Craig Boddingtons daughter(Brittany) was involved in a Hunting Accident

[Rob]

I have seen a couple leopard attacks on film too.  Those cats move so fast you can't even tell what they are doing.  they have to go into slow motion and even that is hard to see.  I think you would need to have a high speed camera to really be able to tell what was going on.

I think that in 3-5 seconds a po'd Leopard could easily attack 2 or more people.  In 5 seconds I think one could eviscerate someone.

[mkcj]

Show the film then my bet is they never will!

[GoldTip]

Show the film then my bet is they never will!

Me thinks someone has a hidden agenda.  Why you got such a hard-on against Boddington and his daughter?

[mkcj]

Sorry no agenda just explain how the tracker was lifted into the air got shot yet the PH or the shooter never knew that the tracker was shot or next to the cat. "She shot at the leopard because it stopped which, for her was the right thing to do at that stage. Any hunter in the same situation would have done the same. When she shot the leopard it was busy biting Punki and there was a lot of movement as the leopard was pulling Punki around". So was it stopped or was it biting punki and a lot of movement? again all this plus 2 attacks 1 other shot in 3 seconds again no AGENDA just reading the reports. Sorry for not seeing it your way goldtip but this is America

[jackelope]

nothing will ever be seen for what it is....there is always someone seeing things in a different light, regardless of what the topic of discussion is.

i say the sky is blue, but someone else will battle to the death trying to convince me that the sky is green with
pok-a-dots.
(i may have spelled pok-a-dots wrong)

[BobW]

Wow you may want to reread the reports.  The PH was aware that the cat was on top of the tracker when she fired.  And he still feels she did nothing wrong.

The key here is they broke off contact with the cat. Refreshed the dogs and then decided to locate the tracks and try again. And to everyones surprise. The cat was still there. That would be more than a little surprising. I can see how things got very disorganized real fast.

[mkcj]

OK last post here start counting to 3 you hear the dog the cat goes after 1 tracker turns back to the other tracker bites him stops starts to go for tracker #3 turns back to tracker #2 PH shoots 1 shot are you at 3 seconds yet because their whole time line is over by now and she has yet to step out from behind the PH she has to find the cat shoulder her rifle acquire the target and pull the trigger. Again I am only reading the report and counting to 3 and if she had a scope on the gun well. She's just lucky she is not the V.P. of the USA

[huntnfmly]

I think she did exactly what she should have done.No conspiracy

[popeshawnpaul]

Whether she did the "right" thing or not, you are still responsible for the bullet you send out of your gun, no matter the situation.  Remember that hunters...     

[boneaddict]

Like I said, if I am being eatin'  SHOOT!  I'd rather plug the hole and limp the rest of my life than be eviscerated.

[Slider]

Who knows? Maybe it was 6 seconds!!! I'm sure everything was in slow motion. One thing people don't realize is how thick the Bushveld is or how tall the grasses are. I don't think any of the incident was caught on tape. I don't know if she had a scoped rifle? I do know it was a 300 wsm. Punki is going to recover and she has set up an account to help him and his family.

[farmin4u_98948]

Dangerous for a reason.. they are very unpredictable. Could things have been done different... yes .... but who gets to live their life  by looking backwards in time..  ONLY POLITICIANS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR DECISIONS NO MATTER HOW BAD!!

[Thenewguy]

This story has way to many holes in it if you read it "Before the dog could even get the whole bark out I heard the growl of the leopard. When I heard Nic’s shot go off I stepped out from behind him and saw the leopard come out from behind a bush. The leopard paused for a moment and in the tall grass I could see only slightly more than the outline of the leopard's back. I saw that the leopard had been hit and it stopped with its head down in the grass. I got my rifle up and took a shot at the part of the leopard that I could see." So this leopard had to be dragging the tracker from behind the bush because when she shot it picked the tracker up and her bullet hit him but no one knows that he is there yet and it's STANDING still when she shoots. The PH says it took 3 seconds to happen and in those 3 seconds it attacked 2 trackers went after a 3rd went back to the 2ND tracker started biting him and was shot twice! How far away were the trackers and how could she have been behind the PH she says she was "examining the flattened grass area" I think he punki was shot by her thinking it was the cat. Don't get me wrong I'm glad it was not me having to shoot but the trackers were close enough that she should have known where they were I may be wrong lets see the film you won't see anyone being shoot because no one there knew he was shot my guess is they are covering for Graig and his daughter so they don't lose there sponsors and free hunting

Not as many holes as this story has...

[BobW]

Not trying to be difficult here, but I have the feeling most of the posts are coming from people who have seen Africa only from the comfort of their livingrooms on TV. I have been there, including Namibia (the country this happened). And will be leaving again soon.

Some things are done differently over there.  The PH fired first. For what ever reason, when she stepped out from behind him there was no warning to her about not firing.

So I will put this clearly. Had it been the PH I hunt with, and she didn't shoot, with no verbal warning not to, the responce from the PH would have been  "WHY THE HELL DIDN'T YOU SHOOT".

You never let a wounded cat get to cover. PERIOD. You're not in Kansas anymore.

By the way 3 or 4 posts here that's true,  but 50 years hunting.

[Slider]

Notice how thick the Bushveld is and how difficult it is to see this Cat!!!

http://trophyroom.com/video/BIkAidNXYP/