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10 August 2011, 03:24

retreever

Damn it Will you outshot me again.

Mike

10 August 2011, 06:22

safari-lawyer

quote:
Originally posted by Will:
673 yards on a buff

-6 inches on an ele

So, was the gun barrel in the elephant's mouth, his ear, his eye or somewhere more personal.

10 August 2011, 06:35

Jungleboy

85 yards - Buff
15 yards - Elephant

Both with an iron sight double rifle (450/400)

JB

10 August 2011, 07:06

500N

quote:
Originally posted by retreever:
Damn it Will you outshot me again.

Mike

It's that bloody single trigger again

10 August 2011, 07:20

larryshores

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).

10 August 2011, 07:47

Brice

I thought 7 yds on buff was interesting, but I'm obviously trumped.

10 August 2011, 08:06

retreever

Larry I'd take a guess and he shot it thru the blind. Got to be a great story though.

Mike

10 August 2011, 14:22

Scriptus

quote:
Originally posted by safari-lawyer:
quote:
Originally posted by Will:
673 yards on a buff

-6 inches on an ele

So, was the gun barrel in the elephant's mouth, his ear, his eye or somewhere more personal.

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.

10 August 2011, 18:39

A.Dahlgren

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.

10 August 2011, 19:53

Allout

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

10 August 2011, 20:02

Bwana Bunduki

quote:
Originally posted by Allout:
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

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

10 August 2011, 20:04

G D F

150 m running buffalo
30m croc

10 August 2011, 21:09

MacD37

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!

11 August 2011, 02:34

Allout

quote:
Originally posted by Bwana Bunduki:
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

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

11 August 2011, 02:42

dogcat

quote:
Originally posted by Will:
673 yards on a buff

-6 inches on an ele

You can't see 673 yards!!!

11 August 2011, 03:10

465H&H

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

11 August 2011, 03:47

Todd Williams

Longest was about 100 yards on Buffalo, scoped 375 H&H.

Closest was 12 yards on Elephant bull, 500 NE.

11 August 2011, 05:31

D. Nelson

60 yards on Buffalo
15 yards on Buffalo

11 August 2011, 09:04

samir

10 yards on a lion and 80 yards on a Buff.

11 August 2011, 12:11

Andrew McLaren

quote:
Originally posted by MacD37:
........... Checked my underware for possible accident after that one!

And you found what?????

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11 August 2011, 15:14

redfern

I'm a bow hunter, shot 2 cape buffalo, one at 15 yards furthest one was shot at 40 yards both one arrow kills.

11 August 2011, 20:31

MacD37

quote:
Originally posted by Andrew McLaren:
quote:
Originally posted by MacD37:
........... Checked my underware for possible accident after that one!

And you found what?????

NOTHING, in fact everything was so tight I didn't need the long drop for three days afterwards!

Funny now

.......But not then!

11 August 2011, 20:33

Bwana Bunduki

quote:
Originally posted by redfern:
I'm a bow hunter, shot 2 cape buffalo, one at 15 yards furthest one was shot at 40 yards both one arrow kills.

I think we have a WINNER!!!

11 August 2011, 21:17

Big Game Hunter

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.

13 August 2011, 03:29

larryshores

Anton:

Did you know he was that close when you looked in the hole

Very interesting story.

13 August 2011, 03:45

500N

quote:
Originally posted by Bwana Bunduki:
quote:
Originally posted by redfern:
I'm a bow hunter, shot 2 cape buffalo, one at 15 yards furthest one was shot at 40 yards both one arrow kills.

I think we have a WINNER!!!

I'd go with that.

Any DG hunting with a bow takes balls IMHO, whether back up is there or not.

.

13 August 2011, 04:23

A.Dahlgren

quote:
Originally posted by larryshores:
Anton:

Did you know he was that close when you looked in the hole

Very interesting story.

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