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I'd like to poll the members of AR for some information to be used to develop a new theory called Margin of Error! I need your experience. Please be totally honest.!-Rob Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers to do incredibly stupid things- AH (1941)- Harry Reid (aka Smeagle) 2012 Nothing Up my sleeves but never without a plan and never ever without a surprise! | ||
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Rob: It looks like we are only allowed one vote. I have shot 2 buff. First one 40 yards, second one about 60 yards. RCG | |||
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Looking for closest distance data actually.-Rob Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers to do incredibly stupid things- AH (1941)- Harry Reid (aka Smeagle) 2012 Nothing Up my sleeves but never without a plan and never ever without a surprise! | |||
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Lets me out, the first shot was 165yds. It worked. Rich Buff Killer | |||
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Vote for >100 yrds. Thats important information.-Rob Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers to do incredibly stupid things- AH (1941)- Harry Reid (aka Smeagle) 2012 Nothing Up my sleeves but never without a plan and never ever without a surprise! | |||
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First one 6 yards. | |||
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At this time I'm the other >100 yds at 150. Caleb | |||
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Probably 10 yards to ameasured 340 yards. | |||
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1 @ less than 30 yd., 3 @ about 80 yd., 2 @ 115 to 130 yd. Passed on a lot at close ranges as well. | |||
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#1 125 yards #2 50 yards | |||
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I have not shot a Buffalo, but I was with a friend when the last shot, of the 11 shots fired to kill the Buff., was at 7 yards. | |||
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Hit the wrong button. I killed mine at 130 yards. Not under 100 yards. | |||
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#1 80 yds #2 35 yds | |||
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Perhaps a poll asking for "closest" rather than "first" shot would better give this info? Steve "He wins the most, who honour saves. Success is not the test." Ryan "Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Stalin Tanzania 06 Argentina08 Argentina Australia06 Argentina 07 Namibia Arnhemland10 Belize2011 Moz04 Moz 09 | |||
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Not to be technical, but the question was the distance you took your FIRST shot at a (any) Cape Buffalo. | |||
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I wonder what Mark Sullivan would say?!  "That's not a knife..THIS is a KNIFE" ! | |||
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My first shot has been as close as 12 yards and as far as @60. All iron sighted doubles except the 60 yard shot it was a scoped 9,3x74R. DOUBLE RIFLE SHOOTERS SOCIETY | |||
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20yds 50yds 21yds 45yds  Free 500grains | |||
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Very easy. "Put a few rounds of 22 LR into their guts" Heavy breathing, as you might see in a B rated sex movie, "Leave the buffalo a few minutes to get mad", more heavy breathing "get the sucker who has paid you thousands of dollars to follow you", more heavy breathing, "walk up to the buffalo, and as he gets up and charges" the heavy breathing is into over drive now "you shoot him with the 600 Nitro Express", now he is almost out of breath "look straight into the camera, "and you think, this is the way to kill suckers buffalos for them, after all, this is what they pay me for!"  | |||
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After crawling 50+ yards, bull was taken at roughly 60 yards. We just could not get any closer! NRA Life Member DSC Life Member Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves. Ronald Reagan | |||
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60, 75, 100, 110 Dutch | |||
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First one was at about 70 yds, while not DOA, he was unable to rise. One shot finisher. The last two at 25 feet were a lot more "interesting" Jim "Bwana Umfundi" NRA | |||
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  Verbera!, Iugula!, Iugula!!! Blair. | |||
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My first shot at a Cape Buffalo was at approximately 90 yards offhand because that was as close as we could get due to the terrain. I got into a hurry to take the shot rather than waiting for my PH to set up the shooting sticks, rushed the shot, and shot high. The next opportunity was two days later at another buffalo at about 30 yards; I slowed down, waited for the PH to set up the shooting sticks, and dropped the buffalo with the first shot. One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know. - Groucho Marx | |||
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Eight short steps with a 450//400 3 1/4 Greener. DRSS NRA Life Member VDD-GNA | |||
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Right at 50 yards, or less. That is the right Margin for Error. | |||
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12 yards on the first.....70 on the second.... Mac | |||
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All 3 of mine were between 50 and 70 yds when I took the first shot. All 3 had been the result of fairly long tracking jobs and many times we were much closer than 50 yards (as close as 5 yards on multiple occassions) but could not get a shot at the right bull. When the shots finally presented themselves, I took them.  | |||
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