Im going to agree with EKM on the part whare taking the aferican big five and a brownie takes guts too. I will be honest and say even if I won a free trip to hunt cape buffaloes I would still have to carry spare trousers. I have seen how those big things charge even after being shot.

Im also going to agree with MA Jay and say that just because they shot the big five dosent make them better hunters. There is a big difference between following a PH to an open shot of a trophy cape buffallo, and getting up hours before sun rise to follow tracks and small signs and call for a day and get a really tough shot at a white tail that will put meat in the frezzer while being laughed at by the rich guy who has a full head mount of an elephant.

I don't think there should be levels of hunters. If someone can follow a PH and shoot an elephant, and someone else can lace up his boots and load up his grandfathers .30-30 and go deep into the woods and shoot a 45" mulie and pack the meat out, that dosn't make them any better than someone who goes out to ride on the logging roads looking for a patrage or maby even a deer but is okay with not seeing anything. If the guy who shot the elephant is better than the guy who got skunked than thats your opion. Mine is if they both enjoyed it and were satisfied with what they have done than they are both better than the guy who sits at home and insults those who would pick a spike buck over a 380 class bull elk.