African Werewolf

[mackem 27,121]

350,000 USD buys a lot of wildlife ranger hours, the end justifies the means. 

 

[Astanley 11,576]

39 minutes ago, Wolfdog91 said:

I'm just curious, seriously, how many of you have went after animal that could kill you?

My mate was lamping a hare once when it ran straight into his legs ,he did a face plant right onto his lamp ,broke his nose and lost a couple of teeth ,...I nearly died laughing ,does that count ?

[Jonjon79 13,358]

6 minutes ago, Astanley said:

My mate was lamping a hare once when it ran straight into his legs ,he did a face plant right onto his lamp ,broke his nose and lost a couple of teeth ,...I nearly died laughing ,does that count ?

I watched my mate pick up a grey squirrel that he thought was dead - one of the funniest things I've ever seen

[THE STIFFMEISTER 16,116]

5 hours ago, TOMO said:

interesting creatures they sure are ....when i was in R.S.A 30 years ago we went on safari for 3-4 days.....in the Kruger national park ....outside one of the camps we stayed in ...hyena had a den in a drain pipe under the road just a few hundred meters outside the camp....we would see them all the time and there pups playing outside the pipe....a bit like dog puppies.....

apparently though they are closer related to mongoose than either dogs or cats.....interesting fact the female is larger than the male ...also the female has a penis....  

 

3 hours ago, mackem said:

Called a pseudo-penis

Wikipedia is amazing ain’t it .

they also absolutely f***ing stink to high Heaven , smell them a mile off 

[THE STIFFMEISTER 16,116]

1 hour ago, Wolfdog91 said:

I'm just curious, seriously, how many of you have went after animal that could kill you?

I used to hunt men from the sky 

[WILF 47,379]

I would say that a bloke hunting edible game or protecting livestock has a pretty easy job of explaining the death of an animal if someone asked him “why?” 
 

What’s the bloke pulling the trigger on a tiger or an elephant going to say?, honestly ? 
 

What would that man say if you asked “why?” 
 

You cant say “it’s to provide money to protect species”…..if your that bothered, send them a cheque and have done with it……so the question remains “why?” 
 

Because you want to could be another answer…..but the question remains “why?” 
 

The answer is: Just so you could say you did and it made you feel good ! 

That to me is no justification for killing creatures so wonderful. 

[mackem 27,121]

30 minutes ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

Wikipedia is amazing ain’t it .

they also absolutely f***ing stink to high Heaven , smell them a mile off 

I read a book as a kid, Death in the long grass maybe?The author told a story of a hyena taking part of a natives face off as he slept, the swahili name for them is fisi? Loved those type of books. 

[mackem 27,121]

7 minutes ago, WILF said:

I would say that a bloke hunting edible game or protecting livestock has a pretty easy job of explaining the death of an animal if someone asked him “why?” 
 

What’s the bloke pulling the trigger on a tiger or an elephant going to say?, honestly ? 
 

What would that man say if you asked “why?” 
 

You cant say “it’s to provide money to protect species”…..if your that bothered, send them a cheque and have done with it……so the question remains “why?” 
 

Because you want to could be another answer…..but the question remains “why?” 
 

The answer is: Just so you could say you did and it made you feel good !  

For some, especially the dentist who killed Cecil, I think its about the experience, everything, there's just been a guy here transiting through the city to catch a flight south, been up past Nunavut, lived out on the ice for 10 days I think in -30 to hunt a polar bear, can't even take the skin back home as its non importable, he did it for the experience, the first nation guides took the animal, they sold the tag. 

[Tyla 3,179]

19 minutes ago, WILF said:

I would say that a bloke hunting edible game or protecting livestock has a pretty easy job of explaining the death of an animal if someone asked him “why?” 
 

What’s the bloke pulling the trigger on a tiger or an elephant going to say?, honestly ? 
 

What would that man say if you asked “why?” 
 

You cant say “it’s to provide money to protect species”…..if your that bothered, send them a cheque and have done with it……so the question remains “why?” 
 

Because you want to could be another answer…..but the question remains “why?” 
 

The answer is: Just so you could say you did and it made you feel good ! 

That to me is no justification for killing creatures so wonderful. 

I've hunted in places where I wasn't going to get to eat the meat and had nothing to protect. For me it is all about the adventure. Even if you don't get what you are after the fact you are hunting rather than just wandering about totally changes the experience, for me anyway.

[tatsblisters 10,140]

Must be some adrenaline rush though to track dangerous game through the bush on foot.

[chartpolski 24,284]

There's something to admire about a young Zulu killing a male lion with an assagai as a right of passage, but shooting a lion that's almost tame and confined, with a high powered rifle ? .........nah, not for me

Cheers.

[gnasher16 30,280]

9 hours ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

 , and without anthropomorphising the behaviour, 

 

....f**k me what a word !.....im going to look into the meaning of it and slip it into conversation with the ol woman over breakfast in the morning she'll either fall at my feet or blow me a raspberry not sure which .....18 letters,outstanding !

Personally i get sick to the back teeth of all the WWF " are we saying goodbye to an old friend " adverts stuff like its our fault they're nearly extinct....im sure plenty of folk travel from Europe to knock f**k out of elephants and suchlike but ultimately they live in Africa and are the responsibility of Africans.....just seems another thing they cant do for themselves so stick it on others.

Edited April 27, 2022 by gnasher16

[Jonjon79 13,358]

8 minutes ago, McVey said:

Could you take down @king flying at the speed of light above Salisbury Hill?

 

These were much more cool

 

[bell 3,606]

1 hour ago, mackem said:

I read a book as a kid, Death in the long grass maybe?The author told a story of a hyena taking part of a natives face off as he slept, the swahili name for them is fisi? Loved those type of books. 

Yes !...I read a book of an English chap who’s life work was to hunt elephant....his staple diet was whisky and rubbed cooking oil into his skin to protect him from the African sun .....brilliant snippet of a time now passed but what a life he lived !

[THE STIFFMEISTER 16,116]

The trouble with Africa by vic guhrs is your book lads …..the lion chapter is amazing