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More info please…recent buffalo rodeo

I heard a client was killed by a buffalo and the PH injured in SA either Limpopo or Northwest Province. Occurred within the last few days. They were trailing a wounded bull.

Hence the name " Dangerous Game"

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A proper bullet, a 350 gr TSX, via a proper round and rifle, a M70 416 Remington stunned this bull at 130 yards. One step and a finisher.

Occasionally one will take an inordinate amount of killing.

Is any shot really fatal on those runaway freight trains! I have a recorded segment of "Tracks Across Africa" where a client put's a "fatal" shot into a bull broadside at 25 yds, then the second shot blows the heart to pieces a couple of seconds later. Then the bull runs out of sight except for it's feet. Then it decides to charge! He shoots it the face at 3 feet, head on with the 3 rd shot, all of these with his 416 & 450 gr bullets. Then it knocks him over & the PH shoots it with his double rifle as it throws another guy 6-8 feet in the air.
Then the PH gives it another one as it goes on by, then it goes down about 25 yds farther away, it's an incredible sequence in a very short time.

Dick

That I would like to see.

Good buffalo Ed. Love your rifle!

I once shot a mule deer at close range several times. It would not go down. It was in heavy bush and I believed it was wounded by my friend. I wanted to end the chase then and there, so I shot till it dropped. Branches were flying all over, but the deer was hit each time, just not necessarily where I was aiming.

Game sometimes cling to life where by all indicators they should be dead.

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Buffalo, up close and personal..

The first one I killed dropped and died in it’s tracks. It was feeding undisturbed facing us head on about 35 yards away with his head up trying to wind us. PH whispered to shoot him at the base of the neck when he dropped his head to feed. I waited a few minutes then killed him. This the first hour of a hunt in the Selous and we were back in camp 30 minutes later. I had 2 on license and he had a friend that just stood around staring at his dead buddy. PH said shoot him too if you want but I declined. Didn’t want to end my hunt 45 minutes in. Gave me a false impression of how easy buffalo hunting was. The next 4 took a lot more work and one determined charge, although badly wounded, took a bullet up the snout to finish.

Two hits with a 416 Rigby had him down for good.


This one took only one across the right front leg, on into the heart.


The one that got me was the other hunter's bull and took a bunch of killing.

Those old timers that hunted them with muzzleloaders had huge gonads.

I saw that segment. Seemed like everyone did everything right and they still got jammed up. If I remember the hunter had a serious shoulder surgery after.

Shot a NW Red Buffalo in Cameroon, right thru the lungs with a solid. Went into the long grass to die, but not fast enough. As we went in to sort him out, he had enough fight in him for a weak charge. Hired our tracker in the thigh before he went out- with a bang so to speak.

Nice!

Let me know when you’re ready for a repeat!!💪

This is a gorgeous Dugga Boy! Congrats!

Condolences, of course, to the De Bruyn family.

Article said “..killed instantly.”

…and I’ve gotta somehow envy a man who gets to go out like that - what a thrill.


I mean, Buff charge vs nursing home…😜