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The fellow in the exciting video is Dr. Brian Gulley, an oral surgeon friend of mine from Corpus Christi. He has hunted numerous times in Africa after dangerous game and is a very brave soul. The game warden of the area asked the PH's help in harvesting a rogue lion that had dug out of a game preserve and was marauding the villager's livestock. Brian was eager to go shoot the lion. I told him I thought it was stupid to stalk the lion when he was obviously such a very dangerous animal. He could have shot him from the truck. He said that wouldn't be sporting so they shot him on foot as you saw. Brian was shooting a 338 win mag. He now carries only the 416 Rigby.

After Brian shot him, the lion charged and was shot at least twice through the thorax by the PHs from a side angle. It did not seem to faze the lion. Still pictures show the bullets exiting through the other side of the lion from the double barrel big guns of the PHs. There were two PH'swith Brian. As the lion ran and got fairly close to Brian, Brian shot him through his open mouth and only broke the jaw. Brian lunged to the left as the lion leaped and was able to escape with only a set of claw scratches to his left shoulder. Brian said the tail hooked him and spun him with such a strength that he almost could not break loose. He said the tail was incredibly strong. The momentum of the leap did not allow the lion to turn so Brian was able to move laterally and escaped with his life. The lion had been shot at least 3 fatal times before he lept and several times after he hit the ground and then he still ran off. The last shot did put him down. When the lion got up before the charge the PH told Brian he was coming for him and Brian asked him how he knew and he said that the lion had locked his gaze upon Brian and that meant that Brian was his target. I have only seen still pictures until now. Brian promised me a video but now I have seen it. It all happened much faster than I had imagined. The lions claws were worn almost off from digging and that also contributed to a lesser injury to the shoulder. Brian is extremely brave to stand and shoot with such coolness, also very lucky.