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It is Hunting YouTube, showing the best hunting, shooting and fishing videos that YouTube has
to offer, and this week with an African slant.
There are lots of where-it-all-goes wrong videos on Youtube but none so dramatic as
lion hunting going wrong. Here's one of them called 'Lion attack hunting safari Africa'
that's been watched more than 8 million times. You can not argue with numbers like that.
There are nearly 1,000 Cape buffalo hunts to look at on YouTube. This one shows a close
call with a buff that is down - but gets up. Sometimes called the closest Cape Buffalo
charge ever caught on film, this was filmed in Tanzania in 1990.
African fishing is worth crossing continents for. Chris Bailey catches a 106lb Nile perch
on Lake Nasser in Egypt in this film. Tiddler - locals pulled a 500lber out of Lake Victoria.
One of the most prolific Africa hunting channels on YouTube is AfricaHunting. It has a variety
of videos including shot placement on various big game animals, bowhunting exploits and
this film about unusual quarry in Namibia that could be a late entrant to the Big Five.
Elephant hunting films produce more hatred from antis on YouTube than any other hunting
subject. Ignore the vitriol and watch this film of a superbly professional professional
hunter at work. It takes six minutes to get there on the film but it is an elephant hunt
and a half.
White men with rifles are not the only hunters in Africa and this clip from the BBC shows
San Bushmen engaged in what is called 'persistence' hunting - literally running down their game.
Must remember to try this at home with deer.
FourSeasonsUK, the YouTube channel for the UK-based hunting agent of the same name, has
films about hunting all sorts across Africa, from jackal on the ground to birds up above.
When they go dove shooting in South Africa, the skies literally darken.
Rhinos are leading the charge when it comes to being poached in Africa. With rhino horn
now more expensive than gold. Many countries are meeting fire with fire and shooting down
poachers on sight. Ted Riley from Swaziland is a pioneer of this policy and this film
from 2004 profiles him - and his single minded approach to catching up wildlife in order
to restock his farm.
You can click on any of these films to watch them. If you have a YouTube film you would
like us to pop in to the weekly top eight, send it in via YouTube, or email me the link
charlie@fieldsportschannel.tv