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  "...Them, they were Giants!" J.A. Hunter describing the early explorers and settlers of East Africa hunting is not about the killing but about the chase of the hunt.... Ortega Y Gasset | ||
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Amazing. I'll be there in a few days. Hope I get to see this guy. | |||
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Bwanamich love those pics... Jetdrvr, how about giving him a ride to Selous R2 and tell him to stay there... I'll have 21 days to search him out...  What a tremendous animal... Mike six weeks and counting... | |||
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Ahhhh... what dreams are made of!!! On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | |||
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Mich, Lovely! My first clients of the year for Tanazania just left the Crater. Their comment was "F-----g Awesome". Plus all the regular stuff they saw lions kill and eat a zebra 15 yards from the photo car. I describe the Crater experience as living in a National Geographic special. It is awesome! Mark MARK H. YOUNG MARK'S EXCLUSIVE ADVENTURES 7094 Oakleigh Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89110 Office 702-848-1693 Cell, Whats App, Signal 307-250-1156 PREFERRED E-mail markttc@msn.com Website: myexclusiveadventures.com Skype: markhyhunter Check us out on https://www.facebook.com/pages...ures/627027353990716 | |||
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Outstanding! | |||
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Now that's a Buff. Von Gruff. | |||
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His boss looks a little soft to me, I wouldn't shoot him.....  Mink and Wall Tents don't go together. Especially when you are sleeping in the Wall Tent. DRSS .470 & .500 | |||
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Okay, I have never hunted Cape Buffalo before, probably will never get the chance. Let us say however, that I did get the chance, and my first shot opportunity was at a bull such as this one, at say 75 yards, standing in that exact position. I am using my 375 H&H, with the first round a 300 grain Solid, followed by a Barnes "X", followed by another Solid. Now having never shot at one of these little darlings before, how big a screw up will I make, if I put that first solid, about one inch in front of that place on the near shoulder that looks like a small pox shot? The place I am looking at is the round, whitish looking circle scar, that is about a foot below the bottom curve of his horn. Would that break his shoulder and possibly do some damage to the heart/lungs? If he went down at the shot, should my next shot be in the same approximate area or slightly behind the foreleg maybe an inch or two higher. I plan on shooting that sumbich till he ain't moving, with my third shot, the second solid, my plan, if it presents its self is to break the off shoulder, and get him off his front legs. Is my plan pure  , or would that take an animal like that down?Even the rocks don't last forever. | |||
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Naw, I'm gonna hook him up with some 3/8 chain and drag him behind a Mercedes ten ton to Luke's Maasailand concession. I wonder if that's ethical?  | |||
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Since I've never hunted buffalo, my aiming point would be straight down from the tip of the right ear, six inches up from the bottom line Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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Dont necessary there are plenty Bulls of this size around in Kitangare Seloushunter Nec Timor Nec Temeritas | |||
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I don't believe I saw that technique on Boddington on Buffalo. Brett DRSS Life Member SCI Life Member NRA Life Member WSF Rhyme of the Sheep Hunter May fordings never be too deep, And alders not too thick; May rock slides never be too steep And ridges not too slick. And may your bullets shoot as swell As Fred Bear's arrow's flew; And may your nose work just as well As Jack O'Connor's too. May winds be never at your tail When stalking down the steep; May bears be never on your trail When packing out your sheep. May the hundred pounds upon you Not make you break or trip; And may the plane in which you flew Await you at the strip. -Seth Peterson | |||
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I'll never get the chance either, but, if it's that open and up close, is there any reason to not just go ahead and put it on him between the eyes? | |||
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That's a beaut! Think I got a pic of him in 07 but didn't have a telephoto on the camera  Funny thing is, when you tell people who have toured these parks that you are going to hunt cape buffalo, they think all you have to do is drive the truck up along side these guys and shoot  Have gun- Will travel The value of a trophy is computed directly in terms of personal investment in its acquisition. Robert Ruark | |||
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Just follow the centerline of the right leg up, and put your bullet half way between the horn curve and the line of the chest. I promise you, he won't go far after that. | |||
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Saeed I'm dilecsic could you draw me a picture of that aim point!!!  | |||
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If I am reading his post correctly, he is talking about a spot a couple of inches or so lower than the spot I asked about, I think????? Even the rocks don't last forever. | |||
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Marked red is Saeds's POA - I'd take a green one.  | |||
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Ah, yes, and I'll be there on the 23rd, God willing... | |||
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Saeed's POA is just about where I was talking about. Just my thought on the aim point, and the most dangerous thing I have hunted is a Javelina, my Musk Ox just stood there looking at me. I think or feel, that on any animal, if a certain, instant kill, DRT shot is questionable, for whatever reason, then my next choice is to go for an anchoring shot or one that will take away all or the major part of the critters mobility. I always figgered that trying to completely shatter the bone would be, or is, preferrable to trying to slip the bullet past the bone and run the risk of hitting the edge of the bone and sending the bullet off course. Again, that is just my opinion. Even the rocks don't last forever. | |||
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I just can't get enough of them   "...Them, they were Giants!" J.A. Hunter describing the early explorers and settlers of East Africa hunting is not about the killing but about the chase of the hunt.... Ortega Y Gasset | |||
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I saw this boy in Kruger Park in April - he refused to pose for a nice poto.  | |||
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+1 Seloushunter Nec Timor Nec Temeritas | |||
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ghundwan, One for the future for sure....... "...Them, they were Giants!" J.A. Hunter describing the early explorers and settlers of East Africa hunting is not about the killing but about the chase of the hunt.... Ortega Y Gasset | |||
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