Ann asked for it so I had to get down and dirty.



The beast before .....



.... and after.


(It take much for me to be convinced to go buff )

(oops - i forgot to post this here)

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Hell mate , you wont want to leave your face under water like that for too long - you'll drown . ( that is the John on the right isnt it ? )

Nice crittur there mate , hope to bag one like that myself one day . Well done , and thanks for posting the evidence for us all.

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Thank you Far Canel.

NitroX, nice buff mate.

I don't think it's 'off-topic ness' so much as the new level of interaction Aussies have assumed mate.

There was always a time and place for a joke.

Now the time is anytime we open our mouths.



I think I made a post on your forum a year or so ago about how immaturity levels are now starting to bother even rough tough Aussies themselves. Seems we couldn't keep the latest generation of kids in line, thanks to all the restrictions against common sense, so we gave up and joined them.



Karl.

Even I have to agree to some extent . I dont see the relevance of FC and his infatuation with Bakes butt on this thread , if thats Shauns thing fine , but this isnt the ideal location for it .

Thats a damn fine buff , by the way , the water makes it more of a challenge , as well as the double rifle . I am truly envious there mate .

A couple more photos. Worked out the FTP problem by an alternative method.











I'm actually very happy. But just like primitive men in Africa, cameras and I don't go well together. Unless I am behind it.



Actually I got a little morbibund because once you have shoot your animal the hunt is basically over. It wore off by the next day.

I know this is a stupid technical question, but what calibre and make is the double. A friend of mine has just bought a 450/400 cased H&H for $5200, sort of a "last rifle I'm buying" like we've all heard before.

Lovely buff, John. He really has some sweep to his horns. Did you have to stalk completely in water? Must have been a tough hunt.

For those of us unfamiliar with Australia, could you tell us more about the terrain, season, etc. Looks like fun!

Hey Nitro great photos mate !!! Can you share more details on the hunt. That looks like some viscous country. I can feel the bugs just lookin at the photos. How far do you guys have to walk in the water on a hunt like that and do you wear special boots ? It looks like a fun place for cocs and snakes. I bet a few Ice cold Fosters were cracked after that job.

Please get it right.

Blokes like "Nitro X" walk on water to go hunting

I've written some of the hunt story up so far. Been promising it at NE.com for too long. Soon.

BAW

The rifle is a WJ Jeffrey in .450 No 2 Nitro Express. It dropped him with a shoulder shot as if he had been 'brained' but he after a few seconds tried to get up again. I can't remember him being very successful as I think both shoulders were broken. Nevertheless I hit him again. With some hiccups as the story will reveal.

The H&H sounds like a good buy. Tell us about it (and also at the Double rifle forum at NE.com - we would like to hear about it).


roo1

No we didn't take it out. That would be a little hard . Actually when they shoot buffalo for meat they shoot a calf. The cape, skull with horns were removed. It was about 100 metres away from dry land. The other bull taken by Steve was about 400 metres off in the swamps on the edge of paperbark swamps.


Ann

Yes we did stalk it completely in the water but after a long wait. The story is coming soon

This set of horns is more a crescent shape than a sweeper. We saw one sweeper which wasn't as along and had a good look at him at about 20 - 25 yards. I was looking at him over the double barrel sights by the way.

The hunt wasn't hard but the recoveries were a little more difficult.


Hobie & Chuckwagon

All coming.

I had about 200 or more mosquito bites on my back. Only about 80 on my arms and legs as I had RID cream on there. But these NT buggers could easily bite through a cotton shirt. I thought about a photo as I had one solid pink swelling of about a six inch square. They did itch. When I got to Darwin I bought and used a whole bottle of "stingose" the first night.

Crocodiles, yes but in the deeper water. Didn't see any though except using a torch at dusk when you can spot their eyes. Most of the swamps where both buffalo were taken wasn't deep rarely getting over the knees except somtimes most of it was mud. This was only on the edges of the flood plains where we hoped the buffalo would stay after they were shot.

Saw one black snake which I almost stepped on but that was on dry land. I hate snakes.

FOSTERS! Please no! That is sold to foreignors who know no better.


BAW

I wish!

NitoX,

Nice lloking buff; i look forward to hearing the full stroy also.

That double is not what I would think of as a swamp rifle..I bet you were worried about geting it dunked?

Regards,

Pete

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FOSTERS! Please no! That is sold to foreignors who know no better. [/quote)

Guilty as charged !

A couple more photos.



The Gan Gan flood plains



Quiet, he's sleeping

Part One of the story added - click here

That's a shell like a 45/100 Sharps is it not ?

Shame on you!!!!

The 450 No 2 and 475 No 2 compared to a 45/100 Sharps would be like putting a 218 Bee next a 22 Magnum.

Along with the 505 Gibbs the 450 No 2 and 475 No 2 are probably the best looking cartridges of all.

Mike

Story for Day 2 added - click here



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Photos added to day 2


"Water buffalo at Gan Gan" - Day 2< !--color-->


Days 3 to 5 to come

So far, so good! You're an expert at stretching things out! I guess you must have lost a few pounds trudging through all that muck. That's an awful lot of work for your trophy. I agree that it wouldn't be tossed back, very nice.

Thank you very much! Pretty well written as well. I derived a great deal of vicarious pleasure (minus bug bites) from you story.