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Borrowed this from Ivan Carter. A frontal head shot on hippo. That darkened area between the eyes. Triangle shaped.  | ||
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oh there i was going to suggest africa | |||
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On land at full charge. Wait for it to get within 5 feet. | |||
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I was going to say in the water!!  Larry Sellers SCI (International)Life Member | |||
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I think this is what you want. I did it with a .375/.284 XP 100 handgun  Larry Rogers | |||
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I would suggest "close to the road". | |||
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Solids or softs? Paul Gulbas | |||
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Barnes TSX or solids will work. North Fork cup points. Mike | |||
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OK for Ivan. Not OK for Mark. Why? Cal _______________________________ Cal Pappas, Willow, Alaska www.CalPappas.com www.CalPappas.blogspot.com 1994 Zimbabwe 1997 Zimbabwe 1998 Zimbabwe 1999 Zimbabwe 1999 Namibia, Botswana, Zambia--vacation 2000 Australia 2002 South Africa 2003 South Africa 2003 Zimbabwe 2005 South Africa 2005 Zimbabwe 2006 Tanzania 2006 Zimbabwe--vacation 2007 Zimbabwe--vacation 2008 Zimbabwe 2012 Australia 2013 South Africa 2013 Zimbabwe 2013 Australia 2016 Zimbabwe 2017 Zimbabwe 2018 South Africa 2018 Zimbabwe--vacation 2019 South Africa 2019 Botswana 2019 Zimbabwe vacation 2021 South Africa 2021 South Africa (2nd hunt a month later) ______________________________ | |||
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Anywhere but out in the middle of the Zambezi. I learned that the hard way. Also, on a brain shot, a good premium soft point - Swift A-Frame or North Fork soft - will do the trick. I think Ian Gibson (Chifuti Safaris) agrees; enough penetration & also enough damage to do the job even on a near miss of the brain box. ____________________________ .470 & 9.3X74R Chapuis' Tikka O/U 9.3X74R Searcy Classics 450/.400 3" & .577 C&H .375 2 1/2" Krieghoff .500 NE Member Dallas Safari Club | |||
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I have shot 8 so far. All brain shots. 5 with Barnes solids and 3 with swift a frames. Both worked well Full time professional trapper | |||
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Ivan is a professional hunter. Mark is a Hollywood showman  | |||
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Buff, roan and eland!  | |||
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Hey Hitman, that shot looks to be maybe a sixteenth of an inch off of dead center. What happened, "hippo fever"? "The difference between adventure and disaster is preparation." "The problem with quoting info from the internet is that you can never be sure it is accurate" Abraham Lincoln | |||
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I have shot lots of hippo from the front where the bullet never hit dead center. It all depends on his head and which way he is standing. I normally aim to get the bullet in the middle of a line that connects the ear holes. It seems to work. | |||
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Nothing I've seen ever went very far with a brain shot. Everyone has gone DOWN Right There. Nice shot on that one. Was it on land? How close to the road? George "Gun Control is NOT about Guns' "It's about Control!!" Join the NRA today!" LM: NRA, DAV, George L. Dwight | |||
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Yup. Right between the eyes. I shot this old, muddy bull right there with a 570 grain TSX. He fell like a drunk on ice and, oddly, bled like this for twenty minutes before enough help arrived to roll him over.  Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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JCS, give me a break. Shot was 129 yards. Not too bad for an ol' geezer with a handgun. I was shooting slightly up at him. PH didn't know handguns would shoot that far! Larry Rogers | |||
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It was so close to perfectly dead center that I could not help myself. Great shooting! "The difference between adventure and disaster is preparation." "The problem with quoting info from the internet is that you can never be sure it is accurate" Abraham Lincoln | |||
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