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Took my Eland with an 06 and 165gr NP, one shot, back of ribs on left side to shoulder on the right.


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Since rufous started this thread a dozen years ago, do you suppose he did go on his African safari?


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I guess old threads, like old soldiers, never die. They don't even fade away... shocked

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I guess the thing to remember is that there are always new hunters and a new generation of looneys that tend to to ask the same questions as we wondered about thirty years ago.

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Rufous still posts here. Maybe he can fill us in!


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I used a 308 Win and 165 TSX Factory at 50-60 yds in heavy brush. Went down in a few steps with blood blowing everywhere.


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I used a 7mm Rem Mag loaded with 150gr. Nosler E-Tips at 3000 fps. It was a 208 yard shot off the sticks and my shot impacted dead smack in the center of the big shoulder bone, shattering it, breaking through a rib before going into the chest. That knocked the Eland down but didn't put him out so he hid in the brush with barely his horns showing. The bullet just didn't penetrate to the heart even through it was the right trajectory.

The bull eventually got back up and a second round (High shoulder, opposite side) finished the job.

Neither bullet exited.

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