Rubi_300
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- Dec 28, 2022
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This probably isn’t going to help any future nerves whenever I embark to go after my big five but figured I’d ask anyway.
To start with, I understand that all of the big five have a lot of potential to seriously hurt or kill you. My curiosity lies more in the details from the hunters who have gone after one of the big five as to what were your presumptions and how they compared to how the hunt actually played out?
To my understanding from reading on here, the biggest thing that can turn a DG hunt south is bad shot placement. Is it something that is common for a big five species to charge/attack just from the sight of human presence?
Partly why I am curious is because I am planning my first safari in SA for sometime next year or the year after. I want to go after plains game but wouldn’t mind going after a buffalo if the opportunity presents itself. I am not a ‘big game’ hunter, at least not in the states. Upland and waterfowl is my favorite hunting. Defiantly no DG experience…yet. Is it foolish to even consider going after a Cape buffalo on my first Africa trip?
I was always left speechless from the stories of a lion attack on a family friend. I’m sure someone on here knows Mark Metzger, perhaps he is on here himself? I know he is a big time hunter of Africa. To my understanding it was just a very bad situation to be in hunting a predatory lion that quickly emphasized dangerous in dangerous game. Apart from the crazy stories, is a “run of the mill” DG hunt always on the upper level of danger?
I hope my questions all make sense. Just trying to get an idea of what a DG hunt really is and the level of danger that is there.
To start with, I understand that all of the big five have a lot of potential to seriously hurt or kill you. My curiosity lies more in the details from the hunters who have gone after one of the big five as to what were your presumptions and how they compared to how the hunt actually played out?
To my understanding from reading on here, the biggest thing that can turn a DG hunt south is bad shot placement. Is it something that is common for a big five species to charge/attack just from the sight of human presence?
Partly why I am curious is because I am planning my first safari in SA for sometime next year or the year after. I want to go after plains game but wouldn’t mind going after a buffalo if the opportunity presents itself. I am not a ‘big game’ hunter, at least not in the states. Upland and waterfowl is my favorite hunting. Defiantly no DG experience…yet. Is it foolish to even consider going after a Cape buffalo on my first Africa trip?
I was always left speechless from the stories of a lion attack on a family friend. I’m sure someone on here knows Mark Metzger, perhaps he is on here himself? I know he is a big time hunter of Africa. To my understanding it was just a very bad situation to be in hunting a predatory lion that quickly emphasized dangerous in dangerous game. Apart from the crazy stories, is a “run of the mill” DG hunt always on the upper level of danger?
I hope my questions all make sense. Just trying to get an idea of what a DG hunt really is and the level of danger that is there.