Re: Shoot Slow----as fast as you can
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: kraigWY</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Hard to practice for this:
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Been watching lion charges lately and started wondering to myself how someone prepares for that. I can't think of a training situation that would prepare you for a charging carnivore such as a big cat. I didn't realize how much damage the cat caused until it showed everything. Hell he was only on him for a couple of seconds. Things are downright ferocious.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Kurt</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Unless a animal is on the verge of going extinct if you want it to flurish hunt them. I would like to hunt leopard just for the challenge and the sweet rug that would come from it. Easy to talk shit when your not the one getting charged by the most ruthless of the big five.</div></div>
Agreed. I'd also like to take a Lion, leopard, or something of the sort. Really want to go to Africa in my lifetime. Yeah lot of people being a little harsh. Also note the little amount of time the animal was on the man. He now has a broken wrist, gashes, and bite marks on his sternum, had the cat actually bit and not just punctured him it could've been a different story.
We never saw the first shot did we? For all we know the reason the leopard isn't dead is because they shot him on a charge. Acting like a leopard is something easily taken down is also a little stretched. I'm not sure about the second video but it looks as though the lion gets shot right before jumps roles over and runs off. There is a longer version IIRC that shows that the man actually shot him in the head.
As for reason's to hunt game like this? Passion, adrenaline, drive, you name it. It's an obsession to be able to hunt a animal that has an opportunity to kill you, that is a major predator of the animal kingdom.
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