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What is the closest/longest shot you made on a DG animal (first bullet) ? Myself, 100 yards brainshot on a elephant and the closest around 3 inches a leopard. AD | ||
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200 yards on a Buff in the middle of wide dry lake bed. No way to get closer and waited an hour for that shot. 15 yards Buff for want of a breath mint... Jeff | |||
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70 yards on a buffalo 30 yards on a buffalo | |||
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About 15 yards on an Elephant, and maybe 60 on a Buffalo. | |||
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13 paces Buffalo 110 m (app) Buffalo | |||
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Albeit Australian Water Buffalo or Scrub bull but over 100 - 150 Yards for the longest, not 100% sure as the mob was on the run. and 8 feet for the closest at a charger. . | |||
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75 yds for a buff 30 ft for a ele Bob DRSS DSC SCI NRA & ISRA | |||
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673 yards on a buff -6 inches on an ele  ------------------------------- Will Stewart / Once you've been amongst them, there is no such thing as too much gun. --------------------------------------- and, God Bless John Wayne. NRA Benefactor Member, GOA, N.A.G.R. _________________________ "Elephant and Elephant Guns" $99 shipped “Hunting Africa's Dangerous Game" $20 shipped. red.dirt.elephant@gmail.com _________________________ Hoping to wind up where elephant hunters go. | |||
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Damn it Will you outshot me again. Mike | |||
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So, was the gun barrel in the elephant's mouth, his ear, his eye or somewhere more personal.  Will J. Parks, III | |||
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85 yards - Buff 15 yards - Elephant Both with an iron sight double rifle (450/400) JB | |||
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It's that bloody single trigger again  . | |||
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Anton: Please tell us about the 3 inch shot. There has to be a story. For me, the closest was about 4 yards (elephant). The longest was about 265 yards (buff). | |||
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I thought 7 yds on buff was interesting, but I'm obviously trumped. | |||
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Larry I'd take a guess and he shot it thru the blind. Got to be a great story though. Mike | |||
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The poor thing was blind and had his trunk at full stretch trying to smell whatever was in front of him, when he had a bloody big steel pipe shoved up it. | |||
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Larry it was after 14 days in Zimbabwe last year. Many baits had gone rotten and we really didnt think anything would hit them although all three baits had been hit and we let loose the dogs in a pitch black morning around 04:00. After many hours we had a visual, he was in a small tree but jumped before I could shoot. Anyway he went into a cave and the only thing to do was to try to showel away the dogs and go to the hole he was in and try to see where he was, he was just at the hole laying on his back and I put the barrel against his chest and made two quick shots. Maybe not a normal cat hunt but one of the most memorable hunts I've ever done. | |||
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Neither are mine, but I was front row for both. Longest - 75 - 80 yards on an elephant at 3:00 in the morning. PH insisted the ele was only about 30 yards away, he tried the shot (five actually). All misses. The client fired 2 shots. Both misses as well. Neither could undersand why I didn't shoot...We went back in the daylight to look for blood (found none). As we walked off the distance from where the shots were taken to where the elephant had been standing, the PH explained to me that as far as he was concerned I was a liability and a hinderence to him and that he did not want me "tagging along" on any more of "his" hunts. I guess he was mad because I didn't take a foolish shot in the dark (literally) and that I was right the night before when I told him he was misjudging the distances...Oh well, it was an intersting night at any rate... Closest - About 10 yards on a small bull elephant. PH and client both shot (different PH and client from above) and we found only one hole. Honestly, I would be lying if I said I had any more faith in the PH making the shot than I did in the client. Interesting times that... Cheers, Brian "If you can't go all out, don't go..." | |||
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Are we talking Archery here? Difference in bullet strike between 30 and 80 yards when shooting at an elephant? I am not computing this. Jeff | |||
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150 m running buffalo 30m croc | |||
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First shot, Long about 75 yds,couldn't get closer, One shot only scoped 375H&H bolt rifle 300 gr Nosler Partition, buff ran 30 yds, dead buff. On first of two shots on another buff right barrel 20 feet frontal chest,(heart) left barrel brained short 15 feet! Checked my underware for possible accident after that one!  ....Mac >>>===(x)===> MacD37, ...and DUGABOY1 DRSS Charter member "If I die today, I've had a life well spent, for I've been to see the Elephant, and smelled the smoke of Africa!"~ME 1982 Hands of Old Elmer Keith  | |||
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Jeff, I know it seems a little hard to swallow, however, I was there and that is how it went down. The client was using a borrowed 416 Rem Mag (that he had shot three shots from a few hours before at about 50 yards. All his strikes on paper were a good 6" high and 6" or so right, but the PH said, that was close enough) and the PH was carrying a 375 H&H. The last thing the client whispered before the lights came on and the PH shot first was, "I have never done anything like this before. What do I do?" Unfortunately, the PH had distanced himself about 20 or so yards from the client at this point and all I could do was mutter under my breath, "Pray we don't all get killed." Then the fireworks started... I guess it was just one of those "you had to be there" moments... Cheers, Brian "If you can't go all out, don't go..." | |||
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You can't see 673 yards!!! | |||
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Buff 125 yards and another at 10 yards. Elephant 5 and 90-100 yards. The best one though is completely missing an elephant at 6 yards. 465H&H | |||
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Longest was about 100 yards on Buffalo, scoped 375 H&H. Closest was 12 yards on Elephant bull, 500 NE. | |||
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60 yards on Buffalo 15 yards on Buffalo | |||
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10 yards on a lion and 80 yards on a Buff. DRSS Searcy 470 NE | |||
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And you found what????? Andrew McLaren Professional Hunter and Hunting Outfitter since 1974. http://www.mclarensafaris.com The home page to go to for custom planning of ethical and affordable hunting of plains game in South Africa! Enquire about any South African hunting directly from andrew@mclarensafaris.com After a few years of participation on forums, I have learned that: One can cure: Lack of knowledge – by instruction. Lack of skills – by practice. Lack of experience – by time doing it. One cannot cure: Stupidity – nothing helps! Anti hunting sentiments – nothing helps! Put-‘n-Take Outfitters – money rules! My very long ago ancestors needed and loved to eat meat. Today I still hunt! | |||
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I'm a bow hunter, shot 2 cape buffalo, one at 15 yards furthest one was shot at 40 yards both one arrow kills. | |||
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NOTHING, in fact everything was so tight I didn't need the long drop for three days afterwards! Funny now .......But not then!  ....Mac >>>===(x)===> MacD37, ...and DUGABOY1 DRSS Charter member "If I die today, I've had a life well spent, for I've been to see the Elephant, and smelled the smoke of Africa!"~ME 1982 Hands of Old Elmer Keith | |||
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I think we have a WINNER!!! | |||
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Lion = 52 yards after a stalk and not on bait. Leopard = 60 yards on bait. Brown Bear = 21 feet and he was stalking me, not the other way around. Keith O'Neal Trophy Collectors Consultants Po Box 3908 Oxford, AL. 36203 256-310-4424 TCChunts@gmail.com All of your desires can be found on the other side of your fears. | |||
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Anton: Did you know he was that close when you looked in the hole Very interesting story. | |||
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I'd go with that.  Any DG hunting with a bow takes balls IMHO, whether back up is there or not. . | |||
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LOL not that close, but I could see his paw coming out to try grab a dog a few times before I walked up. The PH stood 3-4 meters behind so it was the real deal. I know you have been on alot of hunts and like walking and tracking eles and buff but YOU should try this hunt before they make it illegal. On this 21 day hunt we tracked alot of cats and walked/run those hills/mountains ALOT up and down. My second cat we tracked down from his own antbear kill. If I remember correct we found 5 different freshly killed antelopes/cattle by the leopard. Many think its easy to kill a cat with the help of dogs but to those people I can only say think again. Most of the time during this trip the dogs had no scent to follow because of the heat and they were following the trackers. I have never learned so much how a leopard thinks/drinks/eats and walks like this trip. I have just been quoted a price in Moz for a lion hunt with dogs, that would also be something else | |||
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Eventually they'll collide with the muzzle of your rifle and then the shot is easy. Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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Buffalo, 80 yards. Leopard, 5 yards. Dave | |||
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23 yards cape buffalo with a bow and 90 yards leopard with a rifle | |||
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two or three yards on an elephant and 220 yards on a buffalo "The greatest threat to our wildlife is the thought that someone else will save it” www.facebook.com/ivancartersafrica www.ivancarterwca.org www.ivancarter.com ivan@ivancarter.com | |||
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In Save 2007, 7 paces on a charging buffalo, he passed between me and the tracker, a gap no more than 3 paces. Gordon Duncan was the PH. | |||
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