Spear hunting in Africa?

[dan]

This is crazy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=en ... kN6C1ur1t8

[magicman54494]

now THAT is making a drive!

[Stanley]

Crazy.

[GRFox]

Almost tough to watch. Those guys are NOT sportsmen LMAO!

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[dan]

Almost tough to watch. Those guys are NOT sportsmen LMAO!

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It don't look much different than the guys around here driving deer with guns...
It makes a guy really wonder about guys afraid of cape buffalo, hippo's, and bull elephants when these guys run up and stick em with a spear! I wonder how many of them get killed a year hunting!

[Brad]

Almost tough to watch. Those guys are NOT sportsmen LMAO!

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It don't look much different than the guys around here driving deer with guns...
It makes a guy really wonder about guys afraid of cape buffalo, hippo's, and bull elephants when these guys run up and stick em with a spear! I wonder how many of them get killed a year hunting!

A gun is a lot faster than a spear though, some of those animals were clearly suffering because the spears were not hitting immediately fatal spots. I know the same thing can happen with bowhunting, but I think more of their spears missed the mark then connected. I agree it was kind of tough to watch. I imagine they were not hunting those animals for sport though, I think from the looks of it (the guys were fighting), I think that may be their only source of food.

[GRFox]

Almost tough to watch. Those guys are NOT sportsmen LMAO!

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It don't look much different than the guys around here driving deer with guns...
It makes a guy really wonder about guys afraid of cape buffalo, hippo's, and bull elephants when these guys run up and stick em with a spear! I wonder how many of them get killed a year hunting!

A gun is a lot faster than a spear though, some of those animals were clearly suffering because the spears were not hitting immediately fatal spots. I know the same thing can happen with bowhunting, but I think more of their spears missed the mark then connected. I agree it was kind of tough to watch. I imagine they were not hunting those animals for sport though, I think from the looks of it (the guys were fighting), I think that may be their only source of food.

I agree with both of you, my comment was more sarcastic then it was serious. Thise guys need to eat and im sure there is no Shop Right or A&P out there in the bush. LOL

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[iamyourhuckleberry]

Dan,

Those are scenes from a 1966 Italian documentary called "Africa Addio", or Farewell Africa. It is believed that many of the scenes in this film were staged, to shed a bad light on Africa during its post colonial period. I can assure you, Africans do not hunt like that, at least not in the hordes as depicted-nor with the anarchy. Snares are perferred or spears, AKs over spears, etc. I'm not saying that spears are not employed, but this is a little far fetched.

Don't believe everything you see.