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If you haven't been to the convention in Reno try and make it a point at some time in the future to do so. I worked the show and had some time to sneak around as well. I was also able to slide in on a Zimbabwe trip with 4 friends. That will be this summer.
In anycase I met some really great people both professional and sportsmen alike. A great crowd of folks. With out any name dropping I'll just tell that I was honored to meet some famous old time PH's.
On the first day a smiling PH that we book for came by our booth with a shreded jacket and asked if he could have another as he had a spot of bother with this one on. This was his first ever accident with any animal in bush in over 40 years and the story is worth repeating.
He had a client wound a large male leopard with a gut shot. The cat ran into the tall grass. Gerald decided that the best option was to have a tracker drive the Land Rover into the tall grass while the and the client stood in the bed of the truck to see if they could flush out the cat.
Gerald was armed with an 870 stuffed full of 00buck. In anycase as they proceded into the grass Gerald cut the blood trail and had the driver stop the truck. As he started to dismount he heard a rustle in the grass and turned just in time raise his shotgun getting off two quick shots one in the cats on shoulder and the other straight into his chest as the cat was airborne. And then the cat was on him. knocking them both into the bed of the truck. He was able to keep the cat off of his throat by feeding it his arms and hands which took a horrendus mauling. After several second of wrestling with the cat in the confined spaces of the truck bed the cat seperated and jumped out of truck and was in the process of reentering when Gerald was able to shoot him again killing him with the shotgun at about 10 feet.
During the post mortem Gerald was able to ascertain that both of the first shots were spot on however the buck shot did not penetrate through the mucsle of either the shoulder or the chest. All of the shot was bunched up nice and pretty in a wad with about two inches of penetration.
the last shot that killed the cat did so with a head shot but only several pellets even got through the skull.
Gerald suffered severe had and arm wounds typical of a leopard mauling and nearly lost his left thumb. And has lost feeling in that hand. he also recieved some very nice remodeling of his face where the casts claws dug into his cheek bones. he was lucky it wasn't worse.
Gerald is yet another PH who no longer uses buckshot on anything.
SHOTGUNS ARE FOR THE BIRDS.
(I have intentionally not included the last name of the PH for privacy sake)
In anycase I met some really great people both professional and sportsmen alike. A great crowd of folks. With out any name dropping I'll just tell that I was honored to meet some famous old time PH's.
On the first day a smiling PH that we book for came by our booth with a shreded jacket and asked if he could have another as he had a spot of bother with this one on. This was his first ever accident with any animal in bush in over 40 years and the story is worth repeating.
He had a client wound a large male leopard with a gut shot. The cat ran into the tall grass. Gerald decided that the best option was to have a tracker drive the Land Rover into the tall grass while the and the client stood in the bed of the truck to see if they could flush out the cat.
Gerald was armed with an 870 stuffed full of 00buck. In anycase as they proceded into the grass Gerald cut the blood trail and had the driver stop the truck. As he started to dismount he heard a rustle in the grass and turned just in time raise his shotgun getting off two quick shots one in the cats on shoulder and the other straight into his chest as the cat was airborne. And then the cat was on him. knocking them both into the bed of the truck. He was able to keep the cat off of his throat by feeding it his arms and hands which took a horrendus mauling. After several second of wrestling with the cat in the confined spaces of the truck bed the cat seperated and jumped out of truck and was in the process of reentering when Gerald was able to shoot him again killing him with the shotgun at about 10 feet.
During the post mortem Gerald was able to ascertain that both of the first shots were spot on however the buck shot did not penetrate through the mucsle of either the shoulder or the chest. All of the shot was bunched up nice and pretty in a wad with about two inches of penetration.
the last shot that killed the cat did so with a head shot but only several pellets even got through the skull.
Gerald suffered severe had and arm wounds typical of a leopard mauling and nearly lost his left thumb. And has lost feeling in that hand. he also recieved some very nice remodeling of his face where the casts claws dug into his cheek bones. he was lucky it wasn't worse.
Gerald is yet another PH who no longer uses buckshot on anything.
SHOTGUNS ARE FOR THE BIRDS.
(I have intentionally not included the last name of the PH for privacy sake)