A cunning buffalo being stalked as a trophy by an American big game hunter was shot dead a split-second after turning the tables and goring him to death. Multimillionaire Asher Watkins, 59, was closing in on the animal in Limpopo with a high-powered rifle as a tracker stealthily guided him in for a kill shot.

The victim had injuries on his stomach and torso, and a buffalo that had been shot and killed was lying nearby, police said.

Watkins was the head of Watkins Ranch Group in Texas, a successful brokerage company selling multi-million-dollar ranches in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.