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BIG GAME SHOOTING 



A lion is not likely to wait until the sportsman is quite close up, 

 but will come on, if it comes on at all, from a greater distance, 

 and the greater distance a beast comes from the better chance 

 the sportsman has of pulling himself together and taking a 

 steady shot. 



When hit, the difficulties of killing, stopping, or even 

 turning a buffalo are greater than with an elephant or lion. A 

 buffalo holds its head up, with its forehead almost horizontal, 

 too high to enable one to get a shot at the brain, and there is a 



Bull buffalo 



great chance of the bullet ricochetting off the horns. A shot 

 at the chest when at close quarters is almost an impossibility, 

 as the beast is so very low on its legs. In the open this is 

 the best shot to take, as by kneeling down the sportsman is 

 more on a level with the animal, and the head is not so much in 

 the way. An elephant also holds its head up, and the chances 

 of a shot at the head proving fatal as the beast charges are 

 so remote as to be almost infinitesimal. An elephant's head, 

 however, is a large mark, and a bullet striking it in the centre 



