[2][3][4][5] The game's story features the character Cole Rainsford, who, along with his father, are on an African safari to hunt dangerous possessed animals that are terrorizing locals.

[8] This game had an additional re-release for the Nintendo Wii titled Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2011: Special Edition, which included an exclusive optional "cell-shaded animation mode".

In 1982, Samson Rainsford, Mbeki, and his friend are hunting a creature referred to as the "Kaftar" in a cave in Uganda, believed to be a demon that could only be destroyed by fire.

After 10 years of not speaking to his father, who had become embittered towards losing Adrian due to his actions, Cole, now a professional big game hunter, decides to join Samson and Mbeki back in Uganda in search of the Kaftar, not knowing what it is.

Cole finds Mbeki, who shows him brush fires being set by the villagers in an attempt to drive off what's causing the animals to go rabid; which they believe is the returned Kaftar.

That night, Cole searches for Mbeki during a wildfire, finding him in an abandoned research facility known as the "Nightfall Program" that studied animal behavior.

After he finds him, Samson tells his son to follow him to the exit not wanting Cole to die like Adrian, but he steps on a land mine on the way.

He walks in and the Kaftar, revealed to be a large, striped hyena-like monster, intrusively jumps inside from a window to attack him.

As he jumps onto the window ledge attempting to make his escape from the burning property, he sees a picture of himself, Adrian, and their father with the elk Cole took down ten years earlier under the debris of the wreckage.

However, the preview said that the game was successful in creating terrifying effects which included fearsome animals in dark environments, and that it featured a well-constructed shooting gallery mode.

The preview also praises the Top Shot Elite for its smooth handling and for its inclusion of an infrared scope, which it says adds to the level of realism to the gameplay.