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24 January 2014, 21:14
retreever
Where to shoot a hippo
Borrowed this from Ivan Carter. A frontal head shot on hippo.

That darkened area between the eyes. Triangle shaped.



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24 January 2014, 21:45
butchloc
oh there i was going to suggest africa
24 January 2014, 22:52
J.R.Jackson
On land at full charge. Wait for it to get within 5 feet.
25 January 2014, 00:44
Larry Sellers
I was going to say in the water!! Eeker

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25 January 2014, 01:11
WV Hitman
I think this is what you want. I did it with a .375/.284 XP 100 handgun



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25 January 2014, 01:22
dogcat
I would suggest "close to the road".
25 January 2014, 01:30
Frostbit
quote:
Originally posted by dogcat:
I would suggest "close to the road".


yuck Applies to Moose as well.


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25 January 2014, 01:32
eyeman
Solids or softs?


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25 January 2014, 04:27
retreever
Barnes TSX or solids will work. North Fork cup points.

Mike


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25 January 2014, 05:28
cal pappas
OK for Ivan.
Not OK for Mark.
Why?
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25 January 2014, 06:19
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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.


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25 January 2014, 07:13
Trapper Tom
I have shot 8 so far. All brain shots. 5 with Barnes solids and 3 with swift a frames. Both worked well


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25 January 2014, 08:18
Saeed
quote:
Originally posted by cal pappas:
OK for Ivan.
Not OK for Mark.
Why?
Cal


Ivan is a professional hunter.

Mark is a Hollywood showman clap


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25 January 2014, 16:02
Scriptus
quote:
Originally posted by Frostbit:
quote:
Originally posted by dogcat:
I would suggest "close to the road".


yuck Applies to Moose as well.


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26 January 2014, 03:16
JCS271
Hey Hitman, that shot looks to be maybe a sixteenth of an inch off of dead center. What happened, "hippo fever"?


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26 January 2014, 06:43
Saeed
quote:
Originally posted by JCS271:
Hey Hitman, that shot looks to be maybe a sixteenth of an inch off of dead center. What happened, "hippo fever"?


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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26 January 2014, 10:26
georgeld
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?
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26 January 2014, 20:34
Michael Robinson
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.




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27 January 2014, 00:37
WV Hitman
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!


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27 January 2014, 01:08
JCS271
It was so close to perfectly dead center that I could not help myself. Great shooting!


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