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This is pretty incredible stuff. Is it legal? I wonder if all the animals they kill are legal to hunt and kill. I have to admit, these guys have balls. I just hope they are doing something productive with the animals after killing them, and not just killing them for the hell of it.

Bob Roberts wrote:This is pretty incredible stuff. Is it legal? I wonder if all the animals they kill are legal to hunt and kill. I have to admit, these guys have balls. I just hope they are doing something productive with the animals after killing them, and not just killing them for the hell of it.

yes it's legal. as far as productive? depends on your definition of productive i guess. hunts like that are for trophy as bringing the meat home would be impossible, usually the meat is donated to local tribes.

tommcat327 wrote:DAMN YOU TROY! i was quite happy with my new 375 H&H, now i need to go buy an even bigger gun. that looked pretty sweet

I see a trip to Cabellas in your future

ph4ever wrote:

tommcat327 wrote:DAMN YOU TROY! i was quite happy with my new 375 H&H, now i need to go buy an even bigger gun. that looked pretty sweet

I see a trip to Cabellas in your future

i cant buy a gun there, i live in MA

i did however just pick up a S&W .500 magnum

Bob Roberts wrote:This is pretty incredible stuff. Is it legal? I wonder if all the animals they kill are legal to hunt and kill. I have to admit, these guys have balls. I just hope they are doing something productive with the animals after killing them, and not just killing them for the hell of it.

Bob from what I understand
the Hippos are all Rouges, look at the video no other ones around, yes it is zoomed but, all up and Down the rivers there are people, and Big Male Hippos think they own the world
so the P/H is contacted by the Villages and pointed to the problem
children, this is also how he knows they will charge they have already either Killed/wounded/maimed a human or tried very hard.

so kind of a win win situation the Hippo needs Managed, the hunter gets money (of which a portion is put right back into preventing Poaching and
habitat) and the Village gets the meat ,

AHEM.... LOL
I have no prob with the .375 H&H! I know of at least one hunter that recommended for tha "all round African rifle".

I read of another guy that said a 7mmRemMag was the "all round African rifle". They both correctly said that bullet placement and penetration were most important. However I am a believer in getting the biggest caliber in a reliable weapon that you can shoot accurately and consistantly.
There are stories of people killing bears in survival situations with a .22 long rifle....I would not want to try it.....

With that in mind any ADEQUATE caliber would work.after all if you can't shoot it accurately....it does not matter what you have, short a thermonuclear device.......

I recently got a .460 Weatherby Mag... at around $4.00 a round ( or more)
it is not pratical to get in alot of practice with.

I saw a show on the Outdoors channel a couple days or so ago.... covered the .500 S&W mag. They say it is an excellent and was designed for the big bears in Alaska. I think they said Jackass leather made a holster for it.

The Safaris do bring alot of money for the local economy and villages. and Cape Buffalo are probably the most dangerous to hunt....There are stories of wounded ones waiting under trees for over 24 hours for hunters to come down.
Hippos are not a very "friendly critter" in the wild as has been noted and do kill more people than anyother animal in Africa... they also will attack boats and destroy them.

Sam I know of at least one guy that had bear dogs and they never carried anything bigger that a >22

ragtopW wrote:Sam I know of at least one guy that had bear dogs and they never carried anything bigger that a >22

I believe it.
Mainly the weapon is designed for like backpackers,pilots,fisherman and for the big grizzlies, kodiaks,polar bears,et al, from what I undertstood.....
Not people using dogs to hunt with

Sam wrote:AHEM.... LOL
I have no prob with the .375 H&H! I know of at least one hunter that recommended for tha "all round African rifle".

I read of another guy that said a 7mmRemMag was the "all round African rifle". They both correctly said that bullet placement and penetration were most important. However I am a believer in getting the biggest caliber in a reliable weapon that you can shoot accurately and consistantly.
There are stories of people killing bears in survival situations with a .22 long rifle....I would not want to try it.....

With that in mind any ADEQUATE caliber would work.after all if you can't shoot it accurately....it does not matter what you have, short a thermonuclear device.......

I recently got a .460 Weatherby Mag... at around $4.00 a round ( or more)
it is not pratical to get in alot of practice with.

I saw a show on the Outdoors channel a couple days or so ago.... covered the .500 S&W mag. They say it is an excellent and was designed for the big bears in Alaska. I think they said Jackass leather made a holster for it.

The Safaris do bring alot of money for the local economy and villages. and Cape Buffalo are probably the most dangerous to hunt....There are stories of wounded ones waiting under trees for over 24 hours for hunters to come down.
Hippos are not a very "friendly critter" in the wild as has been noted and do kill more people than anyother animal in Africa... they also will attack boats and destroy them.

The new S&W .460 magnum is next on my list. Fastest revolver ever made at 2600 FPS. zero at 200 yards and shoot from 0-250 with no hold over, and thats with a 200 grain bullet