Fairly hypothetical these days for most of us.

Just picturing one charging with the horn possibly obscuring a clear shot at the head - Where did they place stopping shots?

Karl.

KARL This is an opinion only, since I haven't taken a Rhino. But I have seen them on film, and it seems as they charge they tend to swing their head slightly from side to side, perhaps zeroing in on their target. And the shots Ive seen taken were in the side of the neck, to just inside the front leg, to try for the spine, or the break one front leg, putting him down, or turning him, long enough to get one in his vitals.Like the Buffalo, if he has his head up, a shot to the upper lip will range back into the spine! The spine runs very low through the neck, with a very large pile of muscle on the top of the neck. It is most easy to get a good broadside on Rhino, and a heart/lung shot will do the trick. The brain of a Rhino is very small, about the size of an over sized orange, and is just behind the eye on a side shot! As I said this isn't from personal experience, but from the study of the anatomy, and watching others shoot them.

Thanks Mac. That was my guess into that big shoulder you can see from head on. I remember reading Elmer kieth on stopping one and saying a mouth shot broke up his bullet.

Karl.

Mr. Hoffman should know, hopefully he sees this thread. I have often wondered myself.

If anyone would know for sure it has to be Ray Atkinson. His first rhinos had wool!

"HIS FIRST RHINOS HAD WOOL!"

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