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Big Game Hunter Killed by Cape Buffalo While on Safari
AWR Hawkins
The New York Times reported that Watkins “was pursuing one of the horned buffaloes in Limpopo Province, the northernmost province in South Africa, when the attack happened.”A full-grown Cape buffalo can weight upwards of a ton, and they are known to charge humans.
Watkins was hunting with Coenraad Vermaak Safaris.
Hans Vermaak released a statement: “Asher was fatally injured in a sudden and unprovoked attack by an unwounded buffalo he was tracking together with one of our professional hunters and one of our trackers.”
Sarah Vermaak sent an email to CNN in which she made clear the safari company “does not intend to share any specific details regarding the tragic event (involving Watkins) publicly… out of respect for the family’s privacy and in recognition of the sensitive and traumatic nature of the situation.”
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Unprovoked? I doubt it.
You’re in their territory, in their “house”. You’re the intruder.
With Cape buffalo being as notoriously bad tempered as they are, I’m surprised that this kind of thing isn’t reported more often.
“Nature Gone Wild” meets “Man Bites Dog”
I used to date a girl from Yarmouth on the Cape.
She was a bit of a Buffalo and quite horny as well.
Hopefully you and she did not further contribute to the pollution of the gene pool.
“Asher was fatally injured in a sudden and unprovoked attack by an unwounded buffalo…”
Sounds like they’re trying to undermine any possible self-defense claim at trial.
Hope that buffalo has a good lawyer.
They will try to buffalo the Buffalo into getting a shitty lawyer
Nature will kill you.
And never blink. Never care about your hopes, plans, dreams, family, social position. Just flat kill you then send in the worms to dispose of the evidence.
A very, very, large caliber firearm and absolutely knowledgeable of shot placement might put the odds on your side. Looks like it didn’t for Mr. Watkins.
Took my second Moose with a .444 Marlin.
Upper neck shot. Not a thru and thru.
She turned and looked at me before dropping.
Not enough gun.
Have you shot one with a 30.06?
No, but my first one was with a 7mm mag in a
Ruger No 1.
Head shot, dead shot. Plenty enough.