Texas big game hunter killed while stalking African Cape buffalo

NPR ^ | August 9, 2025 | Alana Wise

[Williams]

This isn’t remotely like an American bison.

[Fungi]

You can be rather dense at times.

[stevio]

You’re not really hunting unless you are also the hunted.

[Don W]

“unprovoked”. HAH!

Your presence within 1000 feet is provocation to a Cape Buffalo.

This critter DEFINES the phrase *angry at the world*.

[Secret Agent Man]

In Africa, hunters are probably being hunted by multiple things at the same time.

[packagingguy]

A woman who works at a zoo said the Cape buffalo are the meanest animals in they have.

[FreedomPoster]

Other than both are large, dangerous, often ill-tempered, irascible beasts. But yes, I don’t think they’re particularly close, on a biological family tree.

[TexasGator]

“Maybe it was wounded.”

Read through paragraph 3, 1st sentence.

[skr]

More than one safari guide said he’d rather find himself next to a lion than to a Cape Buffalo on a bush walk. During the day, lions can be intimidated, but Cape Buffalo are never intimidated. They are also one of the few hooved animals that will come to the aid of one of their own. All of the other hooved animals choose flight over fight.

[BenLurkin]

Ah, the same one that says it was unprovoked. I shoulda saw that.

[Williams]

To add to the very real danger of these hunts. I know of a guy who went on one and found himself being shot at by poachers. He returned fire and killed one of the poachers. The safari company got him out of country asap, before the government might decide to charge him with murder.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Cape buffalo are mean suckers and the bulls are the worse of the lot.

You may think you are hunting them when they are hunting you.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

May you be rewarded according to your sick desires.

[sasquatch]

Davis alert!

[CommerceComet]

I feel for the guy and his friends and family but hunting dangerous game is um....dangerous.

[Ancesthntr]

You’re hunting an animal with the intent to kill it and mount his head on your wall…but it’s an “unprovoked“ attack.

I don’t think that word means what the reporter thinks it means.

[SpaceBar]

Poetic justice aside, I read a long time ago that Cape Buffalo are/were considered the world’s most dangerous land animal in that once a herd notices you, they encircle you, and proceed to stomp/gore you to death. High powered rifles, land rovers and helicopters is cheating in my book. Want to impress the ladies, do it with a sharpened stick.

[larrytown]

Backup as in a revolver that shoots .454 Casull!

Nah, more like something in .458 Lott or .470 Capstick.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Buffalo Bill Cody was a reason the American bison nearly went extinct. He would shoot them while riding in a train. Not funny but at the time it was “OK.”

I believe buffalo extermination was feral government policy to deprive the indigenous population of a primary food source.

[Joe 6-pack]

"They are also one of the few hooved animals that will come to the aid of one of their own."

Watch, "Battle at Kruger," on YouTube. It's any amazing piece of wildlife cinematography. It's essentially a 3-way brawl between lions, crocodiles and cape buffalo over a cape buffalo calf.

The cape buffalo come out on top.