Hunter Habib

[Kavik]

Hunter Habib gets my + opinion regarding what hunters should be. I say he is extension of Jim Corbett. Am proud to follow .

 

[Papa72]

Hunter Habib personifies my definition of a truly practical hunter. I want to grow up to be just like him.

 

[Hunter-Habib]

Thank you everybody for your kind appreciation. You are the perfect admirers of a most imperfect human being such as myself. I am genuinely touched by this heartfelt post.

I assure you all. I'm nothing special. Just your average everyday guy who has been fortunate enough to exploit a lot of unique hunting opportunities over the years (mostly through sheer luck or happenstance).

Rather than think highly of me, I will be much more happy if each of you plays your part (regardless of how trivial) in contributing to international hunting legalization & conservation efforts. In order to make sure that the hunting, wild game & forests that we all hold so dear to our hearts remains open to our kind for the foreseeable future.

Recently, a very dear friend (and member of these forums) was involved in getting hunting relegalized in Angola. And nothing could make me happier.

Remember that we are hunters. First & foremost, the responsibility of wilderness conservation falls upon our shoulders. Because of our unique consumptive (but not abusive) relationship with wildlife, we are the only ones who care about what happens to the forests of all our nations.

And I’m really honored but also really embarrassed to be compared to the likes of the great Jim Corbett. He has always been my childhood hero and I’m not even worth the toe nails of this heroic selfless sportsman, conservationist and humanitarian.

Although I do have the slightly better mustache…

 

[JD Noblin]

Last year I PMed Hunter Habib requesting advice about lion hunting. I am an absolute nobody and had no prior contact with him, yet he graciously spent time responding to my questions and providing great insight and advice for lion hunting. I credit Hunter Habib with helping me harvest my first two lions last month. The quest for the Dangerous 7 continues...Thank you Hunter Habib!

 

[ftrovato]

Thank you everybody for your kind appreciation. You are the perfect admirers of a most imperfect human being such as myself. I am genuinely touched by this heartfelt post.

I assure you all. I'm nothing special. Just your average everyday guy who has been fortunate enough to exploit a lot of unique hunting opportunities over the years (mostly through sheer luck or happenstance).

Rather than think highly of me, I will be much more happy if each of you plays your part (regardless of how trivial) in contributing to international hunting legalization & conservation efforts. In order to make sure that the hunting, wild game & forests that we all hold so dear to our hearts remains open to our kind for the foreseeable future.

Recently, a very dear friend (and member of these forums) was involved in getting hunting relegalized in Angola. And nothing could make me happier.

Remember that we are hunters. First & foremost, the responsibility of wilderness conservation falls upon our shoulders. Because of our unique consumptive (but not abusive) relationship with wildlife, we are the only ones who care about what happens to the forests of all our nations.

And I’m really honored but also really embarrassed to be compared to the likes of the great Jim Corbett. He has always been my childhood hero and I’m not even worth the toe nails of this heroic selfless sportsman, conservationist and humanitarian.

Although I do have the slightly better mustache…

You're a fine Gentleman, Hunter and Conservationist.

We benefit when people like you help us!

To your point on Conservation, I brought home a few snares from Africa last fall to use as a conversation starter with others to share what is really happening in the African bush.

I would immensely enjoy sharing a cigar & whisky around a campfire with you!

 

[Daisy]

Last year I PMed Hunter Habib requesting advice about lion hunting. I am an absolute nobody and had no prior contact with him, yet he graciously spent time responding to my questions and providing great insight and advice for lion hunting. I credit Hunter Habib with helping me harvest my first two lions last month. The quest for the Dangerous 7 continues...Thank you Hunter Habib! View attachment 689098View attachment 689099

That’s awesome JD. Congrats. Where did you hunt?

 

[PerH]

If President Teddy Roosevelt and Jim Corbett had an Asian descendant, it would probably be HH.

 

[Happy Myles]

Hunter Habib I always look forward to and enjoy your comments and photos

 

[JD Noblin]

That’s awesome JD. Congrats. Where did you hunt?

I was in the Kalahari Desert with Kuche Safaris....Had a wonderful time.

 

[Daisy]

I was in the Kalahari Desert with Kuche Safaris....Had a wonderful time.

Good for you my man

 

[Hunter-Habib]

Last year I PMed Hunter Habib requesting advice about lion hunting. I am an absolute nobody and had no prior contact with him, yet he graciously spent time responding to my questions and providing great insight and advice for lion hunting. I credit Hunter Habib with helping me harvest my first two lions last month. The quest for the Dangerous 7 continues...Thank you Hunter Habib! View attachment 689098View attachment 689099

@JD Noblin

The real credit goes entirely to you & your superb hunting skills. I merely assisted you by steering you in the right direction. My contribution was quite minuscule.

Magnificent looking lions, by the way. The male looks like he can easily tip the 380LB scale. Did you employ your trusty .500 Nitro Express Heym Model 89B ?

 

[Hunter-Habib]

You're a fine Gentleman, Hunter and Conservationist.

We benefit when people like you help us!

To your point on Conservation, I brought home a few snares from Africa last fall to use as a conversation starter with others to share what is really happening in the African bush.

I would immensely enjoy sharing a cigar & whisky around a campfire with you!

The pleasure would be mine, @ftrovato. Poacher’s snares are extremely nasty barbaric little things.

 

[USN]

If the post is by HH it instantly has all the credibility one could ask. I look forward to many more going forward knowing experience and knowledge are speaking, shut up and listen and learn from someone been there done that.

 

[JD Noblin]

@JD Noblin

The real credit goes entirely to you & your superb hunting skills. I merely assisted you by steering you in the right direction. My contribution was quite minuscule.

Magnificent looking lions, by the way. The male looks like he can easily tip the 380LB scale. Did you employ your trusty .500 Nitro Express Heym Model 89B ?

Yes sir....and I used the 570gr Swift A-Frame projectile you recommended and I am glad I did.

Your statement that the muscles of a lion are like tire rubber and can be very tough was quickly proven true on the lioness I hunted. After 1.5 days of tracking her, she popped up at 60 yards and presented a near broadside shot. I put the red-dot on her left shoulder and pressed the trigger. She spun 180-degrees and instantly dropped. The 570gr A-Frame came to rest in her right shoulder, perfectly mushroomed. Below are the pics:

 

[ftrovato]

Yes sir....and I used the 570gr Swift A-Frame projectile you recommended and I am glad I did.

Your statement that the muscles of a lion are like tire rubber and can be very tough was quickly proven true on the lioness I hunted. After 1.5 days of tracking her, she popped up at 60 yards and presented a near broadside shot. I put the red-dot on her left shoulder and pressed the trigger. She spun 180-degrees and instantly dropped. The 570gr A-Frame came to rest in her right shoulder, perfectly mushroomed. Below are the pics:
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I would have never bet that at any angle a lion would have the size or density to stop a 570 soft!

Truly a testament to the fact that Hunters should always not only listen too but respect the experience and advice of their Professional Hunter!

Congrats on 2 great lions!

 

[Hunter-Habib]

I would have never bet that at any angle a lion would have the size or density to stop a 570 soft!

Truly a testament to the fact that Hunters should always not only listen too but respect the experience and advice of their Professional Hunter!

Congrats on 2 great lions!

An interesting anecdote for you:
A lion shot over bait or feeding at a natural kill, is actually a pretty soft framed creature due to the lack of adrenaline coursing through their veins (which keeps the muscles relaxed). Softer than many African plains game species. You may take one out (where legal in places such as Zambia) with calibers as light as a telescopic sighted .300 Winchester Magnum (not too high magnification) loaded with 200Gr Nosler Partitions. A broadside heart-lung shot will do nicely.

When stalking them on foot (as is done in the Kalahari and with the captive bred specimens in South Africa) or (especially) when facing a charge, the hunter is invariably contending with an excited animal full of adrenaline coursing through it’s veins. The chestal muscles become extremely tensed & strong. Getting a soft point to penetrate through 6.8” of those toughened chest “Steaks” and still hold together in order to reach the heart or a lung… can be a real test for the structural integrity of all but the very best premium grade expanding bullets. On a related subject, a captive bred lion is relatively less intelligent than a wild lion but has a disturbingly higher propensity to charge the hunter from the front.

The Kalahari and Tanzania yield some very huge specimens of the African lion. In the Kalahari, on foot stalks are fashionable. In Tanzania, it’s invariably a baited hunt (we typically use a zebra as bait but the smell of hippopotamus meat carries out the farthest and can draw in a lion from relatively far). In Tanzania, we always attempt to aim for the shoulder bone itself, in order to try to anchor the lion. Otherwise, he/she may escape wounded into the bush and get taken down/devoured by a pack of hyenas (which love to get their mitts on a weakened lion whenever possible). We typically avoid the double lung shot on lions in Tanzania, because he goes as far as 50-100 yards… coughing frothy blood before collapsing. I once shot a gigantic male lion this way in one of the Sealous Reserves and even though we found him just ten minutes later… the hyenas were already upon his carcass by the time we got there.

 

[Safari Dave]

We are very fortunate to have a hunter with his history and experience as part of this forum.