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| half-genius, half-wit |
Ranch-seller multi-millionaire Asher Watkins killed by Cape Buffalo in an 'unprovoked attack'. Now we can see it from the POV of the buffalo. 'I was just standing there, doing my buff stuff, when this dude sneaks up on me and points this thing at me. I recall another dude doing the same thing last year to my cuz', Lennie, and there was thumpin'HUGE noise, like a clap of thunder, y'know, and Lennie fell over, stone dead. Reckon that was NOT how THIS boy's story's goin' to end, so I chased up this guy while he was getting ready. Well, seems the rest is in the papers all over the place. Seems that some days you're the statue, and other, the pigeon, right? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ne...uffalo-stalking.html | ||
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| His diet consists of black coffee, and sarcasm.  |
In other news, the hunter who was killed by a lion has been identified as Claude Eaton. "The Almighty, He put some livin' things on this earth so a man can eat." - Festus Haggen, Gunsmoke | |||
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| Freethinker |
I saw that elsewhere and although I have no objection to hunting for almost any purpose, it didn’t arouse any feelings of sympathy. It’s like any voluntary activity that involves potentially deadly dangers: You didn’t have to do it, and if you hadn’t the bad thing wouldn’t have happened. ► 6.0/94.0 “I can’t give you brains, but I can give you a diploma.” — The Wizard of Oz | |||
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Oriental Redneck |
Hunter: Clever girl. Buffalo: FAFO! Porky Pig: That’s all folks! Q | |||
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Wonder what caliber he was gonna use? 375, 416? “You may beat me, but you will never win.” sigmonkey-2020 “ in my opinion, anything that we can do to trigger a potential aneurysm in a leftist is a good thing and worth doing” nhtagmember 2025 | |||
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Step by step walk the thousand mile road |
The only sure way to stop a charging Cape Buffalo is to cancel its credit cards. Nice is overrated "It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018 | |||
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| His diet consists of black coffee, and sarcasm. |
  "The Almighty, He put some livin' things on this earth so a man can eat." - Festus Haggen, Gunsmoke | |||
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I guess this is why they have earned the nickname "Black Death". | |||
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is circumspective |
The perfunctory "Doing what he loved" comment is in order here. I have no objection to hunting, however it seems pretty obvious to me there are many animals in Africa that can and will kill you. "We're all travelers in this world. From the sweet grass to the packing house. Birth 'til death. We travel between the eternities." | |||
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| half-genius, half-wit |
I guess this is why I've never seen a cuddly plush Cape Buffalo dolly. Bears? Black/brown/polar - you choose. Lions? Many. Even dinosaurs and sharks. But CBs? Nope. | |||
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The article refers to him as a "keen conservationist"; I call that nonsense. Just after that they mention the huge number of animals and birds he has killed over the years. Seems to me, he liked to just hunt and kill things. No sympathy here and no great loss... | |||
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| Experienced Slacker |
If it pays it stays. Licensed hunting is what keeps animals around in many places. It isn't the prettiest truth, but when your species is more virus than anything else you don't do very many pretty things. | |||
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Slight tangent: I also wonder how many animals that size were taken with .303 British over the last century and some. My guess is: Many. | |||
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He needed 20mm... 'veritas non verba magistri' | |||
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Unprovoked? Was Watkins going to unleash an 'unprovoked' attack on the buffalo? What's good for the goose is good for the gander. FAFO. Who's the smarter species now, Asher? _________________________________________________________________________ “A man’s treatment of a dog is no indication of the man’s nature, but his treatment of a cat is. It is the crucial test. None but the humane treat a cat well.” -- Mark Twain, 1902 | |||
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His Royal Hiney |
In hindsight, he should have stuck with doves. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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| His diet consists of black coffee, and sarcasm. |
W.D.M. Bell made most of his over a thousand elephant kills with 7x57 Mauser. "The Almighty, He put some livin' things on this earth so a man can eat." - Festus Haggen, Gunsmoke | |||
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quarter MOA visionary |
Claude N. Eaton | |||
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Lots for sue. And many got mowed down before the beast expired. Lover of the US Constitution Wile E. Coyote School of DIY Disaster | |||
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I have his book. He was the resident expert with the brain shot, with a long for caliber full metal jacket bullet, which is why he was so successful. There is a story where he ran into a tribe of men, and they were going to kill him. A group of zebra was close by, and he took some of them down running at 200 yds or something like that, and all of a sudden they changed their minds. I've never owned one but I think the 7mm Mauser is one of the classiest cartridges of all time, along with the 375 Holland. Between those two guns, you're well equipped for hunting pretty much anywhere on the face of the earth, notwithstanding specialists. Lover of the US Constitution Wile E. Coyote School of DIY Disaster | |||
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