[DickP]

No firearms involved here, but thought this YouTube clip might be THR appropriate anyway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=826HMLoiE_o

[MattTheHat]

I've used that method to hunt for years now. There's not a turtle on this earth that can evade my chase for more than a few hours.

-Matt

[studz223]

sometimes i get winded getting to my treestand....

[Maple_City_Woodsman]

While I admire the natives determination, stamina, and continuity with nature... I must say that their tactics seem flawed.

[caribou]

Geee I thought it was cool to run down River Otters and bash 'em......I wonder how far I would have to run a Muskox to do that ....~~LOL!!~~???

[Art Eatman]

For those of us stuck with dialup, what's the video about?

Note: Always give a brief description of videos, rather than a "hit and run" post.

[ZeroJunk]

Native African actually runs down a Kudu bull over eight hours and kills him with a spear after the bull falls down from complete exhaustion. It is an impressive demonstration of physical stamina and ability to follow a trail.

[16shells]

Thanks for the video link. For me, this type of hunting is more impressive than one ending with a mega yardage rifle shot.

[KodiakBeer]

Oh, come on! That was completely fake. Did you think the cameramen were running along with the hunter, running backwards in front of the hunter, floating in the sky above the hunter? And then the kudu just falls over from exhaustion after trotting along at half speed in front of his pursuer? And how about that great killing spear throw, 3 inches into the kudu's shoulder?

The animal looked drugged, to me, probably darted from the helicopter. Then they had the hunter run alongside a road while being filmed (note all the smooth camera work from the side). Then when the kudu got wobbly they set up the cameras and had their hunter stick it with a spear. Non-hunters of course, or they'd know to stick the spear into the ribs behind the shoulder.

[WTBguns10kOK]

I'm with Kodiak. Faaaaaake romanticized hunting=the suck. I'd love to see them do this in the mountains where I hunt hahahaha...and the chase is on! And the chase is over as the hunter slips, trips and falls down a mountain and dies!

[ZeroJunk]

I thought about that as well. But, there is no other way to document the hunt. Doesn't mean that it doesn't happen without a camera crew or that they just made it up out of thin air.

If you will notice there are two holes in the Kudu, the second where it's supposed to be.

Of course, if he was a forum hunter he would never have made the first bad throw.

[Art Eatman]

Drifting: It once was "the deal" for the Tarahumara indians of Mexico to work in relays and run down deer. Deer tend to make a large circle, so a mix of tracking ability and foreknowledge of the behavior let them wear the deer down.

My father, only half-joking, commented that you can run a mule deer buck up and over the mountain, while you circle around on the contour. A few runs and the buck (heavily insulated with tallow) winds up all spraddled out and panting, with his tongue hanging out.

And, you, also. :D

[caribou]

I liked the "we carry extra water and the Kudu do not" as well as the tennis shoes, but like Eskimo hunters, African Bushmen want whatever makes the Hunt better.
Best running footewear commercial ever..~~LOL!!~~

I bet it is a real way of Hunting, and very likely that the guy involved does it this way, but of course the filming was staged because it would be impossible to keep up onna real hunt conducted this way.
The Hunter was also singled out as "The man for the job" and that by his peers among a village of Hunters.

Its also well known round here that long ago, Men Hunted Caribou and Moose with this tecnique, in years of deep snow, but used snowshoes while the anmals exhausted themselfs in ploughing 3 foot deep drifts and such in the tree belts along rivers here, untill they could dispatch them with a lance. Im sure Interior Indians in Ak did too.

Snow here, sun there, whatever makes it impossible to carry on and get dispaced to a kitchen nearby.....:D

Die Hard The Hunter.

[ridgerunner1965]

ggod video! but id imagine he is at least 20 to 30 miles from where the meat needs to be.

[Tim the student]

Pretty interesting. I like the amount of reverence and respect he has for the bull after he killed it. That beats some dude whooping and hollering and doing an "I killed you" dance after he kills a big buck, IMO.

[hq]

Pretty interesting. I like the amount of reverence and respect he has for the bull after he killed it. That beats some dude whooping and hollering and doing an "I killed you" dance after he kills a big buck, IMO.

Belief-based and religious rituals aside, the vast majority of hunters do have and display utmost respect for all game they've downed. Especially the most memorable hunts are always a rollercoaster of emotions; the joy of a successful hunt combined with an inevitable amount of sadness that the animal is dead and, afterwards, taking good care that no part of the kill goes to waste.

The clip was really interesting. Over the years I've read a lot about the age-old principle of tiring out game by chasing it over long distance but this is the first time I've seen it documented on video. I do respect the traditions and beliefs of the hunter, too, of course. Giving the kudu a sort of "last rites" is a nice gesture, just more elaborate than what most western hunters are used to.

(Yes, I also know what you mean by whooping and hollering, like the hunter had just scored a touchdown... fortunately I haven't seen much of that. :barf: )

[Cob]

You all sould be ashamed of this video bashing... It's on the internet, so it has to be absolutley true!

it was an interesting video, wondered how they were able to seperate the Kudu from the rest of the herd, on foot with just the three of them. (I suspect there is much more behind the video you don't see)

[Maple_City_Woodsman]

Yes, I also know what you mean by whooping and hollering, like the hunter had just scored a touchdown... fortunately I haven't seen much of that.

I'm glad the hunting community is so professional in Finland, but here in the USA, several hunters get mauled every year by whitetail they though were dead. :rolleyes:

[303tom]

I don`t care what anyone thinks , I though it was cool ! He has my respect .