(16)Recap of Several Hunting Incidents involving PHs and Clients


From Ganyana who works as a PH in Zimbabwae Africa....
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Hunting big game is intrinsicaly dangerous. This year two PH's I know well have been run over by buff, one badly chewed by a lion, three mauled by leopard and one got a swat from an ele cow - and we still have two months of hard hunting to go! Also these are not complete stats for the year as I have herd of a couple of other maulings on PH's I don't really know, never mind that ele's have killed two clients and one tracker so far...

I had a nasty run in with a lioness. She absorbed 2 .458 and two .375 bullets as she came on and finally died riddled with fire from my .41 and John's .44. We were running backwards and shooting and she died on top of my rifle! John hit her with what looked like a perfect shot with his .458- but the bullet actually passed over the lung and slipped out under the shoulder blade without doing any damage. A solid from my rifle went through her from end to end- but passed between the lungs- It would have killed her but didn't stop the charge. The other two shots broke a hip and a shoulder but were not imediately lethal hits. It was a good wake up call!