Coolness under fire? -- Lion Charge!

[VAdoublegunner]

This is a very interesting video of a lion charge with PHs and their clients.

Use enough gun indeed. Shot placement, however, is still king.

YouTube - Stupid Hunters Under Lion Attack

 

[2152hq]

That ones been around on the web for a couple of years. General concensus was that it is a 'canned hunt', but that's not all that unusual. A few people knew who the PH was and weren't too impressed by him. Maybe they were just ticked they didn't get a trophy on their particular treck amongst the telephone poles.
Lots of second guessing and MondayMorning QB of course. That's easy to do from here!

Damn lucky no one was hurt or even shot by a companion in that mess.

Even the eventual take down shot at the retreating cat required another once he was down as one of the beaters yells in Dutch to give it another round. I guess I'd not want that thing getting back up again either. What ever rifle you have probably never feels like enough when that happens.

Kitty was mad..

 

[perrazi]

the rule in lion charges is,one or other dies. i would use a 375h&h at a minimum

 

[tomhenry]

A lot of hunting videos come up when you click on a hunting video. What's funny is the anti hunting vs. hunting dialogue under "comments."

 

[n4zov]

It is a wonder one of those guys didn't get shot the way they were throwing bullets around! Where that video was made?

 

[tyusclan]

Here's the one I like. It's been around a while too.

YouTube - RAW AND UNCUT... Lion Charge Attack from Dangerous Game on VERSUS

 

[akjaeger]

My Brother in Law built the rifles the hunters where using, .338 Lapua's.
In the uncut video it plays out a little better.
The PH lost control of the situation, he let the hunters get worked up and a little nervous. You can tell how nervous he is himself.
After the first round hits the lion, he should have had the hunter hit the cat again or the Ph should have shot it. In the uncut vid there is at least 10 seconds after the cat regains his feet before he charges. Once the lion sees the hunters and decides to charge the only way to stop it is to kill it.
The total lack of muzzle control during the charge makes me sick to my stomach, lucky at least one of those guys didn't get shot.
I've been guiding hunters in Alaska for nearly 20 years and my demeanor as a guide is directly correlated as to how my hunters perform under pressure.
If I'm excited the hunters get worked up. The best way for me to gaurantee a goat rope is to say "Shoot, shoot , hurry up and shoot!"
The only part of the situation that I can control is me and my emotions. If I tell the hunter "Hey, that's a good bear, you better shoot him, you've got plenty of time" things are more likely to work out.
The hunters always scare me worse than any other part of the hunt. Gun handling skills can never be taken for granted.

 

[m657]

....looks like the PH is using the others as some kind of tasty meat decoy...