If you want to shoot dangerous game..

[Rumrunner]

50 BMG uses a 1170 grain bullet.

 

[SStomcat]

50 BMG uses a 1170 grain bullet.

Ok fair enough but would you use it for hunting?

 

[Rumrunner]

Ok fair enough but would you use it for hunting?

Maybe…..If someone helps carry it.

 

[JeeperCreeper]

I hunt naked with a rock as my ancestors intended.

Get on my level of danger.

 

[BruceS]

Can we have a civil discussion on this topic..?

To my mind, if you want to hunt dangerous game, let it be dangerous, otherwise you may as well just shoot deer. DG is to be shot at as close range as possible, either with a bolt rifle or a double..

A buffalo is not dangerous when you shoot him at 80 yards with a .375H&H from sticks.. I mean..if you hunt DG, isnt the taste of danger a part of the experience..?

Hunted with Frik Muller, one of the great Zim PH's, back in the early 80's. For buffalo 50yds was max

 

[Rule 303]

I'm not so sure about the "danger" premise being the big draw. In my view the challenge of the stalk is the draw no matter what critter you are after.

I was taught to stalk game and get as close as you could, no matter what the beast. "Matching your whits"

I found that bow hunting Cape Buffalo was certainly exhilarating. However, it is not for everyone. I won't ever knock a rifle hunter for using a modern firearm, whatever the design, to take game from a reasonable distance that they feel is acceptable/ethical.

I hope you all hunt in a manner you find enjoyable.

I have not read all of this thread yet. I agree with Mr Brickburn. Have read and heard hunting stories out of Africa since I was a child I have always dreamed of hunting the Big 5. OK, I have hunted Elephant, Buffalo and Hippo. I thought the danger would be the draw card, it wasn't. Stalking in as close as possible I find to be the big draw. Moving through a herd of Elephants can have you very tense and minding each step. On one trip I could have shot from just over 100 mts but was not interested, I wanted the stalk. That to me is the challenge.

If there is no way to get closer, then I will take the shot from whatever the closest distance we can get to.

No I have not been crazy enough to take up Bow Hunting I don't like being 2 meters from a big angry animal with two sticks and a bit of string.............2 meters, that's how close I would have to be to hit it