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Texas big game hunter killed while stalking African Cape buffalo
NPR ^ | August 9, 2025 | Alana Wise

Posted on 08/09/2025 6:16:30 PM PDT by BenLurkin

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1 posted on 08/09/2025 6:16:30 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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” ... unprovoked attack .... “

I don’t know all the details but if you’re in the animal’s space, you’re threatening to the animal. Sort of like if a lion is in their space.


2 posted on 08/09/2025 6:20:19 PM PDT by boycott
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Had a chance to go on one of those hunts while living in Tanzania. I think I was 20 or so, and said “no thanks”.


3 posted on 08/09/2025 6:21:08 PM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin ( )
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It says unprovoked and then it says he was tracking it, so I don’t know.

Maybe it was wounded.


4 posted on 08/09/2025 6:21:14 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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“...a sudden and unprovoked attack”

Maybe the buffalo didn’t want to be killed and have its head hung on a wall somewhere. That hardly counts as “unprovoked.”


5 posted on 08/09/2025 6:21:26 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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Died doing what he loved


6 posted on 08/09/2025 6:21:47 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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Sometimes you are the bug. And sometimes you are the windshield.


7 posted on 08/09/2025 6:21:49 PM PDT by sport
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Sometimes the bull....er Cape Buffalo wins sir


8 posted on 08/09/2025 6:23:20 PM PDT by xp38
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

Seems like shooting it from a helicopter would be a better approach.


9 posted on 08/09/2025 6:24:38 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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Smiling. Just smiling.


10 posted on 08/09/2025 6:26:03 PM PDT by mairdie
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It’s not the kill, it’s the thrill of the chase.


11 posted on 08/09/2025 6:29:04 PM PDT by Flag_This (They're lying.)
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You mess with the Cape Buffalo. You get the horns.


12 posted on 08/09/2025 6:30:00 PM PDT by know.your.why
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the buffalo is regarded as the most dangerous animal to pursue in Africa, let alone the world

Did he invert the normal order of the expression?
13 posted on 08/09/2025 6:30:24 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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>> the incident as “sudden and unprovoked.”

lol, the irony...


14 posted on 08/09/2025 6:30:36 PM PDT by Gene Eric
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To: BenLurkin
Screw around, get the horns.


15 posted on 08/09/2025 6:32:10 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: boycott
article: "unprovoked attack"

Sounds like some other species native to that region.

16 posted on 08/09/2025 6:32:48 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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... unprovoked attack ....

Sounds more like self defense...

17 posted on 08/09/2025 6:33:55 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: BenLurkin
The rule is you have to have a backup when you do it, but even then, even professional hunters get killed by them on occasion.

They are fast, and if you don't get the heart, they aren't going down. And you generally are supposed to be within 40 meters before shooting, so....

Getting killed by a cape buffalo was not on my bucket list, so I took a pass.

18 posted on 08/09/2025 6:34:52 PM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin ( )
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Chalk one up for the slaughtered animals.


19 posted on 08/09/2025 6:35:34 PM PDT by kenmcg (ti hi o)
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To: BenLurkin
The African Cape buffalo, yes, I know it well.....


20 posted on 08/09/2025 6:35:50 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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