Sure, there were some mistakes made, but as some have write, none of us knows in advance how he would behave in a situation like this.

We don't know how experienced the client was, but dangerous situations are difficult to practice at home in advance. Professionalism is to be expected in all cases from PH and sure, also a client must have perfect command of his weapon.

As for using big bores for hunting DG, nobody needs to convince me that one have a clear advantage with these when it comes to hunting buffalos and especially if it does not go as planned.