If you want to shoot dangerous game..

[Elkeater]

I like every elephant hunting....tuskless ,cow,trophy bull ,but tuskless is surely, unwounded ,the most dangerous animal which u can hunt...next it cropping P.A.C elephant hunt when allowed in the night.

So I have read many times on here. IF and that’s a pretty big IF I ever get a chance to hunt elephant I want the best experience possible. I honestly probably won’t ever be able to afford trophy bull especially one exportable to the U.S. and tuskless seems to offer the best experience from what I’ve read.

 

[bimbo]

U will find tuskless elephant hunt a true challenge at maximum level !Have a nice hunt

 

[Mtn_Infantry]

The first PH I hunted with on Dangerous Game told me Dangerous Game Hunting was meant to be done up close and personal. Shots should be taken at distances of less than 50 yards, and that sub 30 was preferable. He said Buffalo weren’t supposed to be taken from herds, and elephant are killed with your feet. With this being my first Dangerous Game Hunt in Africa I heard what he said but it didn’t register.

I was hunting for management or broken horned bull. Over the course of the hunt we’d had some encounters/blown stalks, stalked into herds early on for experience, stalked in on some great trophy bulls, and had been doing well over 10-15 miles a day on foot. By the morning of the last day we still hadn’t had any shot opportunities. We got up early to try and glass a water hole. Before we arrived we spotted a broken horned bull and a few others presenting a shot at 80-90 yard across an open flat. They’d just left the water hole before we arrived and caught them feeding off. Upon seeing the bulls I grabbed my rifle, saying I liked the broken horned bull and waiting for the sticks that never came. The PH just kept watching them with his Binos. As the bulls walked off into the thick brush I questioned why neither the PH or the trackers grabbed the sticks, saying was a chip shot. The PH said something about hunting them, not just shooting them. Again I heard what he said, but it didn’t register.

We gave the bulls a bit to settle down and got on their tracks. The comment hadn’t fully registered with me, because I was pretty frustrated knowing I easily could’ve made that shot and felt like we’d blown my one opportunity over the course of the hunt. To make matters worse we bumped the buffalo and blew them out of the area. We opted to eat lunch in the bush near a water hole hoping to catch some getting water and I think they could tell I was frustrated. Unbeknownst to me that morning/afternoon several other PH’s (who didn’t have clients) and their trackers were out looking for tracks as well in other areas.

Ultimately I ended up taking a bull that afternoon at around 10 yards and being over the moon excited. Looking back on it now, I’m very thankful the PH didn’t let me shoot. I’ve now been fortunate to have taken several additional buffalo, and 4 of the Big 5. The furthest was 42 yards with most under 20 and several between 8-15yds. It’s only now that I understand his comments, and also now believe Dangerous Game Hunting is meant to be done up close and personal. Are there places or situations that are outliers? Sure, but for most Cape Buffalo (especially all the ranch Buffalo taken in RSA) you’re just shooting a cape buffalo rather than hunting it, if you’re not trying to get within 40 yards. I think you and your PH are doing yourself a disservice from the real experience of Dangerous Game Hunting. I’m forever grateful (my bank account might feel differently) James showed me the meaning of Dangerous Game Hunting.

 

[SStomcat]

Where I’d gently draw the line is that danger should be inherent to the animal and the situation, not a measure of how much we handicapped ourselves to make the story better.

And on the calibre comparisons, preference is personal. Caliber choice, action type, optics, barrel length — it’s less gospel, more palate. Some like their rifles as they do their whisky — one solid peg, classic and reliable. Others want a mixtape of sears, crowns, and artisanal regulation methods claimed to be performed by elves using CNC machines or by hand.

No one here is preaching the One True Rifle from the Book of Blued Steel. We’re exchanging perspectives, not commandments — which is what keeps this forum functional, informative, and moderately less dangerous than the buffaloes we keep referencing.

 

[farmer_john]

The first PH I hunted with on Dangerous Game told me Dangerous Game Hunting was meant to be done up close and personal. Shots should be taken at distances of less than 50 yards, and that sub 30 was preferable. He said Buffalo weren’t supposed to be taken from herds, and elephant are killed with your feet. With this being my first Dangerous Game Hunt in Africa I heard what he said but it didn’t register.

I was hunting for management or broken horned bull. Over the course of the hunt we’d had some encounters/blown stalks, stalked into herds early on for experience, stalked in on some great trophy bulls, and had been doing well over 10-15 miles a day on foot. By the morning of the last day we still hadn’t had any shot opportunities. We got up early to try and glass a water hole. Before we arrived we spotted a broken horned bull and a few others presenting a shot at 80-90 yard across an open flat. They’d just left the water hole before we arrived and caught them feeding off. Upon seeing the bulls I grabbed my rifle, saying I liked the broken horned bull and waiting for the sticks that never came. The PH just kept watching them with his Binos. As the bulls walked off into the thick brush I questioned why neither the PH or the trackers grabbed the sticks, saying was a chip shot. The PH said something about hunting them, not just shooting them. Again I heard what he said, but it didn’t register.

We gave the bulls a bit to settle down and got on their tracks. The comment hadn’t fully registered with me, because I was pretty frustrated knowing I easily could’ve made that shot and felt like we’d blown my one opportunity over the course of the hunt. To make matters worse we bumped the buffalo and blew them out of the area. We opted to eat lunch in the bush near a water hole hoping to catch some getting water and I think they could tell I was frustrated. Unbeknownst to me that morning/afternoon several other PH’s (who didn’t have clients) and their trackers were out looking for tracks as well in other areas.

Ultimately I ended up taking a bull that afternoon at around 10 yards and being over the moon excited. Looking back on it now, I’m very thankful the PH didn’t let me shoot. I’ve now been fortunate to have taken several additional buffalo, and 4 of the Big 5. The furthest was 42 yards with most under 20 and several between 8-15yds. It’s only now that I understand his comments, and also now believe Dangerous Game Hunting is meant to be done up close and personal. Are there places or situations that are outliers? Sure, but for most Cape Buffalo (especially all the ranch Buffalo taken in RSA) you’re just shooting a cape buffalo rather than hunting it, if you’re not trying to get within 40 yards. I think you and your PH are doing yourself a disservice from the real experience of Dangerous Game Hunting. I’m forever grateful (my bank account might feel differently) James showed me the meaning of Dangerous Game Hunting.

Thats a pretty stellar recomend what ph did you use?

 

[Mtn_Infantry]

Thats a pretty stellar recomend what ph did you use?

James Cameron he does freelance hunting in the DRC, Botswana, Tanzania, Mozambique, and Zambia, and South Africa. He also co-authored a book with his uncle My Wanderings Through Africa: The Life & Times Of A Professional Hunter