Most Dangerous Game (unwounded)?

[leslie hetrick]

walk in some cities in the world unarmed may be the end of you for very little money.

 

[Gert Odendaal]

Maybe not relevant these days with advance medicine available for hunters hunting Africa, but in the earlier times/years the anopheles mosquito was considered as one of the big seven...it killed a lot of humans/hunters as well.

 

[norfolk shooter]

I would say a woman is more dangerous than anything with 4 legs

 

[woods0824]

I would say you left one important one out, the Black Mamba , a ferocious snake always encountered while hunting, it is a killer in its own right, not much needed to provoke him to strike or not even giving him attention will provoke a deadly assault on you while walking through the veld to hunt .....what makes him dangerous is the fact that he can rise two thirds of his entire length giving him the advantage to be the height of the unsuspected hunter`s eyes and face ...the only snake that can move fast enough to strike /bite more than twelve people in a group within a few seconds, all strikes will be fatal...I consider the Mamba as one of the most dangerous game animals when not wounded...

100% agree. Based on how much time I think about the mamba, for me its the most feared.

 

[Gert Odendaal]

I had a hair raising experience when still a young boy when a huge Mamba chased my friend Pieter Louw and me , although we had rifles in hand , it was the last thing we thought of to try and shoot at this black open mouth creature coming rolling towards us hissing like a steam locomotive...it was coming straight towards us in the long grass standing about a meter high and throwing his bottom portion of his body in cycles while his head was moving side ways , gleaming black eyes , black open mouth ...it really was a frightening sight....even running as fast as possible to open some distance between us and his advance felt like we are not outrunning the mamba...

 

[Doug Hamilton]

Might not be as big as the others but might be the most deadliest unwounded when encountered in the bush.
Mr Black Mamba when they can lift themselves up to almost look you in the eye its scary seen it twice. Other times just seeing them and backing off and killed some when they were too close to camp.

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Remember he said game animal. Mambas are bad news, but not game animals. Mosquitos kill more people than any other animal in Africa (and elsewhere), but they aren't game animals.

 

[Gert Odendaal]

Remember he said game animal. Mambas are bad news, but not game animals. Mosquitos kill more people than any other animal in Africa (and elsewhere), but they aren't game animals.

Doug, it still constitutes dangerous in my mind

 

[Doug Hamilton]

Doug, it still constitutes dangerous in my mind

Wasn't saying that I wasn't afraid of them. Just that they weren't game animals, which was the question asked. Come to think of it, all venomous snakes scare me, and so do crocs!
Doug

 

[Doug Hamilton]

It’s off topic but interesting.
The movie of the Ghost and the Darkness about the the same story of those maneaters of Tsavo is a favourite and I read the book.
There are other theories that the Lions had other problems like issues with their teeth etc. a cyst in a tooth cavity? The information is online.
I have no desire to go vego and now I have reason not too.
On a tour of Pumba game reserve we were able to get out of the vehicle and observe leopards who were resting after eating from a fresh kill.
We were told they re unlikely to attack people as we are bigger but the guide had a stick in hand.

I can't say you're wrong about lions. They seem get nasty when they get pushed. The Ghost and the Darkness is one of my favorites too.

 

[Doug Hamilton]

But if you ever do encounter a Polar Bear, it is more likely to consider you a meal than a threat.

OK. If I see any polar bears in Africa on my next safari, I'm gonna shoot him! I wonder what the trophy fee is?

 

[CBH Australia]

Nah you just get bonus points if you get any bear in Afri

 

[Gert Odendaal]

Doug, I just love snakes, I think they are a specie that only do good in our environment...I would never kill a snake .....unfortunately many people are afraid of snakes and sees the only good snake as a dead snake..even hunters that are suppose to respect and live within nature ..people react to something they do not have knowledge about by usually killing it ...

 

[Frederik]

Remember he said game animal. Mambas are bad news, but not game animals. Mosquitos kill more people than any other animal in Africa (and elsewhere), but they aren't game animals.

Tuskless elephant cow with a calf!!!

 

[ndumo HUNTING SAFARIS]

According to Wikipedia, hippos kill more humans each year than any other. The crocodile is second.

I have never believed that. There is too little of the human population living next to rivers. remember, Africa is a comparatively dry continent. It may be true in areas like the Caprivi, where a lot of people do live close to rivers, but even in this small sample, if I have to rely on my memory, elephant fatalities has been higher than crocs and hippo.
People tend to try and chase elephants away from their crops, and sometimes stumble into them at night time.

From my hunting perspective, I would split it into the following categories:

A) most likely to charge
1) leopard
2) lion
3) elephant cow (unwounded)
4) buffalo
5) hippo

B) most likely to kill you if it makes it to you:
1) elephant
2) lion
3) hippo
4) buffalo
5) rhino

C) The follow ups that make my hair stand on end the most
1) wounded lion as it WILL kill you if it makes it to you, and comes very quick
2) wounded leopard as it WILL charge, and the most likely to get you because it is so fast and only gives it potition away when he launches the attack
3) wounded buffalo mush slower than a lion, but also deadly, also bigger target
4) wounded elephant as it is normally easier to see before it comes, but if it makes it to you....
5) hippo only because I had to swim with them...

 

[PaulT]

"I have never believed that. There is too little of the human population living next to rivers. remember, Africa is a comparatively dry continent. It may be true in areas like the Caprivi, where a lot of people do live close to rivers, but even in this small sample, if I have to rely on my memory, elephant fatalities has been higher than crocs and hippo.
People tend to try and chase elephants away from their crops, and sometimes stumble into them at night time.

From my hunting perspective, I would split it into the following categories:

A) most likely to charge
1) leopard
2) lion
3) elephant cow (unwounded)
4) buffalo
5) hippo

B) most likely to kill you if it makes it to you:
1) Karl Stumpfe
1) elephant
2) lion
3) hippo
4) buffalo
5) rhino

C) The follow ups that make my hair stand on end the most
1) wounded lion as it WILL kill you if it makes it to you, and comes very quick
2) wounded leopard as it WILL charge, and the most likely to get you because it is so fast and only gives it potition away when he launches the attack
3) wounded buffalo mush slower than a lion, but also deadly, also bigger target
4) wounded elephant as it is normally easier to see before it comes, but if it makes it to you....
5) hippo only because I had to swim with them... "

There, fixed it for you !!!!

 

[WAB]

Doug, I just love snakes, I think they are a specie that only do good in our environment...I would never kill a snake .....unfortunately many people are afraid of snakes and sees the only good snake as a dead snake..even hunters that are suppose to respect and live within nature ..people react to something they do not have knowledge about by usually killing it ...

Gert, having spent three days in hospital and receiving four courses of anti-venom after a snake bite, I kill every venomous snake I see. I tend to agree with you on the others.

 

[ndumo HUNTING SAFARIS]

Paul, what did you fix?

 

[spike.t]

Paul, what did you fix?

most likely to kill you if it makes it to you:
1) Karl Stumpfe
1) elephant
2) lion
3) hippo
4) buffalo
5) rhino
Think this at no1....

 

[Doug Hamilton]

Doug, I just love snakes, I think they are a specie that only do good in our environment...I would never kill a snake .....unfortunately many people are afraid of snakes and sees the only good snake as a dead snake..even hunters that are suppose to respect and live within nature ..people react to something they do not have knowledge about by usually killing it ...

I generally go around snakes unless they pose a threat, even rattlesnakes. The only two venomous snakes I saw in Africa were both cobras and somebody else had killed them before I saw them. The point I was trying to make was that just because something is dangerous doesn't make it a game animal.

 

[Gert Odendaal]

I generally go around snakes unless they pose a threat, even rattlesnakes. The only two venomous snakes I saw in Africa were both cobras and somebody else had killed them before I saw them. The point I was trying to make was that just because something is dangerous doesn't make it a game animal.

I am sure the indigenous South African people and Bushman would disagree with you, just because we with rifles hunts the Dangerous game animals as dangerous game animals it does not mean the indigenous tribes like the Bushman do not perceive a big dangerous Mamba/Cape Cobra /Puff adder as their favorite dangerous game animal to spit over a camp fire ... There is more to hunting dangerous game in Africa than meets the eye Dough