graybird
AH enthusiast
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- South Africa (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal both twice), Saskatchewan, Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas, Nebraska, Georgia, Florida, Michigan, Mississippi
One of our PHs in camp last year had been speared by a wounded bushbuck. The PH's client had wounded a bushbuck and he had sent his Jark Russell on the blood spoor. They were in very thick bush and he could hear the dog worrying the bushbuck. He was walking/crawling down a game trail when suddenly the dog came running back to him. He said the dog was in high gear running down the same trail he was walking up when the dog literally ran between his legs. Then, the next thing he said he saw was the bushbuck but it was too late, he was too close.
The bushbuck speared him in his leg and the other horn hit one of his testicals. Natually, he hit the ground with the bushbuck horns still lodged in him. As he was lying on the ground he grabbed the horns of the bushbuck and pulled them out of his body. Then, he realized, "Now what the hell am I going to do with this thing?" So, he was lying on his back holding on to a wounded bushbuck's horns screaming for his tracker or client to shoot the bloody thing off him. I don't remember if it was the tracker or the client, but one of them did shoot the bushbuck while he was still holding onto his horns.
Also, my hunting buddy shot a bushbuck the next to the last day of our trip last year. The bushbuck ended up sticking the dog a bit near his flank before a finishing shot couple be made. The dog was ok after a little dental floss and a couple stiches. He was ready to go hunting the next day as if nothing had happened.
Those are the only two stories I have of bushbuck getting their revenge on hunters.
The bushbuck speared him in his leg and the other horn hit one of his testicals. Natually, he hit the ground with the bushbuck horns still lodged in him. As he was lying on the ground he grabbed the horns of the bushbuck and pulled them out of his body. Then, he realized, "Now what the hell am I going to do with this thing?" So, he was lying on his back holding on to a wounded bushbuck's horns screaming for his tracker or client to shoot the bloody thing off him. I don't remember if it was the tracker or the client, but one of them did shoot the bushbuck while he was still holding onto his horns.
Also, my hunting buddy shot a bushbuck the next to the last day of our trip last year. The bushbuck ended up sticking the dog a bit near his flank before a finishing shot couple be made. The dog was ok after a little dental floss and a couple stiches. He was ready to go hunting the next day as if nothing had happened.
Those are the only two stories I have of bushbuck getting their revenge on hunters.