That bubble burst for me when one of the other clients at Humani wounded a bull that charged him and Professional Hunter Butch Coaton in a tunnel of boulders from which there was no escape. When everything goes right, there’s rarely drama and even an experienced safari hunter could get the idea that we’ve all read just a bit too much Capstick when it comes to the real dangers of hunting. On last year’s trip to Humani in the Save Conservancy, my buffalo bull died after a single Barnes TSX caused him some heart issues. I’ve been in a couple of “sporty” situations on safari but no real close calls. It’s not always the game animal itself that gets you, PH Anthony Howland lost his arm in June after a client’s rifle apparently discharged as it hit the ground after the client tripped and fell. Just last week another Zimbabwean PH, Wayne Clark, was reportedly killed by a Cape Buffalo.
Chifuti Safaris lost Owain Lewis in June, an experienced Zimbabwean PH who was killed by a charging cape buffalo. Fortunately, Buzz's quick shooting saved Criton from more serious injuries.
The bull had been wounded by a client, tracked-down and hit with a brain shot that failed to put him down in time, a rifle jam took things from bad to worse. The tracker, Criton, suffered a broken pelvis but will hopefully be back in the field soon. Early this season, Buzz Charlton of Charlton MacCallum Safaris saw one of his trackers injured by a wounded elephant bull in the thick cover. Historical references provide scores of cases of hunters killed by big game throughout the 19th and 20th Centuries, but this year alone provides us with valuable and tragic evidence.Īs I write this, we are at the peak of the 2012 safari season in much of Africa and the hunting community has already seen too many tragic deaths and injuries. There’s no Federal Agency that tracks statistics of hunters and safari staff who are killed and wounded in Africa, so we have to use anecdotal evidence. I don’t "get" golf, so to each his own, but I do take exception when those same individuals claim that there’s nothing really dangerous about the pursuit of Africa’s Big Five (Lions, Leopards, Cape Buffalo, Elephants, and Rhinos). who just don’t "get" the concept of hunting dangerous game in Africa. I talk to a lot of hunters here in the U.S. The Myth: Dangerous game hunting isn’t really that dangerous.
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