Sorry chaps, my French is a bit dodgy, but if I won a big lottery I'd want one of those three-month safaris that royalty and the rich used to take when life was more relaxed.

As to 'them bones'(as the song goes), Larcher, in deer hunting we also try to break the shoulder -for the reasons you mentioned. I think a side-on, high-heart shot at buffalo also has a good chance of breaking it. This is good of course, with the qualification of Kevin Robertson's warning.

Interestingly, non-ungulate dangerous game such as rhino and the cats have their hearts farther back, behind the leg, as I recall from the book.

Cheers
- Paul