened to you..

[K-man]

What were u armed with?

.375 H&H with 300 grain barnes. 30 yards I think. One shot frontal brain. Her back feet went down so fast she left 10 feet of skid marks. She was doing over 30 miles per hour and breaking trees without slowing down. No question if it was a bluff charge. My P.H. was ready with a Heym 470 NE with 500 grain sledgehammers. It wasn't needed this time. Such a sad ending, it's been difficult to relay the story.

 

[SStomcat]

.375 H&H with 300 grain barnes. 30 yards I think. One shot frontal brain. Her back feet went down so fast she left 10 feet of skid marks. She was doing over 30 miles per hour and breaking trees without slowing down. No question if it was a bluff charge. My P.H. was ready with a Heym 470 NE with 500 grain sledgehammers. It wasn't needed this time. Such a sad ending, it's been difficult to relay the story.

Interesting your PH was well equipped so were you. Did you use Barnes solids or TSX?

 

[K-man]

Interesting your PH was well equipped so weee you. Did you use Barnes solids or TSX?

TSX. I'm sure I had solids in my belt but there wasn't time to consider reloading. Just put bullets in the target and hope you put them where they belong.

 

[SStomcat]

TSX. I'm sure I had solids in my belt but there wasn't time to consider reloading. Just put bullets in the target and hope you put them where they belong.

Agreed, shows that even a expanding does the trick with right placement

 

[SStomcat]

.375 H&H with 300 grain barnes. 30 yards I think. One shot frontal brain. Her back feet went down so fast she left 10 feet of skid marks. She was doing over 30 miles per hour and breaking trees without slowing down. No question if it was a bluff charge. My P.H. was ready with a Heym 470 NE with 500 grain sledgehammers. It wasn't needed this time. Such a sad ending, it's been difficult to relay the story.

So, in a situation like this I will assume you did not have a permit for an elephant. What would therefore be the process? Is it a pain in the butt or something else as it was a life and death situation?

 

[Velo Dog]

The mature tusker was many years ago, while tracking the buffalo in my avatar, on a 100,000 acre property called “Maruli” or “Baruli” not sure which, bordering Kruger Park, South Africa, open to the park and only fenced on one side, up by the road.

The one with small tusks was April of this year, while fishing in the Okavango River, Caprivi Strip, Namibia.

The huge crocodile was during that same fishing trip.

The grizzly was about 5 or 6 years ago, while fly fishing for silver salmon (aka: “coho” salmon, Brooks River, Alaska.

 

[SStomcat]

The mature tusker was many years ago, while tracking the buffalo in my avatar, on a 100,000 acre property called “Maruli” or “Baruli” not sure which, bordering Kruger Park, South Africa, open to the park and only fenced on one side, up by the road.

The one with small tusks was April of this year, while fishing in the Okavango River, Caprivi Strip, Namibia.

The huge crocodile was during that same fishing trip.

The grizzly was about 5 or 6 years ago, while fly fishing for silver salmon (aka: “coho” salmon, Brooks River, Alaska.

Excellent pictures was the croc coming after you

 

[Mtn_Infantry]

Had a .22LR in hand looking for small stuff when this lioness was discovered while hunting in Zim

 

[Velo Dog]

Excellent pictures was the croc coming after you

Thanks for that compliment but, I’m really not much of a photographer.
And the croc ya, I doubt he was after anything except a lazy handout, as he was swimming very very slow.
My best guess is that he was accustomed to people who stand around in stationary boats, sometimes toss fish heads and such, overboard.

 

[Foxi]

That you encountered an elephant or lion in close proximity while hunting PG?

in Big 5 countries always.
Apart from the leopard, everything was there, including the black rhino.
However, we only ever had trouble with elephants.
We were attacked a few times.
They can be really moody creatures

 

[Foxi]

Is he coming or not?
I have often been reprimanded by my PHs that I should sometimes have concentrated more on the rifle and not on the camera in such situations.
Two rifle barrels are more likely to stop than one.
Distance around 15 m

 

[Foxi]

In this small dry creek there was a lot to track.
Fresh tracks of rhino, buffalo and I don't know what else
It was soon too dangerous for us and we preferred more open terrain.

 

[fourfive8]

Hard to believe a cruiser can’t outrun an elephant! Is it possible that “inability to escape” was on purpose? I have been charged/chased twice by angry cow elephants in full, “going to kill you”, pursuit. Each time luckily in a cruiser and we had no trouble outrunning the cows. Anyway, makes for good story

Once had a young bull elephant try to ambush us from an acute side angle, making a couple of charges at our cruiser. We were able to out maneuver it and get out of there. He was probably what some call an “askari”. It was in an area with a high density of old bulls.

Have bumped into black rhinos a few times. Never charged nor have they shown aggression. However, each time, I would call their behavior as “squirrely”. They are definitely unpredictable and not to be trusted.

 

[SStomcat]

in Big 5 countries always.
Apart from the leopard, everything was there, including the black rhino.
However, we only ever had trouble with elephants.
We were attacked a few times.
They can be really moody creatures
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In situation like this I will be more fcussed on shot placement should it come closer...hats off to you for choosing to take pictures..

 

[SStomcat]

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In this small dry creek there was a lot to track.
Fresh tracks of rhino, buffalo and I don't know what else
It was soon too dangerous for us and we preferred more open terrain.

That sure looks risky, with dense foliage around and not been able to see what is lurking in them

 

[Grandpa Moose]

swung down wind on a group of buffalo and stumbled upon s cow rhino snd calf. She had a fit while I and PH hid on brush when she left the buffalo were alerted and as the lead bull came at us I took him front on one shot at moderate distance the bullet took heart lungs liver and more he pilled into brush and death moan followed. Then the show started when the heard tried to get him up

 

[K-man]

Hard to believe a cruiser can’t outrun an elephant! Is it possible that “inability to escape” was on purpose? I have been charged/chased twice by angry cow elephants in full, “going to kill you”, pursuit. Each time luckily in a cruiser and we had no trouble outrunning the cows. Anyway, makes for good story

Was this directed at me? Just for clarification.

 

[DLSJR]

Here’s another that I just remembered…

Back to 1983 on Deka. We went out one late afternoon to look for a big sable bull that we’d passed up a few days earlier. We were just going to look for an hour or so before dark, so my fiancé tagged along. I grabbed my 300 Winchester, Roy Vincent had his 460 Weatherby and off we went. As were were walking along, we bumped into 4 buffalo bulls, good ones and they were CLOSE. They were standing shoulder to shoulder in a small clearing, facing us and we were kneeling at the base of a small hill, a mere 20 yards from them. My fiancé was getting a bit more of an idea about buffalo than she cared to have!

The buffalo suddenly turned and thundered off into the brush, with Roy and me in hot pursuit. As we took off, Roy told our tracker, Roger, to stay and look after her. Roy and I took off after the 4 bulls and yes, I guess I was gonna shoot a bull with a 180 grain Nosler Partition if things worked out. Not planned but it’s what I had in hand when we encountered the buffalo.

The bush was very thick and in no time we were among the buffalo. The first bull we saw was behind us, between us and my fiancé & Roger. That bull spooked, thundering off right toward the two of them. Roy and I took off after it, worried about her safety. When we got back to the clearing there was nobody there. Not Roger, the buffalo or my fiancé! We had an ‘Oh Shit’ moment and started calling out to them. After a bit we could see Roger coming down from the hill, laughing; but she wasn’t with him. We started yelling her name and up the hill we heard “I’m up here”. When she saw the buffalo barreling out of the bush, she took off and climbed a tree! Fortunately, the buffalo had no interest in her. We got her down and headed back to the truck, as we’d had enough excitement for the evening. But we couldn’t know the surprise we were going to have on our drive back to camp…

On the way back we came upon a large gray rump sticking out of the brush on the roadside. Roy slowed and the animal backed up into the road and faced us in the headlights. It was a Black Rhino bull! The rhino turned toward the truck and started running up the road. Roy quickly put the truck in reverse and started backing down the road, with the rhino trotting along in the headlights. My girlfriend was terrified and told Roy to shoot it, he replied we can’t because it’s protected. A lively, humorous and fairly panicked by her discussion ensued all while Roy continued back down the road in reverse with our new friend in front of us. Finally, the rhino turned around and we chased it back up the road. After perhaps 1/2 a kilometer, the rhino turned toward the brush and Roy floored the throttle and we got past the rhino. It was an entertaining discussion over dinner, as she was still terrified of the evening’s adventure, while Roy and I both thought it was quite a good day.

After that, she didn’t go out hunting with us much, choosing to stay in camp to read while we ventured forth.

 

[cwpayton]

That very friendly looking Cape Buff was not happy with our presence. That was a little tense considering we only had a pistol and my 280 Rem.
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[cwpayton]

sir I sincerely hope you rode out that hurricane safely that would be as bad as a cape buff.