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Westley_Richards
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Reged: 03/01/03
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Loc: Boulder, Colorado

Re: Lion Hunting
05/03/03 09:57 AM

Bigfive;
I have only been on one lion hunt. It was pitch black at 2 in the morning. We were attempting to stake out a dead cow in Namibia. By flashlight earlier we had spotted fresh tracks. We were using .375 H&H rifles. In the night they seemed too small. By the time we got back to camp, my teeth were chattering. Perhaps, my imagination ran away with me; I saw lions in every shadow where ever our flashlight wasn't shining. I remember thinking that a .375 was too small. My understanding is that a .308 or 30-06 or about any 30 caliber rifle is fine for hunting lion provided you don't wound him or he doesn't charge. after that I want faster running shoes than you. From my brief experience the size of the lion rifle = resonable caliber x amount of darkness x size of flashlight x size of tracks x volumn of growl - proficency of riflecraft. Next hunt it's the Krieghoff for me.
Westley Richards

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Lion Hunting	Bigfive	05/03/03 12:25 AM
Re: Lion Hunting	Mpofu	07/03/03 11:55 PM
Re: Lion Hunting	NitroX	09/03/03 11:31 PM
Re: Lion Hunting	NitroX	08/03/03 01:04 AM
Re: Lion Hunting	NitroX	11/03/03 11:37 AM
Re: Lion Hunting	Bigfive	11/03/03 06:53 PM
Re: Lion Hunting	gryphon	08/03/03 07:09 AM
Re: Lion Hunting	deadeye	06/03/03 01:07 PM
Re: Lion Hunting	gryphon	06/03/03 04:17 PM
Re: Lion Hunting	Bigfive	06/03/03 04:47 PM
Re: Lion Hunting	deadeye	07/03/03 04:54 PM
Re: Lion Hunting	mikeh416Rigby	10/03/03 05:45 AM
Re: Lion Hunting	Bigfive	07/03/03 05:53 PM
Re: Lion Hunting	deadeye	07/03/03 06:11 PM
Re: Lion Hunting	NitroX	08/03/03 12:55 AM
Re: Lion Hunting	deadeye	10/03/03 06:40 AM
Re: Lion Hunting	Bigfive	07/03/03 06:35 PM
Re: Lion Hunting	deadeye	10/03/03 06:44 AM
Re: Lion Hunting	Bigfive	07/03/03 06:00 PM
Re: Lion Hunting	shakari	05/03/03 02:59 PM
Re: Lion Hunting	Bigfive	05/03/03 04:47 PM
Re: Lion Hunting	Westley_Richards	05/03/03 09:57 AM
Re: Lion Hunting	IronBuck	05/03/03 10:56 AM
Re: Lion Hunting	NitroX	05/03/03 01:04 PM
Re: Lion Hunting	AspenHill	05/03/03 12:41 AM

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