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Texas Millionaire Dies in Buffalo Attack / X
2025-08-07
[X] Asher Watkins, a 52-year-old Texas millionaire, died after being gored by a Cape buffalo during a hunting safari in South Africa's Limpopo Province. The incident occurred on a 50,000-acre reserve where Watkins was tracking the animal, known for its size and speed. Authorities confirmed the death as accidental, with no foul play involved.
More from the New York Post, with the usual photos, courtesy of Besoeker:
A millionaire Texas ranch realtor was gored to death by a massive buffalo that he was stalking while on a hunting trip in South Africa, according to reports.

Asher Watkins, 52, was tracking a 1.3-ton Cape buffalo in Limpopo on Sunday when the beast charged at him, killing him instantly, Coenraad and Vermaak Safari, which organized the trip, told multiple outlets.

The buffalo was not wounded, the safari said.

"It is with deep sadness and heavy hearts that we confirm the tragic death of our client and friend Asher Watkins from the USA," Coenraad and Vermaak Safari said in a statement to Metro.
Posted by:Fred

#14  In my limited experience (2 big game hunts - SA and Namibia), the PH guides all said the Cape Buffalo was the most dangerous of the Big 5. Those animals are massive and will actually stalk humans by backtracking or setting an L-shaped ambush. Takes 5 shots on average to bring 1 down.
Posted by: Bangkok Billy   2025-08-07 20:17  

#13  "I'm tired of these MF'n cows, on this MF'n plain!'
/Samuel Jackson
Posted by: swksvolFF   2025-08-07 20:06  

#12  "Cows! Why is it always cows?"
-- Neville Flynn, Cows on a Plane"
Posted by: SteveS   2025-08-07 18:50  

#11  The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber
-Hemingway-
Posted by: Skidmark   2025-08-07 18:40  

#10  In Death In The Long Grass, Capstick said that he thought the Cape Buffalo was the most dangerous animal in Africa. It's blood is naturally hyper oxygenated; you can shoot it through the heart, and it can still run thirty yards to administer the 'ol "stick and stir."

Sometimes you eat the steak. Sometimes the steak eats you.
Posted by: Secret Master   2025-08-07 15:14  

#9  The buffalo was not wounded, the safari said.

Don't mess with Texas Limpopo.
Posted by: Melancholic   2025-08-07 14:48  

#8  I just woke up. I figured this would be about the city in New York.

Africa: a continent with lions, leopards, hyenas, cobras, and crocodiles. But statistically, the hippopotamus kills more people than all of those, right?
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2025-08-07 13:27  

#7  Millionaire won the toss and elected to receive.
Posted by: DarthVader   2025-08-07 13:24  

#6  Sometimes you get the cow, and sometimes the cow gets you.

Sounds like Saturday night, 'last call'.
Posted by: Skidmark   2025-08-07 13:18  

#5  Didn't Ruark consider the Cape Buffalo the most dangerous big game hunt?

Travel in herds, wildly unpredictable, hang out in vision limiting vegetation, and very difficult to take down cleanly.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2025-08-07 11:26  

#4  Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
The cow wasn't playin'.
Posted by: ed in texas   2025-08-07 10:52  

#3  I believe he's the one who attacked the buffalo.
Posted by: Grom the Affective   2025-08-07 09:07  

#2  No mention of the Coenraad and Vermaak's PH (Professional Hunter) back-up shooter. Perhaps Watkins decided to go it alone.
Posted by: Besoeker   2025-08-07 06:03  

#1  "Hunting" a cow?
I don't get it.
Sometimes you get the cow, and sometimes the cow gets you.
Posted by: Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435   2025-08-07 02:50  

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