NitroX
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| 18/09/20 12:42 PM |
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Re: Cultures-collide-on-a-buffalo-hunt-down-under....
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If that’s not enough, another local man was nearly killed by a wild ox he had wounded with an insufficient rifle cartridge around the same time. He too was saved by the quick and heroic actions of his hunting companion.
A good point in the article. When the small calibre buffalo guys shoot one and it runs off, we never hear about it. Sometimes the buff might run towards you, not away.
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I have only hunted Australian buffalo once, but I have hunted Cape buffalo multiple times. If I had based my opinions on the first three Cape buffalo I shot, I would have said they were not dangerous and were easy to kill. Then I ran into No. 4, and that changed my opinion.
I agree 100% with that. 19 water buffalo and the last certainly changed my opinion. Made me even question my bovine and elephant slayer, my .450 NE Jeffery double rifle!
But Curl and I hunted since then, and my doubts had faded into the ether. Though we never ended up scoring on the very elusive and wary buffalo that trip. They have been very hard hunted in the years between trips, and were extremely wary in the cattle station country we hunted. And most of all, not enough days in country, as the property owner messed us around a bit. A day or two extra and IMO not a problem. Hell we found cow buffalo a short walk away from camp, the last evening, no need to drive lots of kms.