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Nickudu
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The Man-Eater of Betla
      #77076 - 20/04/07 11:35 AM

The Man-Eater of Betla - 1954

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Re: The Man-Eater of Betla [Re: Nickudu]
      #77086 - 20/04/07 02:36 PM

Nick

Another good story. How did you ever find this blog?

The comments are interesting also. I wonder what Mehul will have to say.

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Re: The Man-Eater of Betla [Re: mickey]
      #77104 - 20/04/07 09:53 PM

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Nick

Another good story. How did you ever find this blog?

The comments are interesting also. I wonder what Mehul will have to say.




A distinct lack of funds has resulted in my doing all my "hunting" on the Internet.

Mehul - Most likely something quite snide, irritating and utterly inappropriate. You know Mehul.

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Re: The Man-Eater of Betla [Re: Nickudu]
      #77119 - 20/04/07 11:14 PM

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A distinct lack of funds has resulted in my doing all my "hunting" on the Internet.



Nick

You are not the only one this year and perhaps the next for me as well.

I do plan to do some hunting and shooting, but it is going to have to be CHEAP!

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Re: The Man-Eater of Betla [Re: NitroX]
      #77130 - 20/04/07 11:47 PM

John, What's the story with scrub bulls there. Are they numerous? Is their hunting controlled in any way?

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Re: The Man-Eater of Betla [Re: Nickudu]
      #77134 - 20/04/07 11:59 PM

Nick

Property access is the key. If you have the access to large Northern stations you might be able to hunt them for free, depending on the specific owner of course.

I shot my scrub bulls on two different buffalo hunts one with an outfitter where I paid a reasonably cheap trophy fee, and the other on a buffalo cull with the landowners son where I paid a trophy fee as well for the bull. That bull did have SIZABLE horns too.

Basically a "scrub bull" is a more or less "wild" or feral bull which has never been mustered. Property owners can find them very difficult either to muster or to handle so might prefer them shot instead.

Also some properties are so large that the entire area of the station is not "worked". Cattle that get out of the "worked" area are not mustered or not bothered with. So if you get access to a good property and get pointed to such an area, it is no real loss to the cattle operations of the station owner.

I can't comment on this myself, but I have heard from many people that scrub bulls are the most likely to get "cheeky" more so than water buffalo or cape buffalo, and charge un-provoked. Alan (mentioned below) also makes hunting videos and has said he has had too many close calls when filming as he can't carry a rifle and his camera at the same time when filming. And handguns are not permitted for that purpose in Queensland.

Aussie hunters use all sorts of calibres for scrub bull hunting from the average medium calibres, .270s, .30-06s, to big bore rifles. I like to use my 9.3, .375 or .450.


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Alan Moon, does boar and scrub bull safaris in the Far North of Queensland (among other hunts), and his prices when I asked were very good. Give him a bell and see what he can do for you. I would like to hunt with Alan myself oneday.

Actually because the hunting is in the Far North of Qld a trip like that could be combined with a beach holiday to the Great Barrier Reef and islands as well. Great if one was bringing the wife and/or family.

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Re: The Man-Eater of Betla [Re: Nickudu]
      #77139 - 21/04/07 12:57 AM

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The Man-Eater of Betla - 1954



I can't get the page to open! It is very very slow!

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Re: The Man-Eater of Betla [Re: Nickudu]
      #77140 - 21/04/07 01:29 AM

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Nick

Another good story. How did you ever find this blog?

The comments are interesting also. I wonder what Mehul will have to say.




A distinct lack of funds has resulted in my doing all my "hunting" on the Internet.

Mehul - Most likely something quite snide, irritating and utterly inappropriate. You know Mehul.







Mehul - Most likely something quite snide, irritating and utterly inappropriate. You know Mehul.

Yes I agree. Definietly one of the rudest and most obnoxious people on the internet. Makes Ray Atkinson look downright civil.

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Re: The Man-Eater of Betla [Re: Nickudu]
      #77141 - 21/04/07 02:18 AM

Another well spent lunch break here at work.

Thanks Nickudu!



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Re: The Man-Eater of Betla [Re: NitroX]
      #77143 - 21/04/07 02:43 AM

Thanks for the insights John. BTW, I just sent the link by email, maybe it'll work better that way (?).

Mick - Me and Ray always got along fine. But that Mehul, well that's another story, entirely. Insiders tell me he's got an absolutely vicious mean streak, to go along with an affinity for rusty, 17th Century corkscrews.

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Re: The Man-Eater of Betla [Re: Nickudu]
      #77151 - 21/04/07 05:00 AM

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BTW, I just sent the link by email, maybe it'll work better that way (?).



It eventually opened OK.

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Re: The Man-Eater of Betla [Re: NitroX]
      #77211 - 22/04/07 02:54 PM

Nick,

I didn't know that you read the blogs on Sulekha. I write there occasionally on politics in South Asia as well as on old relationships with some girlfriends from a long time ago and they recently sent me some really nice gifts and interviewed me as well from their office in Texas. I had missed this particular post, but Sulekha has thousands of bloggers and it is impossible to read every new post there.

Thanks for posting this link. I now have a reputation to uphold after the discussion above.

Sad, but the only place where I agree with the posters on that thread is where they say that the tiger is certain to become extinct in India. In the past week, three Asiatic Lions have also been poached. Today's India is, unfortunately, a wilderness basket case.

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Re: The Man-Eater of Betla [Re: mehulkamdar]
      #77232 - 23/04/07 02:15 AM

Yes, quite the reputation!

No, never saw this site before. Just bumped into it while doing a routine search. I had sent you the link for use at "IFG" earlier.

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