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    Posted: July/13/2010 at 02:32

Buffalo mauls hiker to death

Filed Under (Uncategorized) by Jan Hennop on 12-07-2010 and tagged animals, Buffalo, bull, disaster, maul, Mountain Zebra National Park
Male African buffalo bull

Male African buffalo bull

A hiker was mauled to death and three others injured by an enraged buffalo bull in the Mountain Zebra National Park near Cradock on Monday, reports Msindisi Fengu.

The incident happened at arund 11.15am when the four hikers stumbled onto the bull minutes after started their walk on the park’s Imbila Hiking Trail.

“The buffalo charged the hikers a number of times,” said SA National Parks Board communications manager Megan Taplin.

She said paramedics were called to the scene at the park, situated 12 kilometres outside Cradock.

One hiker had already died and the three others were taken to hospital for treatment.

Rangers then tracked the bull and killed it.

Read the full story in Tuesday’s print or online edition of the Daily Dispatch.

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And unforgiving of insolence and disrespect...
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note to self, take dan and the lott with me if i ever go walking in africa
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"Mauled" to death, I didn't know that the Buff would bite you, I figured he'd gore and stomp you to mush.
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Some neighborhoods are not meant for hiking.
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Originally posted by 3_tens 3_tens wrote:

Some neighborhoods are not meant for hiking.


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Originally posted by SVT_Tactical SVT_Tactical wrote:

note to self, take dan and the lott with me if i ever go walking in africa
Didn't you mean "WHEN"??...
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Originally posted by Kickboxer Kickboxer wrote:

Originally posted by SVT_Tactical SVT_Tactical wrote:

note to self, take dan and the lott with me if i ever go walking in africa
Didn't you mean "WHEN"??...
 
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Note to self: Cow tipping is not a good idea in Africa.
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 NOT a good idea without an armed backup!
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just for kicks what would you carry to defend yourself??? I am thinking a nice semi auto slug gun with some poisened flachets followed by some heavy ranger rounds...alternating maybe
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 "It" would carry me!
  
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Originally posted by silver silver wrote:

Note to self: Cow tipping is not a good idea in Africa.



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Originally posted by 300S&W 300S&W wrote:

 "It" would carry me!
  
With gas that bad you must have Billy in there with you.
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I read a magazine article years ago where a big game hunter went out hunting small game for the pot with a 22. Stumbled on a ticked off buff, but he managed to get up in a tree. The buff wasn't leaving so he used a 357 Mag with the old 158gr armor piercing rounds. He put the round or rounds between the buff's eyes and dropped him. I wonder how that round would have performed if he hadn't made it to the tree.
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Originally posted by 338LAPUASLAP 338LAPUASLAP wrote:

just for kicks what would you carry to defend yourself??? I am thinking a nice semi auto slug gun with some poisened flachets followed by some heavy ranger rounds...alternating maybe
 
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Edited by Kickboxer - July/14/2010 at 12:30
Opinion,untempered by fact,is ignorance.

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