The maneater that stood it's ground

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The maneater that stood it's ground

Post by prashantsingh » Sat Jan 24, 2015 1:01 am

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Post by ckkalyan » Sat Jan 24, 2015 2:28 am

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Post by herb » Sat Jan 24, 2015 4:45 am

Waiting......

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Post by dr.jayakumar » Sat Jan 24, 2015 9:27 am

And where were you?it sounds chilling.
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Post by Amit357 » Sat Jan 24, 2015 1:10 pm

prashantsingh wrote:Coming up soon.
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Prashant,this will be Good,with you & Safarigent.Waiting for the Release,book me for the front Row :D

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Re: The maneater that stood it's ground

Post by prashantsingh » Sat Jan 24, 2015 5:37 pm

Sorry friends. This may take a little time.

Abhi to party shuru hui hai :cheers:

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Re: The maneater that stood it's ground

Post by Amit357 » Sat Jan 24, 2015 7:20 pm

prashantsingh wrote:Sorry friends. This may take a little time.

Abhi to party shuru hui hai :cheers:
Hi Prashant,sry to interrupt the Party,was it the Female Leopard { i feel odd saying Leopardess} shot near Doon on Friday night?

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Post by Vikram » Sat Jan 24, 2015 7:27 pm

Waiting here too.
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Post by Safarigent » Sat Jan 24, 2015 8:30 pm

Abhi toh party shuru hui hai! :D
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Re: The maneater that stood it's ground

Post by timmy » Sat Jan 24, 2015 8:49 pm

We are on the edge of our seats, Prashantji
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Post by AgentDoubleS » Sat Jan 24, 2015 11:43 pm

Saw the picture on fb and instantly knew we're in for a treat on IFG! Eagerly waiting..

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Re: The maneater that stood it's ground

Post by prashantsingh » Sun Jan 25, 2015 12:39 am

16 January 2015.
Little Sherni's first birthday.
Last year same time I was returning from an unsuccessful maneating tigress hunt.
Corbett 99 and I had just sat down with our first glass of scotch as our kids played. When I got a call from a forest officer.
A 10 year old boy in the outskirts of Dehradun had been picked up by a leopard. There was a pool of blood about a 100 yards away but nothing else.
The boy Krishan had just finished his dinner and come out of his hut to wash his hands . When a leopard came in from behind and attacked in full view of the family. Before the family could react. The boy was dead. By the time they came out. The animal had vanished in the thick undergrowth without a clue.
I picked up my 3006 rifle and handed my 12 bore dbbl gun to C99.
I called up Zaheer (who lives walking distance from my place). He left immediately and was at my place within minutes with his 12 bore db gun.
We jumped into the jeep and were on our way.

Two months ago a 70 year old woman who had gone to the jungles to collect fodder had been killed by a leopard in the same area.
That time the Department had payed the exgratia of Rs 3 lacs and rightly not declared the animal a maneater.
But this time there was no doubt that it was the work of a maneater.
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Re: The maneater that stood it's ground

Post by xl_target » Sun Jan 25, 2015 10:14 am

Prashant,
Brewing up a cup of tea and sitting down at the computer.
Looking forward to this account, told in your inimitable style.
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Re: The maneater that stood it's ground

Post by zaheer.bakshi » Sun Jan 25, 2015 5:16 pm

What an amazing animal to hunt. Prashant Ji will tell in his own way how the hunter got hunted. Yes..ABHI TOH PARTY SHURU HUE HAI :cheers:

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Re: The maneater that stood it's ground

Post by ankur_ank007 » Sun Jan 25, 2015 6:16 pm

prashantsingh wrote:16 January 2015.
Little Sherni's first birthday.
Last year same time I was returning from an unsuccessful maneating tigress hunt.
Corbett 99 and I had just sat down with our first glass of scotch as our kids played. When I got a call from a forest officer.
A 10 year old boy in the outskirts of Dehradun had been picked up by a leopard. There was a pool of blood about a 100 yards away but nothing else.
The boy Krishan had just finished his dinner and come out of his hut to wash his hands . When a leopard came in from behind and attacked in full view of the family. Before the family could react. The boy was dead. By the time they came out. The animal had vanished in the thick undergrowth without a clue.
I picked up my 3006 rifle and handed my 12 bore dbbl gun to C99.
I called up Zaheer (who lives walking distance from my place). He left immediately and was at my place within minutes with his 12 bore db gun.
We jumped into the jeep and were on our way.

Two months ago a 70 year old woman who had gone to the jungles to collect fodder had been killed by a leopard in the same area.
That time the Department had payed the exgratia of Rs 3 lacs and rightly not declared the animal a maneater.
But this time there was no doubt that it was was the work of a maneater.

Hi,

Eagerly waiting for the complete hunting account..... In the very own words of Jim Corbet, "A leopard when turns into a man-eater is very difficult to hunt, much more difficult than a man-eating Tiger".

Regards

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