14 December 2004, 02:51
Aspen Hill AdventuresRe: My first buff � maybe!
Congratulations on a great shot, Lochi! Yes, please post a photo or two.
14 December 2004, 02:10
LochiI did it!
This one-horned cow has a poacher�s bullet through its head, explaining its bad temperament, but going at discounted price.
We sneaked to with 15 yards and I placed my arrow in its heart.
Ollie had no need for the use of his 375.
Great experience, unbelievable thrill, never had buck-fever like that!

Lochi.
14 December 2004, 02:22
BwanamichWell done! post a picture when you can and more details....
17 December 2004, 22:10
LochiStupid of me not to remove the arrow before the photo session � I suppose that�s typical of a varmint hunter only used to killing dassies and jackal. To add to insult, it now looks like a headshot, hey Nitrox?

Jean, I�ll try to post the picture of the 140+ gr one-piece broad heads that my knife maker friend made especially for this occasion. There was not even a nick on it, in fact it is still sharp enough to kill a kudu. If you are serious about getting such broad heads, contact me and I can have Oliver make you some.
Total arrow weight was 602 gr. Mpumalanga Natcon requires at least 80 ft.pds kinetic energy for buff. To ensure that you don�t cheat with light arrows (square of speed as we know), they also specify a minimum of 600gr for the projectile. They further advise 80 pds draw weight for the bow, which turned out to be matching those figures.
I took ordinary Gold Tip carbons and inserted plastic pipes. I suppose fine salt would have done the job too, but I wanted to be fancy and with-it for once.
Lochi.
Here goes with that pic posting effort. If all else fails, Tonto will post it for me
