Doodsbenoud buffalo attack
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- In this week’s Doodsbenoud KNP regional ranger Don English, relates his tale of how a buffalo bull seriously interrupted a routine exercise out in the field, and nearly snuffed the very life from his body in the process. Doctors maintain that the esteemed game ranger experienced a miracle by surviving a full blown attack by a full grown buffalo bull. We’re very grateful that a legend like Don who has dedicated his entire life to conservation in the KNP, has made such a fine recovery after such a harrowing ordeal.
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Man, you met 'The Black Death' head on, and lived to tell of this. You are a brave man, and a hard man, to pull through such damage. That bull sold his life dearly. Life is precious, as we know.The cull work you do is for the good of species, so, as an old man that has seen much, I applaud you, and your fellow professionals, for your great work. Stay safe, stay in peace.
Don, you’re one tough dude. Hope your recovery goes well so you can continue your good work.
That's how my first PH, Claude Kleynhans, died in 2018. Brutal.
So glad you survived, man.
God was with you. It's nothing but a miracle. I hope you're recovered fully.
Glad you’re still with us!
Despite meaning severely injured he was able to think about what to do to survive. Glad he survived to continue to do what he likes to do, wildlife conservation.
You mean murder to conserve. 🙄
Slow down to 25% at 4:58, and just before 5 minute mark you will see how devastating a cape buffalo can be. Incredible story. Nothing short of a miracle you survived. I bet this is one of the most meaningful trophies in your collection.
Thank You! Glad you survived the attack. Be well!
You know this man is genuine glad you are getting better sir
The buffalo was just giving you a warning.
Glad you survived. Thanks for sharing.
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Well well well. Long time Don. I was in the same class as you in Pretoria Technicon. Glad you survived that attack man ! Cheers. Clive Webster.
Jacques P. Lott suffered a similar buffalo attack after failing to stop the buffalo using a 458 Win. Magnum. Alas, the reasoning behind the development of the more powerful .458 Lott cartridge. Glad your're ok, many don't survive such encounters, simply amazing.
Your amazing experience. God bless you always Sir
Beautiful Video, thanks for all of your service in the Parks... your exceptional example..and thanks for sharing the story in this video.. "brings you back".... respect for the hunt, and the kill = real respect for life..... ...
no one is immune to losing that respect.... it applies to all aspects of life....Timothy Treadwell portraying self as respectful of life, or loving life, but being eaten by bears and getting his girlfriend eaten by bears... is an unfortunate but exceptional example of how easy it is to have almost no genuine respect for it... but to perceive self as the embodiment of ....or some kind of valuable champion for portraying love of it.
same goes with politicians, salesmen or anything else... ... they can kill you.... respect for life is not achieved by claiming you are against the death penalty.
was a nice video... hope you all are doing very well.... i doubt i will ever be able to hunt on a big management safari and really contribute..as some of the SCI examples do..... but i can cheer for you.... and i will probably do so until my last breath.
ps. agreed buffaloes are some of the most magnificent creatures alive... Cape and Bison.... I've never eaten cape buffalo but bison are very good eating.... both are incredibly beautiful animals.... the only prey i know that is as pretty and good tasting as a buffalo .. is a pheasant.
Buffalo nor bison would taste good. Wild animals is saturated fat and muscle, nothing tasty or even easy to eat.
@@lawrencemorris2261 Excuse me? We're not talking about a two day old roadkill. If it's handled, and put up right. All game is more than palatable. So, stop picking up and eating rabbit carcasses. Besides, Game is by far, leaner than beef, chicken or even pork. Adding beef suet to wild game when grinding adds flavor. And finally, *all animals* have muscle and fat, Einstein.
Holy cow, what a day that was! Damned lucky to be alive.
Glad you made it from your story I put your survival down two 4 factors, 1) You kept your head made and was able to make right choices especially to hold on to the buffalo. 2) Your will to survive 3) You must have been tough and fit physically, 4) someones watching over you. ( I believe in guarding angles and prayer)
Don , you are a legend. What more can anyone say.
russell collins he is just lucky
Blessed.
Amazing story glad you lived to tell the tale.
HE WAS TRYING TO KILL THE BUFFALO, THE BUFFALO SHOULD HAVE KILLED THE B... RD
Our real heroes!! Risk their lives daily to care for our beautiful park. God Bless them.
"It's the dead ones that get up and kill you"
- Peter Hathaway Capstick
glad you made it.
What an amazing story.
Now THERE'S a great story to tell you grandkids!
Its also a good story for the buffalo to tell his grand kids
Once again the “Black Death/ Widow maker” shows how truly powerful and dangerous they are. Thank God this man survived, one tough man.
Hi Don, I have always wandered whether you are still in the game industry. Its been a long time since our navy days together. Hope you are healed up now.
Only one word comes to mind..WOW! 😮
One really tough dude indeed to survive that!
Amazing
No point buying a lotto ticket any more, you've used up all your luck mate
a wild buffalo killed a friend of mine in Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory coast.) While my friend was laying down, bleeding, the buffalo stood next to him until he died ... he made sure no one could helped my friend. A local hunter (from a nearby village) came to help, but when he shot the buffalo, it was too late.
Sad. A poor guide once said that nobody should go without less than 3 armed men.
Unfortunate. That is the reason they call it dangerous game though. Its kind of satisfying though in a natural selection kind of way. One has everything to lose on those kinds of hunts. Can humble you real quick if you dont tread lightly and make a mistake.
Poor buffalo.
But I'm glad for your friend. He only had what he deserved.
@@aristotels_aristotals wow. Heartless
@@ibrahimnawaz6058 Those who have no heart are the hunters. They are so despicable that they spend their empty lives killing innocent animals.
boy you got a story the next time you meet a friend and he asks you ''whats up,whats new''?
What a horrific tale from the field...If I may ask what Caliber/Rifle action did you hit the Buffalo with originally?
One hell of a campfire story.
WOW...tough man!!! Not just anyone could survive that!
My friend you are one lucky God must love you cause in that Situation only he can save you I’m glad you are all right and you don’t hate the Bufallo you Sir are one Brave man God Bless you and he did Cheers 👍👍👍❤️🦘🦘🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
What an amazing guy! Moral of the story is, never use the wrong ammo.
Wow, what a champ of a man!
After all of that, he has no resentment for the buffalo!
When I was in High school, in the 50's, I got a copy of "Hunters Tracks", by J.A. Hunter, a professional hunter that helped control animals in East Africa.
Don English is carrying on the traditions of those brave men, keeping the animals in balance with land.
Larry Tischler That is an excellent book, but his first book, "Hunter," was even better! On TH-cam there is a two part audiobook on the White Hunters that I recommend!
African Safari Guides: The White Hunters, Pt. 1, Audiobook
th-cam.com/video/UYBQt-4eLAY/w-d-xo.html
Man Eaters of Tsavo, Audiobook
th-cam.com/video/0Kbrgs8Brj4/w-d-xo.html
Man Eaters of Kumoan, India, Jim Corbett, Audiobook
th-cam.com/video/8z3TCPltDK4/w-d-xo.html
TV Movie version
th-cam.com/video/sMo2d1b1cP4/w-d-xo.html
Green Hills of Africa, Audiobook
th-cam.com/video/1bcSRjjpp7I/w-d-xo.html
@@motorcop505 I found a first print copy of "Hunter" in a Goodwill store in Florida a few years ago. I think I paid $5 for it.
So lucky... this reminded me of that 40 year old indian woman who killed a leopard with nothing but a stick when she went to attend her field next to her village. She said the leopard kept jumping at her for what seemed to be more than 40 minutes. She was also injured but not so badly. That is one brave woman! Just like this man here, being able to keep a clear head.
WOnder if hunting cape buffalos is dangerous?
This was nothing less than a miracle. I hope he realizes that.
God was with you that day God bless .
ohhhh waow , what a story
You do it ! Survivor!
Don was most fortunate. Glad he made it.
Has the one at 00:35 got pink eye? Not that I would want to be the one treating him for it.
Sir, you are a lucky bastard, with all my respect!
This is the only wild animal I have never heard/seen being tamed.
“The Wrong Type Of Cartridge”! Hunters! Check your equipment and recheck your equipment! This problem could have been avoided with some close careful inspection of the equipment BEFOREHAND and the hunt would have been much much better!
thats why carrying a .470 nitro rifle is helpful...
@@JohnDavis-im1oy he said in the video “is R1 rifle.” The R1 is the South African FAL. It was probably .308.
That is big internet talk from your safe computer.
@@heinrichberthold7839 the R1 wasn't the initial weapon he used. I don't remember him saying what he used initially. 308 and 30-06 are plenty enough unless of course it's charging lol
He needed a large caliber rifle shooting a heavy solid!
Lo mataron podian disparar un dardo ,el disparo en las piernas,recuerdeDios da oportunidades esa fue una a usted
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Hero!
Here's your REAL Iron Man!
I once spoke to a man who was walking to a village in botswana and stumbled upon some wild buffalo at close range. He was very lucky (or protected by god) that day as they didnt attack him and he continued to walk on. He said he was close enough that if they had charged he was a goner!
I'm glad you survived, and I would love to have the opportunity to hunt one of those buffalo when I have more hunting experience, and a decent caliber rifle
They kill like 200 people a year, be careful
Are you referring to the Benelli R1? What caliber is your rifle in?
Most likely referring to the R1/FN FAL(7.62mm), it used to be the standard service rifle for the South African defence force, however they remain popular with anti poaching and wildlife rangers to this day.
@@jln115 thanks!
If you have never seen a water Buffalo in person you can not imagine how strong they are.
That was a Cape buffalo. Very dangerous.
Its not a water buffalo, its the African Cape Buffalo, alias Black Death and for good reason. Different animal in more ways than just name, fears nothing, respects nothing and born with a bad attitude, an absolute superb beast.
Well done, Don.
I don't like killing anything, either. Sometimes, it's better to cull for conservation but I sure don't like doing it.
When we were young, it was a fun challenge but when we get older understanding and empathy rules. At least, it should... If you have grown over the years
That was a hard won kill. Respect to you and that buffalo. It sucks that it's dead but I get it.
Doodsbenauwd is Nederlands! Klinkt zelfde. Heel (baye) mooi dat er Suidafrikaans in de video zit. Deze man heeft echt geluk gehad. Een buffelstier is zo indrukwekkend!
@WATERBERG ELEKTRIES Oké, dat snap ik. En ik moet Afrikaans leren. Baye vinnig...Ik woon in de stad, waar een president naar school ging. Dat was President Steyn, van de Oranje Vrijstaat (1896-1902). Hij moest in Nederland en in Londen studeren. Toen weer naar huis. Was een knappe kerel. Wat een tijd. Tijd van oom Paul!
@@voornaam3191 Nederlands is nie moeilik om te lees vir ons en ons verstaan die taal goed genoeg.
No talk, but shooting!!!!
still have your good looks...
it's a beautiful story. the way he regrouped in his soul and went back to help dumb animals again is the beautiful part.
Why "dumb"?
@@GuantanamoBayBarbie3 can you conceive of a wild bull stocking up enough grass to last for 6 months, and filling up barrels of water to last through the drought.
hopefully you have more than a continual cartoon running through your brain and hopefully your answer is no.
yet people do such things as a matter of course. in fact people are expected to do such thngs. that's why we work for a whole week and then get paid. we are expected to think and plan for the future.
animals don't plan for the future. when it's mating time they mate in full view of the whole herd. people don't normally. maybe you do, but most people don't. when they do it's called pornography.
all animals are dumb. they don't plan for the future, they don't even think of the future, that's why they are called dumb.
let me help you a little more.
square pegs do not fit in round holes.
It seems to me that professionals would be less careless about ammo choice & dangerous game approach, but then they wouldn't have had a scary video topic.
Het zuidafrikaans is nog steeds gerelateerd aan het Nederlands. Ik versta niet alles maar kan het verhaal volgen...
Where the heck is the other guy when all this is going on?
Complacency .. most of us have been guilty of it at some time or other.
Next video, he grabs a rhino by the ears and wrestles it to a draw.
Wow
I can guarantee you, from that day forward he was ALWAYS loaded with SOLID, deep penetrating slugs in his rifle and NEVER again thought he "had to get rid of those inferior expanding rounds" he had laying around. Wow what a hell of a lesson to pay. Glad to see you survived !!. You might want to give the Lord a "thanks".....
Absolutely true. Like to your comment
@@jozefhorvat3625 amen
It's "dugga" everywhere but here; why do you spell it "dagga [sic]" in the subtitles?
why didn't the others in the helicopter, who had the rifles, go help?
they did
Buffalos are mean man
Lucky man.
The pilot saw him up in the air so to me he should have gone to help him right away!Forget thee chopper a man's life was on the line!
Bad man!
Please show a video where the Buffalo wins
Lion and big cats catagories are more dengerous inspite of others predator.
I believe that the Good Lord was looking after you that day. Thank God for miracles.
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the black death
Born again
Thats a bad-ass man he didn't end up with PTSD on drugs whining on Dr Phil how life is hard....
They say these can eitherkill you or f__k you up good and proper, he certainly f__ked you up!.
Wat try jy se boet¿
@@pierrewolmarans5932 would you please be kind enough to translate your comment for me!.Regards from an ignorant Brit.
Someone told me the 416 Weatherby was made for these guys. Can't a 45-70 get this done?
Saved Life No, the .45-70 round is, ballistically speaking, SEVERELY underpowered for this type of hunting. While it may meet caliber requirements, it lacks the power needed.
@@Tecateracer and as one professional Hunter told me, there's no such thing as too big of a gun for buffalo!
In a bulk, weapons are surely show that western country easily provides weapon and ammunition to the citizens , in India there are much restriction to issue license to arms.
Your one bad man to take that
Lol. No embellishment here.
lord. i never approach any animal without a loaded weapon off safe.
Not even a chipmunk?
@@dscrappygolani7981 hahaha
And now our special guest johnnypointfifty with his machineguuuuun!!!!!
Kermit whispers "Ehm, why do you point it at me? Could you please put that index finger right beside the trigger? I can't talk to you anymore, when I am green with many holes in it...I'm so scared!"
@@voornaam3191 never put your index finger right besides the trigger. Always let it rest on the ledge above it. It's fractionally slower but safer. 😛
@@dscrappygolani7981 Wow, some sergeant gave me an Uzi in 1984, but he wanted it back, when I left the army. He kept it in some room with all kinds of locks, we did not get a chance to hunt, somehow. Robbing banks would be easy with a platoon of soldiers, but somehow we never did. Those bank robber hotels are boring, checking in and staying inside for years, no thanks. I don't remember that trigger thing. In those Cold War days there were times when protesters could target our base. It never happened, but those guard days were better than the usual days. Just being the security is routine, important enough, but hippies cutting a fence and spraying "Nukes? No Thanks!" on army trucks? Great! Welcome, please spray paint my Landrover, too! I want it pink. Wait, I'll show you where it is, it's a brand new one, right from the UK. That's good for the newspaper pictures. While you do the grafitty, you could better call the press, for we can do three things now.
Option one, you run back to that fence and you escape. We are legally allowed to shoot you, if you resist us arresting you, but both you and I know very well that is not the best news for our Defense Minister. So you are going to escape and we report we saw you, but you would not listen and ran away fast. Hopped in a car without any license plates and gone. Sorry, we run, but hitting that hippy is exactly what gets us on the nine o'clock news. Sorry we could not get her in time, she was just too far off. We did try, though.
Option two is you get arrested. That way you are more of a news item. But you will get an entry in your criminal record. Won't you? Think about that. Option one is still open. But we can go to the security office at the main gate, and that circus you came for will start. Be our guest. Officially we must arrest you, but we could leave the formalities to the sergeant. As long as you walk with us, why not keep it friendly?
Option three is nastier. Those trucks are all diesel, but if you set fire to that Volkswagen Transporter, or start damaging something bigger, say, a building, you will get way more media attention. Downside is, now we two soldiers walk this patrol, I can friendly talk to you. As long as you behave friendly too, there is still no problem. We can even pretend we haven't seen you painting stuff, so you are just tresspassing, and we quietely walk you to the gate. If you are very lucky, you can fool the sergeant, telling the back gate is not properly closed, seeing us patroling, so entering the base for telling us the gate problem. It is sketchy, a strange story.
But your real problem is, we need to alarm the sergeant by now anyway. He wil call a luitennant, that luitennant will call a major, that major will call a colonel and that colonel won't call our general, because they share an office, so he will say "Dick, we have a Nukes No Thanks visitor at our base, right now!" (Dick is a normal boys name. Like Bill, which sounds exactly like our word for buttock. But that's a story in a story.)
They will all be here in fifteen minutes. And plan YY-8-WD will take effect within 5 minutes and that involves a lot of shouting, pushing you to the ground, accidentally spraying you pink, just because the military police will think your spray paint container looks like a shockwave type handgranate. I predict you, at least five mistakes like that will get you very angry, giving them an excuse to use violence against you. Mad hippy arrested, instead of Peaceful Nukes No Thanks action at army base. If you go for really damaging military property, we'll have no choice than plan YY-8-WD.
And it only happened in my head. The part of this story that actually is true, is a sergeant warning us how NOT to deliver a warning shot. After shouting "Halt, or violence will be used!" we were supposed to give a warning shot. And that sergeant told us, in a building, shoot through the top window. You do not want a cloud of concrete scrap coming down. Do not shoot straight up in a building, that is stupid. So, in case you need a warning shot, please think about that ceiling. And don't think you're some movie hero, if somebody comes tresspassing here, alarm your sergeant, keep your eyes open and keep a save distance. You never know what could happen, and let's hope it's just a harmless protest. They never came there.
Here's a tip for all rangers in the wild anywhere you ALL NEED to get a 44 or 50 cal hand cannon and keep it in the vehicle or put it on your hip if you leave the vehicle at any distance!!! This occurrence would have been over in a minute if this ranger had a side arm!!!
One would think that the parks board could raise millions towards conservation by having a national once in a life drawing system wher the citizens could participate .. instead of having rangers culling the animals how selfish and stupid !
Missed. Dam it. May not time it'll get u
If the attack took two to three minutes why weren't the other guys coming to help him?
I guess that's what can happen when you go out shooting large, dangerous game. Now and again one will get back at you for what you're doing but luckily for the well being of the animals generally, there are people willing to take that risk to get the job done. Culls aren't nice but they are a requirement. A lot of people don't understand fully how life works in Africa. Shooting is the lesser of two evils in many cases and is an important way to keep a healthy balance. I too think buffalo are one of the most amazing creatures on the planet, but I would also like to experience shooting one. Not for a trophy, I'm not interested in that, but just to know that I've saved such an amazing creature from being torn apart by lions and hyenas. A natural death in Africa is rarely pleasant, in fact it is generally pretty horrific! These old bulls are at the end of their days and a time of extreme suffering is very near, that's why they are shot.
nice but so much compassion for animals while millions of babies are being butchered in their mothers’ wombs and people being euthanized?
@@michelleart3780 The very same generation of people who enabled this horrific practice are the ones who spit on and called a returning Viet Naam veteran "baby killers" !!!
The meat, whether shot by rangers or hunted legally, is always given to the local community. The rangers also live on the meat from animals regularly shot for their "rations".
@@michelleart3780 Humans are overpopulating this planet at an alarming rate. The reason these big game animals need such careful control is because we've taken over a massive portion of their habitat. I have nothing against abortion, I don't regard human life as being any more important than any other species. It's not a nice thing but sometimes, just like killing these amazing animals, it needs to be done.
Neil: It is a huge shame that more people do not have your enlightened thinking, the world population is increasing at an alarming rate, causing populations to swarm to the so called "civilised" countries, and leaving those unable to follow them in overpopulated land that can no longer support them, some form of population reduction is urgently required, or not only the animals, but all of us are in trouble.
Why not raise a couple of bull calves neutered of course. Awesome work team.
There's a reason no African societies ever domesticated them. They're just too unpredictable and aggressive
Damn buffaloes! They belong in our dinner pates and nowhere else! Even that poor lion who got gored twice agrees!
Burn in hell buffalo hater
@@sk3llyy199 Buffalos are weak dumb prey these days even hyenas eat them. Humans killed off all the good buffalo so only the lesser herds survive.
God kept you alive for a reason.
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Sjoe! 09:30
Dont kill iff u dont eat it
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