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I had a number of conversations with PH's and each one had the opinion "The most dangerous game is the one that gave you the closest encounter with death". All the PH's had scars from leopards that they had to follow up in the dark after a client had wounded Mr. Spots.
One PH put a lion as being number one in his book because they are big and fast. A lion charge with less than 50 yards to cover can be over faster than you can get from 1 Mississippi to 3 Mississippi. He had one that he dropped 1 meter from his feet from a "lucky shot". He did not remember raising his rifle and taking aim. He also had things go sideways when he was stalking some buffalo in some heavy brush and came across some fresh loin tracks on the buffalo tracks; the problem is that he could hear the buffalo 30 meters in front of him.
Having an elephant close from 35 yards down to 20 yards gave me a lot of respect of the early ivory hunters. Even at 35 yards it was difficult to pick out where the vital areas are.
I came close with my buffalo in that it reacted to the echo of my shot and came up the hill right at us. It squared off at 20 yards while I was reloading my rifle. It did not charge but ran 35 yards before dropping.
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