I don't think we're in Kansas anymore folks....

A wee different "ball game" when the game can turn on you and the hunter becomes the hunted, eh? No surprise that folks that are accustomed to hunting game that has no choice but to either flee or die upon the hunters advance are likely to be uncomfortable with their lack of the "god-like" power over life and death that they are accustomed to when witnessing or participating in a Dangerous Game hunt.

The guide wasn't the problem, the client was. The guide knew the importance of a good first shot, thus the "no wait, no wait". The client never did deliver a "put down" shot. Watch the guide, at the last minute he drops to a knee (classic African technique, so he can shoot under the massive head) and nails the lion just as it is about to make "lunch" out of the client --- that is why the lion misses the flat footed client and then crumples and slides on the ground due to his momentum and then retreats only to be finished as he runs away.

I thought it was kinda cool the guide tried to help the client feel good about his lousy performance and put a good a face on it as he could. Plus maybe, just maybe they were all quite joyous to all be unhurt and still alive.

Jimbohunter1, good point about having a more "global viewpoint."

EKM