This chick's got some guts

[caryc]

I don't think I'd have the guts to go after this critter with a bow. Too bad she's now under fire for her actions.

Story http://www.grandviewoutdoors.com/ar...ti-hunting-cyber-bullies#sthash.1dEWbNfa.dpbs

 

[stevemb]

I did nothing but bowhunt for a decade, yrs ago. I'd not chase/annoy lions with one. Yes, an arrow can be lethal to anything, but... Saw something from Kodiak Island of a guy trying to arrow a Brown Bear. The issue is, that bear already knew he was there, so really in all likelyhood, the guide will be killing the bear. A bow kill needs to be a stealthy thing. It's not a good idea to loose an arrow on a large predator that knows you are there. For me at least, this is a stunt, a cutting of fine hairs, so to speak. I do not know if this is the case with this young woman. I would hope that the lion has only been perforated with one arrow. In which case I'd like to shake her hand and buy her a beer. She certainly has nerve, and skill too. That I'll not qualify with anything. I hope I have not done her an injustice, was just commenting to things I've noticed lately.

 

[DGW1949]

I didn't bother with the link because the photo looks staged to me.
Perfect teeth, perfect make up, perfect hair, matching colors with the hair clasp, lip stick, arrows 'n stuff....yeah, I'm sure of it...a "bit" of marketing going on there.
Heck, I aint even sure about the lion. If ya ask me, he looks more drugged than he does dead.

But I could be wrong.

DGW

 

[stevemb]

Oh, I'm sure the lion is DEAD. I'm sure the woman arrowed it. This, I'd not take away from her. Yes, Cary, she has guts.

 

[Dan in MI]

She's local. It's real and she killed a BUNCH of critters. Including a white rhino. Being a cheeleader and social type she posted it on facebook and the anti's are all riled up.

 

[dhstadt]

I didn't bother with the link because the photo looks staged to me.
Perfect teeth, perfect make up, perfect hair, matching colors with the hair clasp, lip stick, arrows 'n stuff....yeah, I'm sure of it...a "bit" of marketing going on there.
Heck, I aint even sure about the lion. If ya ask me, he looks more drugged than he does dead.

But I could be wrong.

DGW

You are very, very wrong but then people that spout without knowing the facts are almost always wrong.

 

[stevemb]

I recognise a problem here then. If she poses, bloody arrow and gut pile like, people scream. If she poses, with clean clothes, well made up, she gets dinged too, by her own, other hunters. Sigh.. You Go Girl.

 

[GunnyGene]

Daddy's obviously got some money also. Those kind of hunts ain't cheap. :roll: I don't begrudge them that, just wish I had that kind of spare change laying around. :wink:

 

[Bucks Owin]

Hope my son finds a gal like that someday... 8)

 

[AlanJ65]

There's another photo with her next to a rhino. At the time I did not know that the rhino had been drugged by a vet to tend to some wounds it had picked up somewhere. I don't think that part was explained very well.

 

[caryc]

I didn't bother with the link because the photo looks staged to me.
Perfect teeth, perfect make up, perfect hair, matching colors with the hair clasp, lip stick, arrows 'n stuff....yeah, I'm sure of it...a "bit" of marketing going on there.
Heck, I aint even sure about the lion. If ya ask me, he looks more drugged than he does dead.

But I could be wrong.

DGW

If you had bothered to read the story, you'd have found out that the young lady has been on many hunts for big game. Like someone else said, those safaris ain't cheap. If you've got the money you needn't trudge around on foot with some over the hill (barely qualifies as a guide) lard a$$ that you found in the nearest bar. I'm sure she is well equipped with comforts and knowing how young ladies care about their appearance I don't doubt that she is able to keep hers up.

You might at least bother to read the story before you condemn her although I know what a big bother that must be for you.

In the time it took you to belittle her, you could have read the story. :mrgreen:

 

[6gun]

She's a cool chick I like her, I read that dang liberal facebook has been removing some of her photos she placed on line, cause they might offend the tolerant lefties.

 

[mohavesam]

You might at least bother to read the story before you condemn her although I know what a big bother that must be for you.

In the time it took you to belittle her, you could have read the story. :mrgreen:

+100. Knee-jerk comments (and commentators) are everywhere, it's a sign of our times that people post an opinion without any research or knowledge of the OP issue.
This is the way we get an "I am offended by..." society!

 

[Fox Mike]

My first question would be "Why kill the lion?" Was he attacking local livestock or people? I am NOT a big supporter of "trophy" hunters. Unless it (whatever "it" is) is causing problems I see no reason to kill just to say "I got a rino, or a lion, or a giraffe, or an elephant". If you aren't hunting to eat the kill why do it?

 

[Dan in MI]

A lot of the rare African game animals are kept alive by the amount of funds legal hunts generate. It's Africa's version of Pittman Robertson.

 

[caryc]

My first question would be "Why kill the lion?" Was he attacking local livestock or people? I am NOT a big supporter of "trophy" hunters. Unless it (whatever "it" is) is causing problems I see no reason to kill just to say "I got a rino, or a lion, or a giraffe, or an elephant". If you aren't hunting to eat the kill why do it?

I got into that same thing on another thread where I learned some things. There are a lot more of those big game critters over there than you would think. Culling or legal permitted hunts are actually doing some good as far as preserving the animals and their habitat.

As for me, I don't hunt. It's just not for me. But, that's a personal choice.

 

[FastEd]

I'm not familiar with this young huntress but if she did kill the lion in Africa then more power to her. What a great experience that was. I'm sure it was a legal kill and she was accompanied with the proper backup to ensure her safety. I hope she has a great future big game hunting.

I can understand how some people can be skeptical when they see photos like this. In the past we have had a lot of hunters, both male and female, who have created big reputations by traveling around the World with a big budget and camera crew making spectacular kills. But it was closer to making a Hollywood movie. Many times the trophies weren't even killed by the hunter.

Killing a mature lion is about as dangerous as it gets especially with a bow. Rates right up there with Brown bears and Polar bears. I had a good friend that was ripped up by a mean hog one day and he was an excellent bow hunter. I guess that's what makes it exciting. I, once, put 6 rounds of .44mag in a charging hog and he died at my feet. I'll pass on the bow hunting.

 

[caryc]

Speaking of guides as I was, I wouldn't doubt that she had to pay a premium price to her guide for going after a lion with a bow. A charging lion with a poorly placed arrow could prove to be a little dangerous to ones health. Not to mention crawling around in the bush looking for a lion with an arrow sticking in him.

I seem to remember that Capstick was not too fond of situations like that.

 

[chuck]

Looks like that lion just got out of a beauty saloon

 

[redhawker]

I Africa there is a big poaching problem. When the animals were fully protected they had no real value to the native population except for the value of what they could get out of them from poaching (the meat for their families and selling of the hides or, in the case of elephants, their ivory, or the "aphrodisiac" items they could sell, like rino horns and such). Legal, regulated hunting overseen by biologists, has changed that as it has made the animals valuable to the native population due to the money they bring in from rich hunters. And, the natives, in most cases, still get to harvest the meat for their own use as there is really no practical way for the rich hunters to ship the meat home. So by making the animals valuable to the local population alive it actually protects the species from unregulated mass poaching. In short, they might kill, say, 5 or 10 which will save hundreds that would have been killed if poaching was the only value of the animals to the native population.