The most dangerous of hunts? The most dangerous game?

[DLSJR]

Definitely cow elephant during the day but having male lions come into camp at night when laying in a tent can cause insomnia! They are different at night.

Amen to that! Lions act very differently at night. Far more dangerous.

 

[Mark A Ouellette]

I think if cape buffalos could they would choose...

 

[Jeff505]

I had a conversation in Zambia in 2014 with my PH about tracking wounded game, the usual big five were of coarse on the list but there was one other animal he considered dangerous when wounded and a a few stories to back that up. The Bushbuck, I would not have thought that.

 

[sgt_zim]

A leopard mauling that ends about as well as one could hope for.

 

[Chryss]

A leopard mauling that ends about as well as one could hope for.

There are two possible approaches:

1. To shoot quickly to stop the attack immediately, which can minimize the risk of serious or fatal injuries to the human.

2. To take the time to aim correctly to avoid harming the human or other people present, while being aware that this delay may increase the risk of fatal injuries to the human if the animal continues its attack.

Ultimately, the decision to shoot quickly or take the time to aim depends on the circumstances. For me, it would have been difficult to do better, bravo to the PH!

He managed to avoid the worst possible outcome

 

[BryceM]

Wow. I don't want to get chewed on by a leopard, but I really, really don't want to get shot! Worked out, it seems. Dangerous all around.

 

[VINOYASADO]

Certainly a situation that requires balls of steel...

 

[randallhebert]

My PH buddy said lions will pick out one individual and stay on them where as leopard are equal opportunity maulers, every body is getting sititches.

 

[Rockwall205]

On my last hunt in the BVC I asked our two PHs that exact question and they both said Buffalo. Ironically on that same hunt we were charged by an UNWOUNDED buffalo after we shot his buddy. My Ph Zane Bronkhorst shot the bull between the eyes skidding on the ground resting two yards in front of me . Will never go DG hunting without him . My wife and I leave in May to hunt two Gonarezhou Bulls . Zane will be leading the way . I will never be relaxed around an unwounded buff again !

 

[Tra3]

Thank you everyone for responding! If there are others that have insight I’d encourage them to post…
It seems as if Cow Elephant is the runaway in thought of the most dangerous but we all understand that depending on the condition they are all very very dangerous!

I just saw this video last night and it made me think of this post. It’s a great show and encourage you to watch all of it as it’s very well made! If you don’t have the time to watch it all forward minute 55 and there is a unprovoked Cow Elephant charge that attacks the truck and tries to pull one of the trackers out of the bed of the truck! The Cows are not to be messed with jeez lol

Amazing and scary. That whole group looked like they needed an underwear change after that.

We experienced 3 different elephant charge situations last September in Namibia. The first ended when the game guard, while running at full speed, turned and shot his service rifle over the head of a cow ele. He was behind me and he sure did look small compared to that cow as she was coming!

The second was after I had shot and elephant and a group of three came back in and prompted a hasty retreat of all us bipeds

The third was a cantankerous cow who took chase of the cruiser and followed for a good 300 yards, trumpeting.

A safari vehicle doesn’t seem very big or very safe when an elephant charges.

There is truly nothing like being close to elephants while on foot.

 

[Green Chile]

Ele screams are super loud but that growl they make when they are pissed will stand up the hair on the back of your neck. It's for real.

The vocalizations are all unique but here is a bull growling at some lions...it's a very low frequency that you can feel in your chest. Very intimidating...you can see how nervous the lions get.

 

[CZDiesel]

Amazing and scary. That whole group looked like they needed an underwear change after that.

We experienced 3 different elephant charge situations last September in Namibia. The first ended when the game guard, while running at full speed, turned and shot his service rifle over the head of a cow ele. He was behind me and he sure did look small compared to that cow as she was coming!

The second was after I had shot and elephant and a group of three came back in and prompted a hasty retreat of all us bipeds

The third was a cantankerous cow who took chase of the cruiser and followed for a good 300 yards, trumpeting.

A safari vehicle doesn’t seem very big or very safe when an elephant charges.

There is truly nothing like being close to elephants while on foot.

WOW @Tra3 That sounds like a crazy hunt! I’m glad all of you made it out safety!

 

[Hunt anything]

Thank you everyone for responding! If there are others that have insight I’d encourage them to post…
It seems as if Cow Elephant is the runaway in thought of the most dangerous but we all understand that depending on the condition they are all very very dangerous!

I just saw this video last night and it made me think of this post. It’s a great show and encourage you to watch all of it as it’s very well made! If you don’t have the time to watch it all forward minute 55 and there is a unprovoked Cow Elephant charge that attacks the truck and tries to pull one of the trackers out of the bed of the truck! The Cows are not to be messed with jeez lol

I could barely make it through the last 3 minutes of the video, the first 57 or so no problem. It was pretty close to my encounter but mine was at night with a known killer. It had killed a woman a couple of nights earlier. She was easy to identify because she only had one tusk. That was 11 years ago come June 10 but it seems like it was 11 minutes ago!!

 

[CZDiesel]

I could barely make it through the last 3 minutes of the video, the first 57 or so no problem. It was pretty close to my encounter but mine was at night with a known killer. It had killed a woman a couple of nights earlier. She was easy to identify because she only had one tusk. That was 11 years ago come June 10 but it seems like it was 11 minutes ago!!

That’s crazy scary! These Ele’s are just mean!