Hey folks,

I'm going on a last minute Bison hunt very soon and I've got a bunch of 270 gr tsx (375 H&H) already loaded up. I'm about 2650 FPS (avg) out of the muzzle.

Has anyone tried this combo on Bison, by chance? I'm pretty sure it will be adequate, but I'd appreciate any experiences.

Thanks,

works great in africa on big mean stuff should be just the right thing for bison. shot placement is everything and that combo will work fine imho

I shot a big bison bull last year with the 270 gr Hornady from my .375. One shot...one bull...no problem. Your load should also work just fine. Despite their enormous size, buffalo aren't all that hard to kill (witness the wholesale slaughter in the nineteeth century with BP rifles).

i used just a plain old hornady 300 in 375, but we shoot between the eyes or behind the ear cause we meat hunt them, in any case they die quickly

Have seen plenty of them dropped on the spot with a 30/06 shooting 180 core-lokts, i'm pretty sure your combo will work if yah hit'em right

I've used the .375 TSX on cape buffalo, hippo, giraffe, etc. in Africa. All are tougher than bison, so you should do fine. My wife recently killed her bison in Utah with a 30.06. You have no worries.

Bill

Thanks for the replies.

Teat Hound ----- My brother-in-law is a Bison farmer for the market. He does his own killing. He also handled the Bison herd for a Federal Refuge in our area until retirement. His last count was over 700 head put down. He used my .300 Winny with Nosler Partitions for a while then learned all the tricks of the trade. He now uses a .22 Long Rifle on the heifers and a 30-06 on the Bulls. The .30-06 needs a bullet that expends it's energy in the head and does not travel to the meat of the neck (he shoots them between the eyes or just behind the ear from very close range). At present he uses the Nosler target bullet, can't remember the exact name. He has sold several old herd Bulls that are shot with various chamberings. The last two this year were a 45-70 and a 50 BMG. Of course there is a big difference shooting an animal for harvest and hunting and shooting in hunting conditions. Just thought you might get some incite from his experience. By the way, the one shot with the 50 BMG took five minutes to die and never reacted to the shot. Good shooting.

Thanks PH5, that's good info. So far, I know I'm hunting on a big ranch that has roughly 150 head with several big bulls and that they are not in a pen. Past that, I don't really know what to expect yet. I've lucked into the opportunity and cannot pass it up.

I'll post the details after the 22nd of this month.

Thanks again.

I've taken several with a handgun and have seen quite a few more taken.

525 grain WLFN hard cast out of a 500 Linebaugh T 1100 fps. Complete penetration (bullet exited) and a one shot kill. shot through the heart and that was that, the bull was down in short order.




The 375 H&H with the 270 grain TSX is plenty and will work well with proper shot placement

I have one experience on one bison with the 270 TSX in the 375H&H and the bullet gave complete penetration, the bison ran fifty yards with blood pouring out both sides, and died.
In my opinion it would be a great choice.

Well, it is ON for March 1st (we had to switch the date). I'll let you guys know how it goes.

Well, the 270 gr tsx 357 h&h worked just fine.

I just got back from our management hunt (though using the word "hunt" would be a stretch, to be truthful, as it was pretty easy). The bison were on a large private ranch, and not in a pen or corral. We had four hunters, and we took four 1.5 to 2.5 year-old buffs from the main herd. The hunt itself was pretty much over once we located the herd (which only took about two hours to locate). The difficult part was getting four men to all shot at the same time once we ALL had a clear shot. One very loud "bang" and then four (roughly) simultaneous flops. I expect plenty of good meat, and the hides were in prime condition.

I actually recovered the tsx from mine. I took a quartering-towards shot between the neck and near shoulder. The bullet went through the lungs, heart, liver, and lodged in off-side flank. The recovered weight is exactly 260.0 gr on my RCBS 750 scale:



This ranch had some HUGH bulls, very impressive.

It is not hard to see why they were nearly hunted to extinction. After we had ours down, the rest of the heard stood around and observed us for a while.

My buddy took the pictures, so once he forwards his images to me I'll post the decent ones.

Thanks,