How Lone Star Machismo Got Asher Watkins Killed. Pay Attention America - This is Texas.

How Being A Rich, White, Christian Man From Texas Did Nothing But Set Watkins Up For A Brutal Failure That Ended His Life.

Asher Watkins spent his last morning on earth performing the ritual sacred to wealthy Texas men everywhere: projecting absolute confidence about something he fundamentally didn't understand. Dressed in safari khakis that cost more than most people's monthly rent, armed with a rifle worth more than a luxury sedan, surrounded by professional guides whose job was to keep rich Americans alive long enough to wire payment, the 52-year-old Dallas millionaire stalked through the South African bush with the swaggering certainty of a man who had never met a problem his money couldn't solve.

By noon on August 3, 2025, a 1.3-ton Cape buffalo would demonstrate with brutal efficiency that the African wilderness doesn't accept American Express, doesn't honor Texas braggadocio, and has zero interest in the mythology that transforms rich Texans into imaginary cowboys.

The buffalo killed Watkins instantly, in what safari guides euphemistically called a "sudden and unprovoked attack"—as if there were any …