Question about safari and TV hunting

[B.D. Turner]

Have you ever noticed people on TV hunting shows in Africa carry there rifle backwards with the stock on the shoulder and barrel in hand. I have seen many american hunters doing this. Why?

Another thing I have noticed. A hunter shoots an animal and continues to wisper at the camera. By gosh he just fired a 300 win mag with a muzzlebreak that sounded like a cannon is he worried that the other deer will hear him?

 

[Art Eatman]

The carry style is probably a comfort thing. Most of these are iron-sighted, and commonly doubles. The barrel is easy to grip, and less fatiguing for the hand--particularly if no sling is used. Dunno about "all the time"; some of it, sometimes, might be for the benefit of the camera. The cool factor.

I'd bet that for the TV hunts, a lot of that whispering is just voice-over, added in the editing process. When it's live, I'd guess that the yappyguy just sorta got habituated to whispering...

Art

 

[kevin davis]

my ph in Tanzania carried his .458 lott that way much of the time. When the cape buffalo raised a ruckus in the bush not 20 feet from us, I had my gun trained and off safety before he had his reversed and was putting a round in the chamber. yes, it is more comfortable to carry that way, especially without a sling. The slings tend to get caught on the branches in the thick brush and are rare for the ph set.

 

[rnovi]

I carry my 18.5" 336 LTD muzzle down on a sling for quite a few reason:

1. Due to the shortness of the barrel, carrying the gun muzzle up on a sling actually points the barrel at the back of my head when I'm going up hills. NO THANKS.

2. It's more comfortable.

3. I find that I can get gun into a ready position significantly faster.

Still, it's #1 that made me change carry position initially. /shiver.

 

[qajaq59]

I think TV hunting shows are about as believable as Batman and Robin.