![]() ![]() Not included are dozens of creatures harmful or deadly to man, such as black widow spiders, poisonous snakes, alligators, and domestic dairy bulls. Note that this is a hunting article it is about big game animals. There is, to be sure, some dangerous game in Asia, Europe, South America and Australia, but it is North American game that will be the focus of this article. The greatest diversity of dangerous game in huntable populations is found primarily on two continents, North America and Africa. No animal, no matter how grand, can be regarded as dangerous in those scenarios. Not machine gunned from the air, potted from trains or vehicles, sniped from unassailable stands, executed in a trap, or treed by hounds. Yet the romance of the dangerous game hunt endures.īy "hunting" we mean fair chase, on the ground, with sporting arms. In most cases such sportsmen must pay big bucks and endure considerable hardship before the hunt even begins, and there is often only a slender chance of success. Otherwise sane sportsmen positively relish the opportunity to pit their courage and skill against huge herbivores born with a bad attitude and fierce predators whose natural inclination is to look upon creatures the size of Homo sapiens as dinner. Hunting dangerous game has an irresistible allure for some hunters. ![]() By Chuck Hawks Photograph courtesy of the Center for Bison Studies, Montana State University. ![]()
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