An American game hunter was gored to death by a buffalo he was stalking after it ambushed him in South Africa

Millionaire ranch trader Asher Watkins, 52, was out on safari with a professional hunter and an animal tracker on the trail of a prized 1.3-ton specimen bull last Sunday.

The huge beast charged him at 35mph, slamming into him and killing him almost instantly.

But from the thick bush, without warning, Africa's most dangerous animal charged out at 35mph and left the hunter with no chance as it slammed into and killed him almost instantly.

It is not known if the team from Coenraad Vermaak Safaris, guiding their client on the estimated £7,500 hunt, shot the buffalo dead or if it escaped back to its nearby herd.