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Re: Most incredible hunting/Landscape pictures you will ever see

Post by winnie_the_pooh » Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:25 pm

Beautiful place and very nice photographs.If only it were possible to visit it.Probably not in my lifetime.

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Re: Most incredible hunting/Landscape pictures you will ever see

Post by shooter » Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:23 pm

prashantsingh wrote:
Vikram wrote: the Black Rhino is still the costliest hunt in the world. I read on AR and on the net that prices in excess of $150K. Infrequent and very limited.But still the most expensive.
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Thanks for the info Vikram.
My God. That's really expensive. I had no idea that they still offer Black Rhinos for hunting. The last I heard was they only offer them for "green hunting" where they dart the animal and take snaps.
A lion has just been offered for hunt with a trophy fees of 100000 euros. The ranch claim it is the largest lion on earth. I have seen the pic. It is a beast. i mean if you want to know what a 'majestic beast' looks like, that is it.

Again not nitpicking but just telling you guys.
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Re: Most incredible hunting/Landscape pictures you will ever see

Post by jetley » Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:34 am

...most amazing and awesome pics ...thanks a lot for sharing ....

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Post by fantumfan2003 » Wed Mar 09, 2011 4:52 pm

These pictures are really awesome....

http://www.pakguns.com/showthread.php?1 ... hal-Valley

About Rhinos and Lions.....

Irrespective of the price tag, I'd prefer the Black Rhinos and that Lion left alone for a few more years. I am assuming that both are in Africa. While I might be presuming a bit too much here, I think greed is at play here.

We almost lost all the Black Rhinos not too long ago did'nt we ? And the lion on the ranch......remember the American trophy hunter who shot the largest leopard in Namibia ? Not too many took to that in a kind way. Did they ?

http://www.huntinglegends.com/monster-l ... ober-2008/

Just my thoughts.....

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prashantsingh wrote:
Vikram wrote: the Black Rhino is still the costliest hunt in the world. I read on AR and on the net that prices in excess of $150K. Infrequent and very limited.But still the most expensive.
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Thanks for the info Vikram.
My God. That's really expensive. I had no idea that they still offer Black Rhinos for hunting. The last I heard was they only offer them for "green hunting" where they dart the animal and take snaps.
A lion has just been offered for hunt with a trophy fees of 100000 euros. The ranch claim it is the largest lion on earth. I have seen the pic. It is a beast. i mean if you want to know what a 'majestic beast' looks like, that is it.

Again not nitpicking but just telling you guys.
As an example of overcoming adversity, Karoly Takacs has few peers. He was part of Hungary’s world champion pistol-shooting team in 1938, when an army grenade exploded, crippling his right hand. Ten years later, having taught himself to shoot with his left, he won two gold medals in the rapid-fire class.

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Re: Most incredible hunting/Landscape pictures you will ever see

Post by Vikram » Wed Mar 09, 2011 4:59 pm

FF,

Black Rhino hunting is almost gone now. If they do allow,it could be one or two maximum once in a few years.That explains the price tag.However, it's the poachers are to be blamed than the trophy hunters.They hunt only when there are permits available.No permit,no hunting. The black markets of the Arab world and Far-East need to be tackled more robustly than they are now to stop the annihilation of many species.



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Post by fantumfan2003 » Wed Mar 09, 2011 5:08 pm

Vikram,

I agree completely with you, without any doubt whatsoever.
Even if its poachers and their misdeeds, the result is depletion in numbers of species.

Mind you when animal rights activists and anti hunting activists, cry themselves hoarse over the depletion, they will target the legal hunter (for lack of a better phrase) NOT the poachers...Do you see where I am coming from ?

Everyone knows its illegal hunting, poaching and deforestaion (and related activities) that are to be blamed for the depleting numbers but its so much more convinient to blame the legal hunter you see.........

Can someone please post a pic of this big lion from the ranch ? He deserves to be the wall paper on my PC for a while. He also deserves to live a little longer for his unique title of "largest lion on the ranch". Lions only have a 10% chance to make it to adulthood in the wild.

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Vikram wrote:FF,

Black Rhino hunting is almost gone now. If they do allow,it could be one or two maximum once in a few year.That explains the price tag.However, it's the poachers at blame than the trophy hunters.They hunt only there are permits available.No permit,no hunting. The black markets of the Arab world and Far-East need to be tackled more robustly than they are now.


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As an example of overcoming adversity, Karoly Takacs has few peers. He was part of Hungary’s world champion pistol-shooting team in 1938, when an army grenade exploded, crippling his right hand. Ten years later, having taught himself to shoot with his left, he won two gold medals in the rapid-fire class.

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Post by shooter » Fri Mar 11, 2011 3:14 pm

Can someone please post a pic of this big lion from the ranch ? He deserves to be the wall paper on my PC for a while. He also deserves to live a little longer for his unique title of "largest lion on the ranch". Lions only have a 10% chance to make it to adulthood in the wild.
Well the actual title is the largest in the world.

Heres the pic:
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Post by fantumfan2003 » Fri Mar 11, 2011 3:42 pm

Now why do they want to kill this sexy dude for a trophy.....
Its nothing but shooting a captive animal.....

:roll:

Thank god better sense prevails....as there is similar opinion as mine being echoed on the forum as well

http://www.africahunting.com/hunting-af ... frica.html

I found these comments hilarious though.....

"Yeah he comes when you call kitty kitty!"

"Shame, he lost his electric shaver !!!! "

"I think electric shavers, trouser belts and shoe laces are confiscated and not returned until after release ! "

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shooter wrote:
Can someone please post a pic of this big lion from the ranch ? He deserves to be the wall paper on my PC for a while. He also deserves to live a little longer for his unique title of "largest lion on the ranch". Lions only have a 10% chance to make it to adulthood in the wild.
Well the actual title is the largest in the world.

Heres the pic:
Image
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As an example of overcoming adversity, Karoly Takacs has few peers. He was part of Hungary’s world champion pistol-shooting team in 1938, when an army grenade exploded, crippling his right hand. Ten years later, having taught himself to shoot with his left, he won two gold medals in the rapid-fire class.

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Re: Most incredible hunting/Landscape pictures you will ever see

Post by shooter » Fri Mar 11, 2011 3:57 pm

Most hunters i know wont shoot him since 99.99% chances are that he has been carefully reared on a ranch till adulthood.

One could shoot so much more for 100000 euros (150000$).
You want more gun control? Use both hands!

God made man and God made woman, but Samuel Colt made them equal.

One does not hunt in order to kill; on the contrary, one kills in order to have hunted. by Jose Gasset.

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Re: Most incredible hunting/Landscape pictures you will ever see

Post by 357 S&W » Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:40 am

I would only shoot him with my camera. Looking at his mane he seems to be from East African decent. What a magnificent beast. I would let it live as long as it will in the wild so that it passes its best genes to its future generations so that our future generations can witness what great animals we were blessed with.
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Re: Most incredible hunting/Landscape pictures you will ever see

Post by fantumfan2003 » Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:03 pm

Fantastic Thought.......

:agree:

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357 S&W wrote:I would only shoot him with my camera. Looking at his mane he seems to be from East African decent. What a magnificent beast. I would let it live as long as it will in the wild so that it passes its best genes to its future generations so that our future generations can witness what great animals we were blessed with.
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As an example of overcoming adversity, Karoly Takacs has few peers. He was part of Hungary’s world champion pistol-shooting team in 1938, when an army grenade exploded, crippling his right hand. Ten years later, having taught himself to shoot with his left, he won two gold medals in the rapid-fire class.

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Post by Vikram » Tue Mar 15, 2011 6:10 pm

357 S&W wrote:I would only shoot him with my camera.
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Post by Priyan » Tue Mar 15, 2011 6:18 pm

It looks like a Cap lion or Barbary lion. If I'm right it should be used to breed not for pleasure of some so called "hunters" as those subspecies of lion are extinct now.
When I'll get to shoot a gun?

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Re: Most incredible hunting/Landscape pictures you will ever see

Post by m24 » Tue Mar 15, 2011 7:58 pm

Since everyone has decided to go off topic, let me bring this back.

Thanks Vikram for sharing this link with us. What a place. Words don't do justice.

Winnie, I echo your sentiment of being able to visit this place.

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