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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: rogwar on October 05, 2012, 10:17:08 AM
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Makes me want to go back to South Efrica. Leopards are the strongest cats.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ax3-F5bu5hQ
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Wow!!
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Very nice.
Just imagine how much deadlier that cat would be if it could shoot a bow or gun.
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:O
Scary. >.>
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O HAI THERE!
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Wow that was awesome! :aok
-the camera in the background sounded like an Mg42 going off lmao :rofl :rofl
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Looks staged.
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Awesome. :aok
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Looks staged.
"OK people listen up! Leo, you stay put and hunker down... That's right, excellent. Herd, move a little to the left... more... more... STOP! Perfect. OK everybody... ACTION!"
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"OK people listen up! Leo, you stay put and hunker down... That's right, excellent. Herd, move a little to the left... more... more... STOP! Perfect. OK everybody... ACTION!"
:rofl
very cool vid :aok
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"OK people listen up! Leo, you stay put and hunker down... That's right, excellent. Herd, move a little to the left... more... more... STOP! Perfect. OK everybody... ACTION!"
Naw. But having hunted Africa three different times I can tell you the odds of even seeing a leopard during the day are about zero. Thats why we hunt them at night over bait. The odds of seeing one laying down and a herd of Impala running towards it during daylight is even closer to zero.
Maybe "staged" wasnt exactly right. What looks like happened is one car load happened to see a cat and they radioed another rover or two to herd some Impala towards it. Impala only run like that when getting chased. I'd ask the three I have on the wall but they dont talk much since I brought them home.
Slick piece of footage regardless. I'd like to see it in slow-mo.
(http://i478.photobucket.com/albums/rr149/Rich46yo/impala.jpg)
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Sometimes amazing things can happen when you're just there on safari...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM
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Btw. that's a nice shot of you (photo I mean).
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Btw. that's a nice shot of you (photo I mean).
Thanks. I had no intention of taking a 3rd Impala on my last trip but my PH was glassing and he said "Rich there's a record book Impala about 350 yrds away on the edge of the bush up ahead". I dialed up the .338's scope all the way and sure enough there was a book Ram with a rack like a Mule Deer. So I had one chance at him and took him thru the butt and out the chest with a 225 grn A-frame. Just to good an animal to pass up. I forget what he scored but he was definitely SCI. The Impala is probably the most fun animal Ive ever foot stalked and Ive spent days doing so. So I learned something about them. To get a herd running like that you almost have to be in a vehicle. I guess theres a slight possibility a cheetah got them moving like that but if there ever was a creature who only likes the night its the Leopard.
Even if a cheetah was there he'd single one out and the herd would settle down. But with all the cam's clicking like that the one vehicle was ready for it and thats why I think they got another vehicle to drive the herd. This wasn't spontaneous. But still an extraordinary event for the photogs clicking even just to see Mr. Spots near a road during the day.
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If you watch the original video it changes to slow motion. I agree it might have been arranged or helped if it was in one of the big private game parks, however not in one of the national parks. Like this place...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabi_Sand_Private_Game_Reserve
Rich about the only place you can see big cats during the day is in the parks where they are not hunted. There are some other videos on the net as well. You just never know what you may see in some place like the Kruger.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTT2i6KjiOM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyHSjpI28yw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1hyg4MCGsY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHlYMga4UM8
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Hrkdrk sittin' with a camera...
*1 minute later*
Nyeheah dead animal! :bolt:
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If you watch the original video it changes to slow motion. I agree it might have been arranged or helped if it was in one of the big private game parks, however not in one of the national parks. Like this place...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabi_Sand_Private_Game_Reserve
Rich about the only place you can see big cats during the day is in the parks where they are not hunted. There are some other videos on the net as well. You just never know what you may see in some place like the Kruger.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTT2i6KjiOM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyHSjpI28yw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1hyg4MCGsY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHlYMga4UM8
Its possible to see a Leopard during the day in RSA but its rare. Ive never seen one during the day but I have at night while spotlighting Jackals. Im not even sure you can hunt leopard in RSA due to CITES. It may be possible to get a permit but if I go for Mr Spots it will be in Botswana or Zim. The Landowners wanted me to shoot cheetahs and Leopards in RSA but I refused to since I couldnt import the hides.
Typical Bambi Lover drama. They want to go to bed at night thinking they did something good for the cats by forcing thru legislation making it illegal for American hunters to import the hides. The end result is the African Hunting industry, which brings in far,far more revenue then the camera clickers, then begins to despise the cats cause they bring in no revenue and instead go wild on the hoofed animals visiting hunters pay big $$ to hunt. So the Landowners shoot the cats without mercy. A cheetah will kill one hoofed animal a day and eat a fist sized chunk of meat off its shoulder and then run like Hell before the other predators show. Imagine the hurt Leopards and cheetahs can put on a hoofed herd, most of all during birthing weeks. These hoofed animals are food and college money for the Landowners, PHs, trackers, the entire industry.
And the sad thing is? If the Walt Disney crowd/Govt. got its head out its rear, allowed hunters to import hides, then the cats would have a $ value and would be protected by Landowners and tribes and habitat assured for them. The future of the cats would then be assured. Their enemy isnt Hunting ; Its poaching and habitat destruction thats destroying them. As well as stupid Legislation and Govt. corruption. The modern sport hunter is a convservationalist first and a hunter second. Those $$ we spend IS the reason there is any wildlife left. I Love the RSA. Not only its people but they have conservation down to a science. Far more advanced then we are. Its a wonderful country to visit. My biggest thrill wasnt killing something, Ive seen enough animals go down. But the moment I'll never forget is walking right up to a Black Rhino while tracking a warthog. I actually have video of the event. My God to see a Black in the wild just left me speechless and left me proud to know the recovery of the Rhino has been financed by the $$ generated by the hunting industry and by private land ownership.
Sorry for the long post. I watched the video full length and did enjoy the slo-mo. Everyone should go to Africa once whether you hunt with gun or camera. I could easily go there for a month and shoot only film, Gods blessed me with enough animals for one lifetime. Thanks again for a nice piece of video. Boy I sure miss the Bushveldt and the night barbecues under the milky Way. <S>
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Funny how huntertopia wasn't actually resulting in preservation in any way, shape or form.
Not saying the current setup is working, but that was pure fabrication Rich46yo.
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I fully agree Rich.
Plus also agree about South Africa being an awesome place to visit.
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Funny how huntertopia wasn't actually resulting in preservation in any way, shape or form.
Not saying the current setup is working, but that was pure fabrication Rich46yo.
I have no idea what that means. Which means even if you were disagreeing with me your two sentence post lacked any kind of facts whatsoever.