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I would not recommend hunting of dangerous game, which to me means hunting an animal in a manner in which the animal has the potential to cause grave personal harm to me or others near me, without back-up! I know from first hand experience just how far a buffalo can go with absolutely NO HEART after being hit with a most adequate 500 Jeffery Improved. He can go far enough to stomp your arse before he dies if he so choses (that translates into about 25 to 30 yards in my actual exprience). There is only ONE abosolute way to drop an animal, any animal, in it's tracks and that is a CNS hit. There are very few people who can shoot, reload, and accurately hit a charging buffalo inside of 20 yards (you know how big the brain is on a buffalo, it ain't that big, and you are talking about a snap shot too)! That is why you need a fresh second to back you up. To me this isn't a stunt and it is most certainly "dangerous game hunting". Of course opinions may vary.

For the record, in my opinion anyway, dangerous game hunting takes place at less than 35 yards (maybe you could stretch to 50 yards). Beyond that and it ain't all that dangerous anymore.

Unfortunately, there was this guy named Murphy who has this law, and if you chose to ignore Mr. Murphy's law you will eventually get introduced to this guy named Darwin. Those that ignore Mr. Murphy and are wanting to meet Mr Darwin (knowingly or not) are the true stunt hunters in my opinion.
I'll let everyone decide who those individuals are.

Scott