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Quail Hunters
Male Leoaprd from C. Africa 

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Cougar 

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Quail Hunters 
VERY RARE photo of a hunted guar in its natural distribution. Hunting the Indian bison, as it was called by the British in India, was considered a highly noble undertaking. A bull gaur with horns spreading over three feet is as impressive a trophy as anyone could wish for. Formidable, huge(can reach 3000 pounds making them the largest of the bovinae), potentially dangerous and elusive, the gaur tested the skill and endurance of any hunter attempting to collect it. The usual method of hunting was to locate fresh tracks and follow, hopefully being able to approach the animal while it was still feeding, for once bedded down it was virtually impossible to approach undetected. Its huge size required shooting with heavy caliber rifles, and the amount of damage a gaur could sustain before succumbing is difficult to believe. •••••••

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A 10 1/2 foot man-eater taken in India by  Sam Pancotto.
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"The Man-Eater of Bastar"- As the story goes... "The damn tiger was smart. He'd been hunted before, maybe even wounded, and now his natural cunning plus his "knowledge" of mans ways -- he was a man-eater with two kills in three days to his credit -- made him more dangerous than ever.

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Giant wild lion. It is said that you hunt elephant with your feet, buffalo with your gut and lion with your heart. Legend further has it that a hunter is scared by a lion three times; the first time when its spoor is encountered, the second time when its mighty roar is heard and the third time when it is seen for the first time.
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Man…can understand a lion, because a lion is life in its simplest form, beautiful, menacing, dangerous, and attractive to his ego. A lion has always been the symbol of challenge, the prototype of personal hazard. You get the lion, or the lion gets you. -RR

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This is the second largest Nile crocodile ever entered into the record books. It was hunted in 2006 on the banks of Lake Chamo in Ethiopia. Take a guess how long and how old this croc is! All the biggest crocs come from this lake, even the current #1

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