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Inside the reserve, 115-degree heat did not dissuade crowds of visitors, who packed safari jeeps that buzzed along the dusty roads past herds of grazing chital, or spotted deer.

In the first hunting lesson, she typically selects a smaller form of prey—a chital, for example, rather than big game like gaur or water buffalo.

Had there been a big Tusker or two there, Tiger would have been busy looking for Chital or Sambhur.

"A chital at the pool; something, perhaps a leopard hunting his supper, has startled him," he advised.

With no natural enemies to bother them, the chital deer multiplied wonderfully.