The Hunt

Place - Ranthambhore National Park

Date - 25th May 2015

It was second day of our jungle trip. We entered in the jungle for our morning round. We got zone 1 route. That was famous zone of Ustad (T-24). But we were disappointed as there was no Ustad in the park. We had hope to see Noor (T-39) and her two male cubs. We went deep in the jungle and suddenly we saw some gypsies standing near rock wall. A cub was sitting on the rock. He was a “Style Bhai”. He was running after Langurs. He gave us crazy poses and amazing expressions. His brother was behind the rock and we barely saw his ears & head.

Suddenly he started staring at our gypsy. We were feeling cold in 40 degrees while looking at his eyes. There was a female spotted deer behind our gypsy approaching the waterhole beside our gypsy. The poor deer was not aware of the danger and started drinking water. She could not see that the death was looking at her.

The second cub came in front and took the position. He came at the edge of the rock. He was bending and crawling. He was ready to attack at any moment.

In the next second, the second cub jumped from the rock, chased the deer and squashed her on the ground.

He sat among the rocks like a “Conqueror”. He had his award to show to us.  

It was a mesmerizing experience.

"Style Bhai"

Cub No.1

Prey

Cub No.2

Attack

Chasing

Conqueror