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Former Walk On in-law
Male Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Lugoff, SC
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![]() This is not the first time this has happened.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/south-afr...120752716.html It happened in 2010 also... http://www.today.com/id/40764193/ns/...gendary-guide/ Kind of gives you pause but it's probably a good idea not to mess with African wildlife!!
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Been caught moddin'
Male Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Raaaawlee, NC
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![]() I think if you go hunting - especially in Africa. Be prepared to have the tables turned.
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Grumpy Old Fart
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![]() I fully support the right to arm bears!
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Banned
Male Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: SC
Posts: 2,472
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![]() I've always felt that big game hunting should be on a more equal footing.
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I am the liquor
Male Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Sunnyvale
Posts: 4,811
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I was the white shadow.
Male Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: South Carolina
Posts: 4,655
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![]() Anytime you approach water in Africa, you just have to assume that a croc is waiting in that water for you.
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Heisman Candidate
Male Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: south carolina
Posts: 15,701
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![]() A person who hunts in Africa can very easily be the "hunted"..in reference to the second link, i will give the guy credit. he was doing what he loved to do. he wasnt hunting but looking out for the welfare of mankind.
unfortunately, he picked a cause that had him travel in some very dangerous areas. i mean, if you ask me to go canoeing on an African river i will say "no thanks". |
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Unmoderated
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![]() Damn nature. You scary!
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Household Name
Male Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 6,757
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![]() I remember reading the story of the guy in 2010. Really enjoyed reading about his life. Now it's happened again. You just don't mess with rivers in Africa.
I believe the story I read about Coetzee in 2010 said that crocs were huge and have actually dragged people off the kayaks and boats before. |
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Apparent Sunshine Pumper
Male Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: On $100 mill of cash
Posts: 13,793
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![]() Where is Steve Irwin when you need him... oh right.
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Heisman Candidate
Male Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Phoenix
Posts: 16,439
CockyCash: 100500 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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4-Star
Male Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: St Louis MO
Posts: 294
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![]() One less hunter to kill animals. I like it!
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Game MVP
Male Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Spartanburg, SC
Posts: 1,882
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![]() This comment is ridiculous and I don't think we should celebrate the loss of a life anytime. Hunters, normally are some of the best nature lovers and preservers on the planet.
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1st Team All-SEC
Male Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Monroe Co, Florida
Posts: 3,638
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He said Mr Van Zyl disappeared during a hunting safari last week. His death is the latest in a series of fatal crocodile attacks in Zimbabwe. Mr Louwrens told the BBC that Mr Van Zyl had gone on a hunting trip on the Zimbabwe-South Africa border with a local tracker and a pack of dogs. He said the pair left their vehicle and went in different directions in search of crocodiles. A search and rescue operation was launched after Mr Van Zyl’s dogs returned to their camp without him. The hunter’s footprints were traced to river bank alongside his discarded rucksack. He was married, had two children and took foreign clients on hunting trips. Mr Louwrens said staff from the Heritage Protection Group – an organisation which he heads and helps police fight crime in South Africa – informally helped the Zimbabwean authorities conduct the search. “Permission was given for three Nile crocodiles in the area to be shot, and one of them contained Mr Van Zyl’s remains,” he said. “Subsequent DNA tests have proved the remains to be those of Mr Van Zyl.” At least four fatal attacks by crocodiles have been reported in Zimbabwe this year. One conservation group meanwhile has condemned the circumstances of his “senseless” death. “[He] shouldn’t have been hunting in the first place. Animals in the wild… are wild! They are living, thinking beings with instincts for survival,” a statement by One Green Planet said. http://howafrica.com/crocodile-eats-...r-in-zimbabwe/ Last edited by Y Formation; 04-21-2017 at 09:06 AM.. |
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Blue Chip
Male Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Greenville
Posts: 900
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![]() I have seen the Nile Croc in person and they are huge! I should add this was out in the wild not a zoo.
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