About provoking an animal to charge, the hippo for instance.
In order to shoot a hippo somewhere vital you got to get it out of the water. If you shoot it in water that is deep enough you have to somehow stop it from floating away. Butchering is also a lot easier if you are not up to your chest in water. Crocodiles are another consideration in some of these rivers, especially with blood in the water.
I'm not sure but maybe the hunting tactics described for hippo are used for reasons other than just selling videos. I could very well be wrong though.
I'll bet no one here has a problem with deer or moose drives. Isn't that provoking an animal to run towards the hunter. It's not exactly the same I know but its comparable.
beej99, I'm okay with shooting coyotes too. Like I said in my post I was trying to be humorously sarcastic. Around 1985 coyotes migrated to Newfoundland on some ice flows. Being the ultimate adapter they have spread all across the island. They now compete with the lynx, fox and black bear for food. There have been some cases of sheep being preyed upon and witnesses have seen coyotes bring down caribou, both young and small adult animals. I'm all for a coyote hunting season but its not currently legal in Newfoundland, only trappers may take them.<img src=icon_smile_angry.gif border=0 align=middle> I envy the people from Canadian provinces and US states that can hunt coyotes. From what I read on forums such as this one it is fun and challenging.
Edited by - DaNewf on 02/27/2002 06:56:15