Tigress on a Kill !

Severly fedup of city life (as i usually am), a couple of years ago, i packed my rucksack on a hot May afternoon & headed by the first avialable train to find peace amidst Kipling country. Yes, Kanha National Park, is easily amongst the most bio-diverse jungles in India..nay, make that Asia!
In the 7 days that i lived, ate, slept & breathed wildlife, this is one is one experience that every game warden would give his right arm for! A tigress on a kill! The very words sure to send a chill down the pants.
After a routine morning with the jungle being quiet & routine, came news that there were chital (spotted deer) alarm calls in a particular direction of the Digdola Meadows. Ganesh, my jeep driver, requested me to gooble up the last bite of sandwich & jump into the jeep, a request i took as order & promptly complied with.
Moving dead slow in the direction of deer calls (aow! aow! ..sharp puppy like barks), and those of the langurs, (khak! pause.. khak! ) we silenced our vehicle engines & waited. Some hushed whispers & more wait. Rivetted to and merely 20 yards from the herd of deer we were, when all of a sudden chaos befell upon the sal forest! Hell had broken loose! The deers exploded in every direction they could. In athletic display of sheer surprise, stealth & brutal power, over 3 massive leaps covering 50 ft, the tigress had the deer in her powerful jaws, following a single swipe of her razor claws. Settling down to cool herself of sheer exhaution, and savouring the trickle of the warm ooze, she picked up her booty, walked across the woods to hide the carcass in the tall grassy meadows and came out to treat us for a 45minute delightful display, basking & rolling in the morning sun, toasting her success. And why not? I had read a long while ago, that only 1 in every 20 attempts result in success! How easily human beings give up, i had then thought.
Kanha can easily be reached by road via Nagpur or Jabalpur. Plethora of options to stay exist to suit every pocket. The park rides are tad expensive but, hey, it was your itch, right?