Has it ever happened to you..

[soumya sarkar]

Interesting to read through all your experiences. Wisdom says to leave them alone and/or back track For worst case scenarios I believe it will be prudent to carry few solids just in case.
I plan to hunt PG with a 9.3X62

 

[BRICKBURN]

Enjoy your up close and personal experience.

 

[Northern Shooter]

Do PH’s not still carry a 375 minimum when guiding clients for plains game in areas where dangerous game is also present?

 

[D-Orcutt]

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

Had a leopard walk across a path in front of me 60 yards out wasn’t scary more surreal, it didn’t register in my head what was happening until my PH said how rare that is in the daylight

 

[Hunt anything]

Stalking an nyala bull in Mozambique. We were using a palm/ palmetto island for cover, when we got to about 20 yards from the cover a low rumble came out of it. The two trackers split behind me and my PH. He grabbed me by the shirt and pulled me to him and said flatly “if he comes shoot him”. Being only my 3rd day in Africa I was a little confused until a young male lion stood up and then sunk back down in the bush. My PH said to watch his tail and if it goes rigid get ready. Luckily he settled down as we backed out and he finally ran off! Needless to say the nyala bull had vanished.

 

[JD Noblin]

We were hunting in the Selous Reserve in Tanzania and driving on a two-track when we rounded a corner and encountered a bull elephant coming the other direction. We stopped and the bull stopped....but he just did not want to leave the road. So we waited and waited.....and waited some more. Finally, the bull walked about 50 yards off the road. The PH gunned the Land Rover's engine and said "everyone hang on!" and he floored it. As we got about even with the bull, he started chasing the Rover and it was a sight I will never forget....that bull ran literally through and over trees as thick as 4-5 inches....the trees just snapped like toothpicks and never slowed him down.

 

[Newboomer]

We were hunting in the Selous Reserve in Tanzania and driving on a two-track when we rounded a corner and encountered a bull elephant coming the other direction. We stopped and the bull stopped....but he just did not want to leave the road. So we waited and waited.....and waited some more. Finally, the bull walked about 50 yards off the road. The PH gunned the Land Rover's engine and said "everyone hang on!" and he floored it. As we got about even with the bull, he started chasing the Rover and it was a sight I will never forget....that bull ran literally through and over trees as thick as 4-5 inches....the trees just snapped like toothpicks and never slowed him down.
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We were driving throuh the Addo Elephant Reserve in RSA one morning on our way to a hunting spot when a big old bull ele stepped out into the road about 50 yards ahead of us. He stopped and looked. We stopped and looked--Mexican standoff. Neither of us blinked or moved. He flapped his ears and raised his trunk, just to see what we were, I think. After a few minutes he turned and casually ambled down the road in front of us. We followed at a healthy distance. Half a mile later he looked back at us as if to say, "This is my road. You follow me." Then strolled off into the bush. We quickly left the area.