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Old History photo # 252 #8124265 04/18/24 04:45 PM 04/18/24 04:45 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,217 Minnesota 330-Trapper OP trapper
330-Trapper OP trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,217 Minnesota	Renowned conservationist, animal painter and biologist Carl Akeley with a leopard that attacked him, which he killed with his bare hands (1896) NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: Old History photo # 252 [Re: 330-Trapper] #8124269 04/18/24 04:58 PM 04/18/24 04:58 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,242 Northern Minnesota BernieB. trapper
BernieB. trapper Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,242 Northern Minnesota	I have seen that picture before, True story. www.berniesbearcamp.com https://www.youtube.com/user/BowhuntingRoad/about

Re: Old History photo # 252 [Re: 330-Trapper] #8124281 04/18/24 05:15 PM 04/18/24 05:15 PM
Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 3,204 Pa. B Bigbrownie trapper
Bigbrownie trapper B Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 3,204 Pa.	I wish our cats had spots like that.

Re: Old History photo # 252 [Re: 330-Trapper] #8124282 04/18/24 05:15 PM 04/18/24 05:15 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,824 Lower Alabama (Daleville) L LAtrapper "Professor"
LAtrapper "Professor" L Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,824 Lower Alabama (Daleville)	A little more detail- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Akeley Note to self- Engage brain before opening mouth (or hitting the ENTER key/SUBMIT button). Ron Fry

Re: Old History photo # 252 [Re: 330-Trapper] #8124326 04/18/24 06:48 PM 04/18/24 06:48 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,217 Minnesota 330-Trapper OP trapper
330-Trapper OP trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,217 Minnesota	Crazy NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: Old History photo # 252 [Re: 330-Trapper] #8124502 04/18/24 10:04 PM 04/18/24 10:04 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,296 Mt. g smith trapper
g smith trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,296 Mt.	I suspect there is much more to the story of the attack ! Yep I was walking through the jungle and this Leopard attacked me ,happens every day over there ! You can ride a fast horse slow but you can't ride a slow horse fast .

Re: Old History photo # 252 [Re: g smith] #8124514 04/18/24 10:17 PM 04/18/24 10:17 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 17,913 MN 1 160user trapper
160user trapper 1 Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 17,913 MN	Originally Posted by g smith I suspect there is much more to the story of the attack ! Yep I was walking through the jungle and this Leopard attacked me ,happens every day over there ! Agreed. And it looks like a young/small lion too. I have nothing clever to put here.

Re: Old History photo # 252 [Re: 330-Trapper] #8124595 04/19/24 04:28 AM 04/19/24 04:28 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 6,319 Wisconsin R RdFx trapper
RdFx trapper R Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 6,319 Wisconsin	better get a pair of glasses 160 before you handle a rifle hunting as that picture would be the weirdest LION ive ever seen!! RdFx

Re: Old History photo # 252 [Re: g smith] #8124649 04/19/24 07:02 AM 04/19/24 07:02 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,217 Minnesota 330-Trapper OP trapper
330-Trapper OP trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,217 Minnesota	Originally Posted by g smith I suspect there is much more to the story of the attack ! Yep I was walking through the jungle and this Leopard attacked me ,happens every day over there ! You can read about it from the link abob.Or you can read one of the many books on that NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: Old History photo # 252 [Re: 330-Trapper] #8124664 04/19/24 07:15 AM 04/19/24 07:15 AM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,242 Northern Minnesota BernieB. trapper
BernieB. trapper Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,242 Northern Minnesota	There is a lot more to the story. The link posted doesn't have much. It was a small female and he cornered it in a creek bottom. www.berniesbearcamp.com https://www.youtube.com/user/BowhuntingRoad/about

Re: Old History photo # 252 [Re: 330-Trapper] #8124686 04/19/24 07:48 AM 04/19/24 07:48 AM
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 9,337 Northern MN O Osky trapper
Osky trapper O Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 9,337 Northern MN	Let that be a lesson kids, do NOT try and feed the wild animals! Osky "A womans heart is the hardest rock the Almighty has put on this earth, and I can find no sign on it" Jabless in Minnesota www.SureDockusa.com

Re: Old History photo # 252 [Re: 330-Trapper] #8124707 04/19/24 08:15 AM 04/19/24 08:15 AM
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 20,341 The Hill Country of Texas Leftlane "HOSS"
Leftlane "HOSS" Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 20,341 The Hill Country of Texas	I love the books written about hunting man eaters from that era. Guys like JH Patterson, Jim Corbett, and Kenneth Anderson are all but unparalleled in my opinion. . “What’s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.” Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers

Re: Old History photo # 252 [Re: Osky] #8124716 04/19/24 08:31 AM 04/19/24 08:31 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,217 Minnesota 330-Trapper OP trapper
330-Trapper OP trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,217 Minnesota	Originally Posted by Osky Let that be a lesson kids, do NOT try and feed the wild animals! Osky Here Kitty Kitty NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

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