Mr. Gary, I heard about your lion hunt and that

James Pedigo
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Friday, November 12, 2021, 17:21 (1729 days ago)

you guys couldn't even see the lion from 10 feet. Do you still have those pictures.

James, that was an unusual hunt and yes we

Gary Reeder
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Friday, November 12, 2021, 18:02 (1729 days ago) @ James Pedigo

couldn't see the lion from 10 feet. In fact we couldn't see him from 5 feet in front of the Land Cruiser. In this pic the Land Cruiser was about 5 feet from the lion. I couldn't see the lion.
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John, the PH, told the tracker who was driving the truck to back up as he said later that if we had passed the lion, typical cat, he would have come up into the truck with us.
This is from about 10 feet. I still couldn't see the cat. Now that I know where he is I can see the top of his head.
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John told me that if we got on a cat in the thorns and thick grass, if we put a bullet in him, he would jump straight up in the air and do a flip and for me to hit him again and don't let him get his feet solid on the ground as he would come into the truck after us. With the 378 GNR G-2 I took a shot at what I thought was his upper body. I was wrong. It was his lower body but it was a hit on him at least.
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He did his flip and when he settled down I hit him again with the 378 GNR.
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After 3 shots into him he started to run off.
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I hit him as he turned to run and then switched to the 510 GNR with the open sights.
The next shot was with the 510 as he headed toward the trees. He is in the upper center of the pic.

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From there we have no pics. He hid under the tree but he was about gone. I got out of the truck and walked up on him. He was still breathing so I put 3 shots into him from about 15 feet or so. He died under the tree. And I thank Michael Mendes for the pictures.
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some new pics I just got from Michael this afternoon

Gary Reeder
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Saturday, November 13, 2021, 16:26 (1728 days ago) @ Gary Reeder

These are just after the final 510 GNR shot after everyone bailed out of the truck and the trackers dragged the cat out from under the tree. And my thanks again to Michael Mendes for taking the pics. In the close up pic of the cat the stuff in his mouth is black dirt from under the tree as he was biting everything he could.
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and it took 4 strong men to put the cat in the truck.
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Extra rider

Mike
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Saturday, November 13, 2021, 10:17 (1729 days ago) @ James Pedigo

Man he woulda been in the truck with my blind butt looking for him. Until you pointed him out....I couldn't see him.
If I ever go...I will just carry some Frank's hot sauce. So the lion can try to put that on everything

Mike, even the PH couldn't see him. The black tracker

Gary Reeder
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Saturday, November 13, 2021, 10:26 (1729 days ago) @ Mike

kept saying "look for the eyes". Finally I thought I saw the eyes and put a shot into what I thought would be his neck or shoulders and put a bullet almost in his ass.

'The Ghost and the Darkness' movie

backroads rambler
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Saturday, November 13, 2021, 11:03 (1729 days ago) @ Gary Reeder

has a couple of really well photographed shots showing them (the lions) blending-in towards invisibility. Know it is just a movie but it gives one an idea of just how well Mother Nature camouflages her hunters...

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116409/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

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