That is a beautiful bird and gun. And I have to add your usage, about "men staunch to tiger", to my notebook of excellent turns of phrase. Thanks for joining the site and please share more of your Indian experiences - always nice to hear and learn.

On to roosters - a friend of mine had a flock of hens with a bantam to keep them in line. One snowy winter night, a fisher broke into the henhouse. The rooster went out, but he went out a hero and that fisher paid very dearly for his meal. Left a blood trail and never came back.

fiery, dependable, occasionally transcendent