starlight32 Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJw4Goegxwc Not really my thing even if I had the opportunity or the money to do it, But everyone for themself I suppose. Does anyone know what calibre of Double rifle is he using? What ever it is it certainly is knocking down any of the Big 5 game species. I was also unaware that Big game hunting was done at that close range over Iron sights. Regards starlight32 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter_HMR Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 What a waste that guys got a lot of balls but no brains im afraid And those lions are amazing the will they have to live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 For me everyone has jumped on the mullet-sporting shooter, but when did he shoot? How much did he pay? Who took that money and spent it on meths the ******* ******? I don't see a problem, wasn't now, wasn't even this decade, lighten up people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusk2dawn Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJw4Goegxwc Not really my thing even if I had the opportunity or the money to do it, But everyone for themself I suppose. Regards starlight32 Turned it off half way through...... saddened. D2D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusk2dawn Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 For me everyone has jumped on the mullet-sporting shooter, but when did he shoot? How much did he pay? Who took that money and spent it on meths the ******* ******? I don't see a problem, wasn't now, wasn't even this decade, lighten up people Come on now pull your head out of the sand.... it happened. Doesnt matter when. D2D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dog Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 Lighten up, Why? If you don't like something it a free world, so state it. For me it is distasteful. I will stick to vermin and the odd deer. That is my opinion stated. If you don't like it, re-run the video and ask the lepard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunny bagger Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 WHY ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auto culto Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 i cant watch that i,m afraid it truly sickens me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulkyuk Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 too up close and personal for me - give me a 250yrd plus running fox anyday Now thats good shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loopy bunny blaster Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 i'd say fair enough if they were attacking him, but he was getting them to attack him, a waste of life me thinks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taffygun Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 As said already - each to their own. I, personally don't see the point. If the so called hunters weren't there then the animals wouldn't charge at them. I know that the tribesmen usually allow the shooting in return for the kills for the food for the tribe, so I suppose there's the excuse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeboy Posted July 8, 2007 Report Share Posted July 8, 2007 That wasn't exactly self defence. Too close up for my taste, I dont consider that sporting in any way. I'd hate to imagine what the total tonnage of wasted dead animals amounted to. I'd like to imagine mullet man will get his before long. What a total wa***r Leeboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Horse Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 From my stand point I'd label it "Over Kill." Didn't seem to be much sport in it, just a whole lot of killing. The fool had better hope he never has a misfire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Especially hunting hippo that close - they kill more people in Africa every year than any other animal. Would serve him right to get bitten in half. I'd guess by the mullet and general look that he's an Afrikaner showing of after too many brandy and cokes. I've been on 15 safaris in Africa over the last 25 years and made radio documentaries on conservation and hunting there. Like with BASC and responsible hunters here there are sound human, conservation and economic reasons for backing responsible and organised hunting in much of Africa - but lions are getting in pretty short supply and are rarely pests like foxes; and leopards are not so common, so shooting them is dodgy in my view. Buffalo and hippo are in plentiful supply, but the guy in the video was just shooting to show off. It was killing for the sake of killing. I can tell you from personal experience, that hippo meat is v good. Needs long slow cooking and don't have it rare as hippos pick up lots of waterborne parasites. I ate hippo when i was working in Malawi and local people had killed one that was raiding their maize fields. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 not worth watching load of **** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Calm down, its not like shooting foxes that are running ( do people do that with rifles ? no respect for the fox if they do ). Its not like shooting rabbits its actually shooting big game in Africa ! Amazing that what he does is so wrong yet shooting 236 pigeons / 173 crows / 11 foxes is just fine. They were for the most part clean and instant kills, whether you agree with what he was shooting or not makes no odds at all. Define overkill ? Not as if the animal was blasted into oblivion and it warrented a tad more than a gat gun. Tonnage of wasted meat ? Must have missed the bit where the animal was left to rot away. Killing for the sake of killing ? Sickened by animals that you associate with zoos being killed ? Do you live in the real world ? Safaris are massive earners for the poorer African countries and are the main reason for the decline in poaching. If killing upsets you so much sell your guns and hug a bunny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcha Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 I thought that was ****. Annoying animals so they would charge at him. Doesn't seem to have much point to it. Ah well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codling99 Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 im with digger.. dont think id do it myself,but each to their own,you either like killing things or you dont. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Harry Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 You can pay to go big game hunting in Africa. In some areas elephant, hippo, buffalo and other animals are causing a lot of problems so if they have to be shot why not let someone rich bloke pay for the privelage. I understand all the meat goes to the locals. Whatever floats your boat really. Harry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJw4Goegxwc I was also unaware that Big game hunting was done at that close range over Iron sights. Regards starlight32 No scopes when hunters were hunters years ago was there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevethevanman Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 you have to admit the stpping power on the gun he was using was awesome (anyone know the round), it had to be, in some of the clips there he could have been killed, what if the round missfired, the average male weighs 600-700 kilos, a fully grown mature bull can exeed 900 kilos, if a missfire was to happen, with the best part of a tonne of muscle and strength comming towards you, angry and wanting to kill you, I really would not want to be in his shoes. needless slaughter, nothing sporting about that in my oppinion. Steve :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loopy bunny blaster Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 it was either a .700 or a .600 nitro express. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loopy bunny blaster Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 that or its a .998 4 bore nitro express. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loopy bunny blaster Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=H00gshZW9Po&...ted&search= theres a .700 nitro, what he might be using in double barrel format Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Harry Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 the average male weighs 600-700 kilos, a fully grown mature bull can exeed 900 kilos, if a missfire was to happen, with the best part of a tonne of muscle and strength comming towards you, angry and wanting to kill you, I really would not want to be in his shoes. Bigger than that....wikpedia says: The average weights for adult males ranged between 1500–1800 kg (3,300–4,000 lbs). Females are smaller than their male counterparts, with average weights measuring between 1300–1,500 kg (2,900–3,300 lbs).[4] Older males can get much larger, reaching at least 3,200 kg (7,100 lbs). Male hippos appear to continue growing throughout their lives; females reach a maximum weight at around age 25.[19] Hippos average 3.5 meters (11 ft) long, 1.5 meters (5 ft) tall at the shoulder. 3 tons for an adult male. I think a wel plaed shot with a HMR should do the job! Harry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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