Charging Lion

[spencer rifle]

When managed correctly Lion hunting can be very benefical to local tribes economy. Also if you take only old males it opens up for more males to come into an area and breed so all in all its not waste.

But harmful to the population in the short run. The first thing a new male does when he takes over a pride is to kill all the cubs. This causes the females to come into heat sooner and rids the pride of cubs not related to him.

 

[ultraspec]

If they had a death wish they would be hunting them with a knife. They are using rifles so its just standard old dangerous game hunting and every once in a while it goes a little wrong but for the most part nothing happpens.

You must have missed the post in this thread where one guy said a pro hunter always lets them charge him before shooting? Thats what I was talking about

 

[Matt52]

You must have missed the post in this thread where one guy said a pro hunter always lets them charge him before shooting? Thats what I was talking about

Ya his name is Mark Sullivan he has a series of videos. There are always crazies in every bunch Here is a video of him. He does shoot a 600 nitro express so he defintely aint taking no chances as far as the gun is concerned.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1MjfP91z8U[/ame]

 

[Matt52]

But harmful to the population in the short run. The first thing a new male does when he takes over a pride is to kill all the cubs. This causes the females to come into heat sooner and rids the pride of cubs not related to him.

Well the long run is always what you gotta shoot for. The usually only shoot the older males that will soon to be kicked out of their pride anyway so it just speeds up the process a little. They know what their are doing in africa from a management standpoint they have brought back Elephants to the point the have started to over populate some areas.

 

[DragonGunner]

Hows this for a lion attack.....hold your breath....its going to get real Bad fast.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohvxdbtHALA[/ame]

 

[E'villeGunner]

If they had a death wish they would be hunting them with a knife. They are using rifles so its just standard old dangerous game hunting and every once in a while it goes a little wrong but for the most part nothing happpens.

I've seen Tarzan take a lion with a knife.

 

[Dead Duck]

I guess that 21 foot rule doesn't apply here.