Indians For Guns

one big difference that people forget or do not know:

A local kings shooting career: 50-60 years. averaging to two tigers a year to reach a century. or less than one a month to reach the rare 500 mark.

A british officers career in india: a few years.
Average tiger kills needed to reach a century: 20 a year.

Number of states: 500 (round figure).
Nobility allowed to hunt tigers in state times: average 10 per state (average).
Total: 5000 families.
These remained in india from their birth to death.

Total british officers in india: few thousand (at a time). These changed every few years.
Total hunters over 50 yr period= tens of thousands
A big chunk of them shot tigers.

Please note i am not including the non royal indians, indian officers in this calculation as their names havent been brought up in the thread. This is a comparison between royals and the British 'rulers'.

a few points i noted:

this is not a mere hunting video but a made to purpose film/documentry.

The man blowing the whistle is from MP/Rajasthan. The beaters from andhra/chatisgarh area.
Looks like it could be the famous company Alwyn Cooper; they employed people from all over india and dealt with a lot of American clients. They were based in the Telangana region/chattisgarh area (roughly).

People who live all their lives hunting dont get to see tiger and leopard on the same bait site together. or lucky to see it a couple of times. These guys managed it in one shikar. What are the odds?

Very interesting old time video ngrewal - thanks for sharing.

Here is another similar one but with a recurved bow.

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With all due respect to Corbett for his achievements, one must not forget that he was a Britisher at heart and his loyalties remained with the British crown. That's the reason he chose to migrate out to Kenya, another British colony soon after India got its independence.

Marksman