NitroX
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https://www.facebook.com/spitskop.safaris/videos/1050684285006271/
Dramatic close call charge of a wounded lionness.
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Ripp
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Now THAT is intense.. 
Ripp
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larcher
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real close shave
She seems to be covered in blood on the right shoulder but not at all impeded. Scary
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gryphon
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Now THAT is intense..
Ripp
A tribute to the cool shooter under pressure.
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Rule303
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Apparently the hunter shot the lioness off the cameraman.
Not good but better than real bad for the cameraman.
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DarylS
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Cats can be VERY tough! Scary charge for the camera man- had a lot of faith in the shooters, I must say.
I shot a rather large feral Tom kitty through both shoulders with a .45 cal. round ball - at a range of about 15 yards, impact velocity 1,900fps. I reloaded then walked up to it and it raised it's head - hissed and spat at me.
A deer would have been stone dead by the time I approached it
That 45RB through both shoulders would be equivalent to shooting a lion with about a 64 pound(er) cannon ball through both shoulders at point blank range. My kitty cat was immobilized, but still alive and quite pissed.
The lioness was shot through and through - blood appeared behind her shoulder left side, and out through the other shoulder/leg right side - not pinky frothy, might even have been heart blood.
Cats can be VERY tough.
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xausa
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My eyes may be deceiving me, but I think I can see what looks like an arrow protruding from both sides of the lion's neck. Could this be an archery hunt gone wrong?
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prairie_ghost
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Good eyes!
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Mike_Bailey
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Was a bow hunt, my mate is the camera man !! 20 or 30 stitches. Martin kept the camera rolling though. Good man to have alongside you !
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Rule303
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Was a bow hunt, my mate is the camera man !! 20 or 30 stitches. Martin kept the camera rolling though. Good man to have alongside you !
One cool dude. Think I would of been filming down the lions throat, well that's where I would be shoving the camera.
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Ripp
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Was a bow hunt, my mate is the camera man !! 20 or 30 stitches. Martin kept the camera rolling though. Good man to have alongside you !
One cool dude. Think I would of been filming down the lions throat, well that's where I would be shoving the camera.
Absolutely...incredible he kept it rolling...tough guy...
Ripp
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