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Another nilgai bull down #9639814 02/26/15 Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,750 South Texas BRISTECD OP Campfire Regular OP BRISTECD Campfire Regular Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,750 South Texas Took this young man out this evening. Got a nice bull.

Re: Another nilgai bull down BRISTECD #9639838 02/27/15 Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 17,163 Northern California Hammerdown Campfire Ranger Hammerdown Campfire Ranger Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 17,163 Northern California Those are good eating. Randy NRA Patriot Life Benefactor

Re: Another nilgai bull down Hammerdown #9639888 02/27/15 Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 14,096 Texas G geedubya Campfire Outfitter geedubya Campfire Outfitter G Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 14,096 Texas Looks like fun to me! Details? JAPPF, GWB A Kill Artist. When I draw, I draw blood.

Re: Another nilgai bull down Hammerdown #9640066 02/27/15 Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,008 West Texas L lynntelk Campfire Regular lynntelk Campfire Regular L Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,008 West Texas The bulls are good eating but the cow nilgai are better eating.

Re: Another nilgai bull down BRISTECD #9640260 02/27/15 Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,984 Deep South Texas KMS Campfire Regular KMS Campfire Regular Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,984 Deep South Texas And I thought we were friends..... Put me down for a cow. Kelly

Re: Another nilgai bull down BRISTECD #9640432 02/27/15 Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 28,229 W. Texas J JGRaider Campfire Ranger JGRaider Campfire Ranger J Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 28,229 W. Texas I'm still wanting to shoot one of those things.... It is irrelevant what you think. What matters is the TRUTH.

Re: Another nilgai bull down JGRaider #9640435 02/27/15 Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe Campfire Oracle ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky Me too. Big time. Gotta do that next year. "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: Another nilgai bull down BRISTECD #9640500 02/27/15 Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 37,025 Central Louisiana D Dirtfarmer Campfire 'Bwana Dirtfarmer Campfire 'Bwana D Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 37,025 Central Louisiana What round and bullet? How quick did he put that bull down? DF

Re: Another nilgai bull down KMS #9640504 02/27/15 Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,750 South Texas BRISTECD OP Campfire Regular OP BRISTECD Campfire Regular Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,750 South Texas Originally Posted by KMS And I thought we were friends..... Put me down for a cow. Would you believe me if I said we came by your house and honked. You never came out, so we went left. LOL

Re: Another nilgai bull down BRISTECD #9640536 02/27/15 Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,750 South Texas BRISTECD OP Campfire Regular OP BRISTECD Campfire Regular Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,750 South Texas We loaned him a 30-06 and 165 grain Trophy Bonded bullets. He had a 7mm-08 but all he had was "deer hunting" bullets (forget "Use enough gun", I say "Use enough bullet"). Shot him at about 50 yards and the brush exploded with nilgai running all over. Dropped him in his tracks with a neck shot. He's not a full grown bull, but big enough!

Re: Another nilgai bull down BRISTECD #9640607 02/27/15 Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 37,025 Central Louisiana D Dirtfarmer Campfire 'Bwana Dirtfarmer Campfire 'Bwana D Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 37,025 Central Louisiana Yeah, seems I read here on the Fire, it's not the headstamp... I'm thinking 200 gr. NPT/.300 WM. Also, mono-metals seem well suited for Nilgai. A friend and I hunted Nilgai on the Yturria last Spring. Good eating, for sure. I'm wanting to shoot a cow, as I'm not interested in a Nilgai trophy, just the meat. He mounted his, looks better than I thought, still not a head I want to mount. DF

Re: Another nilgai bull down BRISTECD #9640680 02/27/15 Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,984 Deep South Texas KMS Campfire Regular KMS Campfire Regular Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,984 Deep South Texas Originally Posted by BRISTECD Originally Posted by KMS And I thought we were friends..... Put me down for a cow. Would you believe me if I said we came by your house and honked. You never came out, so we went left. LOL I would have believed you if you hadn't ended it with "LOL". Kelly

Re: Another nilgai bull down BRISTECD #9640762 02/27/15 Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,984 Deep South Texas KMS Campfire Regular KMS Campfire Regular Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,984 Deep South Texas And that loaner rifle looks like a........"GASP"........Remington. Kelly

Re: Another nilgai bull down KMS #9640831 02/27/15 Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 37,025 Central Louisiana D Dirtfarmer Campfire 'Bwana Dirtfarmer Campfire 'Bwana D Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 37,025 Central Louisiana Originally Posted by KMS And that loaner rifle looks like a........"GASP"........Remington. I guess Nilgai aren't big enough or bad enough critters to demand the use of a CRF... Seems you can kill one with a push feed... DF

Re: Another nilgai bull down BRISTECD #9641078 02/27/15 Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 13,606 Middle of SD Colorado1135 Campfire Outfitter Colorado1135 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 13,606 Middle of SD what's a meat/cow hunt run? are they about like hunting elk? Beware of any old man in a profession where one usually dies young. Calm seas don't make sailors.

Re: Another nilgai bull down KMS #9641084 02/27/15 Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,750 South Texas BRISTECD OP Campfire Regular OP BRISTECD Campfire Regular Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,750 South Texas Originally Posted by KMS And that loaner rifle looks like a........"GASP"........Remington. It was a concern!

Re: Another nilgai bull down BRISTECD #9641349 02/27/15 Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 17,163 Northern California Hammerdown Campfire Ranger Hammerdown Campfire Ranger Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 17,163 Northern California A friend of mine has taken two of them, using a 308 Win. Randy NRA Patriot Life Benefactor

Re: Another nilgai bull down Hammerdown #9641356 02/27/15 Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,052 Banana Belt, Montana M Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna M Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,052 Banana Belt, Montana I have even taken a couple bulls with a .27-caliber rifle. They must have been gay.... “Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck

Re: Another nilgai bull down BRISTECD #9641371 02/27/15 Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 3,058 Heart of Tennessee, Plateau of... ColdCase1984 Campfire Tracker ColdCase1984 Campfire Tracker Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 3,058 Heart of Tennessee, Plateau of... I'm interested in cost, too... �When in doubt, I whip it out.� Uncle Ted

Re: Another nilgai bull down ColdCase1984 #9641486 02/27/15 Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,984 Deep South Texas KMS Campfire Regular KMS Campfire Regular Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,984 Deep South Texas Yeah. I expect my hunt to be free.........since we're friends and all....... Kelly

Re: Another nilgai bull down BRISTECD #9641581 02/27/15 Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,599 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas K kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana K Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,599 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas Very nice animal! Well done! Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester "Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored." WS

Re: Another nilgai bull down ingwe #9641589 02/27/15 Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 6,162 San Antonio K Kentucky_Windage Campfire Tracker Kentucky_Windage Campfire Tracker K Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 6,162 San Antonio Originally Posted by ingwe Me too. Big time. Gotta do that next year. Me three. One of the few things I haven't shot here yet. If you're fixin' to put a hole in something, make it a hole to remember.

Re: Another nilgai bull down BRISTECD #9641683 02/27/15 Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 37,025 Central Louisiana D Dirtfarmer Campfire 'Bwana Dirtfarmer Campfire 'Bwana D Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 37,025 Central Louisiana They're fun to hunt and the meat is about as good as it gets... DF Last edited by Dirtfarmer; 02/27/15.

Re: Another nilgai bull down ingwe #9642092 02/27/15 Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 33,662 Either Texas or Idaho E EdM Campfire 'Bwana EdM Campfire 'Bwana E Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 33,662 Either Texas or Idaho Originally Posted by ingwe Me too. Big time. Gotta do that next year. They are fun to hunt. I would be up for another next year. Conduct is the best proof of character.

Re: Another nilgai bull down BRISTECD #9642287 02/27/15 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 1,468 Kansas southwind Campfire Regular southwind Campfire Regular Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 1,468 Kansas I want one!

Re: Another nilgai bull down BRISTECD #9642930 02/28/15 Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 354 N Central Wa.State. S ScottyO Campfire Member ScottyO Campfire Member S Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 354 N Central Wa.State. Nilgai are on my short list also,I want to find a Campfire recomended hog hunt first...ScottyO.

Re: Another nilgai bull down ScottyO #9643590 02/28/15 Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 7,002 Southern Kolorado B Bighorn Campfire Tracker Bighorn Campfire Tracker B Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 7,002 Southern Kolorado Nilgai cutlets for lunch today- Texas style chicken fried, with taters, gravy, and green beans. Hope there's enough left in the freezer to get thru this winter. I'd rather be a free man in my grave, than living as a puppet or a slave....

Re: Another nilgai bull down BRISTECD #9644068 02/28/15 Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 4,949 Nomad V varmintsinc Campfire Tracker varmintsinc Campfire Tracker V Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 4,949 Nomad Campfire Nilgai hunt? It would be a great excuse to bust out the .35 Whelen. Hunt hard, kill clean, waste nothing and offer no apologies. "In rifle work, group size is of some interest...but it is well to remember that a rifleman does not shoot groups, he shoots shots." Jeff Cooper

Re: Another nilgai bull down BRISTECD #9644262 02/28/15 Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 6,847 On a raid Scotty Campfire Tracker Scotty Campfire Tracker Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 6,847 On a raid Congrats on the bull. I want to shoot one of those some day.

Re: Another nilgai bull down BRISTECD #9646062 03/01/15 Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 911 Somewhere down in TX or up in ... B Blackbrush Campfire Regular Blackbrush Campfire Regular B Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 911 Somewhere down in TX or up in ... Here we go again! Lot's of quick responses with interest.....

Re: Another nilgai bull down ScottyO #9646076 03/01/15 Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe Campfire Oracle ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky Originally Posted by ScottyO Nilgai are on my short list also,I want to find a Campfire recomended hog hunt first...ScottyO. Watch the sticky on the Hunter Campfire. When we get back you'll know if its recommended or not.... "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: Another nilgai bull down BRISTECD #9647397 03/01/15 Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 354 N Central Wa.State. S ScottyO Campfire Member ScottyO Campfire Member S Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 354 N Central Wa.State. Thanks Ingwe appreciate the comeback.Will do ...ScottyO.

Re: Another nilgai bull down BRISTECD #9647428 03/01/15 Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,750 South Texas BRISTECD OP Campfire Regular OP BRISTECD Campfire Regular Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,750 South Texas I'll try to ask around a bit and see what I can find in the way of some group hunts for nilgai. The ranch I am hunting doesn't really sell any hunts because the population is only moderate, unlike the East and King which have large populations. There are a few of us that take some each year as the opportunity presents itself.

Re: Another nilgai bull down BRISTECD #9664841 03/06/15 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 521 1 10generation Campfire Regular 10generation Campfire Regular 1 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 521 Thinking about taking my son to the King next month for Nilgai.