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hoppdoc
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Re: Place of shoot.
08/09/08 11:09 AM

Interesting comments on the frontal spine shot on Cape Buffalo from a different website--

I have never heard it mentioned on this board nor have I read it anywhere but my favorite shot on Buffalo is where the neck and body come together and center..It is always an instant knock them down and they don't get up, you may or may not have to shoot again, but I do anyway...Even if you miss the massive spine you will hit the long short ribs in that area and this will paralize the buffalo...I have shot nemourous buffalo in this manner and it never has failed me with a soft or a solid...Sometimes I shoot them in the shoulder, why I have no clue, I just do...but the shoulder is not my favorite shot on Buffalo..Atkinson(AR)

My personal opinion is that any frontal shot must be with a good soft and aimed to either hit the heart (aim low) or aimed to break the spine (aim just under the chin, depending on head angle). Am happy to use it- and have done so on plently of buffalo. But - shot placement is more critical. Usually it works just fine but not always, and I intensly dislike that three day follow up and then having to declare some dangerous animal as wounded and lost. Ganyana-(AR)

Ray....the shot you described is the shot my PH told me to take on the buff I shot in Zim a few years ago. He told me it was the highest percentage frontal shot there was on buff. I used a Nosler Partition for the only shot needed as he dropped at the shot....recovered weight was 200+gr. The "death bellow" followed the shot by less than 10 seconds and as you suggested, he requested a solid thru the top of the shoulders before we moved in for photos.DB Bill(AR)

Bottom line-I would be temtped to take a frontal spine shot on a Buff 30 yds away.If facing me and closer a brain shot seems appropriate.

Others thoughts??

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Place of shoot.	ovny	29/08/08 04:35 AM
Re: Place of shoot.	Paul	29/08/08 04:33 PM
Re: Place of shoot.	93mouse	29/08/08 04:53 PM
Re: Place of shoot.	bigmaxx	29/08/08 06:33 PM
Re: Place of shoot.	ovny	29/08/08 09:34 PM
Re: Place of shoot.	larcher	29/08/08 11:59 PM
Re: Place of shoot.	Paul	31/08/08 03:12 PM
Re: Place of shoot.	mikeh416Rigby	06/09/08 02:51 AM
Re: Place of shoot.	hoppdoc	06/09/08 11:29 AM
Re: Place of shoot.	larcher	06/09/08 07:52 PM
Re: Place of shoot.	hoppdoc	06/09/08 08:52 PM
Re: Place of shoot.	9.3x57	06/09/08 11:38 PM
Re: Place of shoot.	Ripp	07/09/08 03:04 AM
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Re: Place of shoot.	DarylS	07/09/08 08:03 AM
Re: Place of shoot.	9.3x57	07/09/08 11:46 AM
Re: Place of shoot.	hoppdoc	07/09/08 08:42 PM
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Re: Place of shoot.	hoppdoc	08/09/08 06:39 AM
Re: Place of shoot.	hoppdoc	08/09/08 11:09 AM
Re: Place of shoot.	Ripp	08/09/08 11:26 AM
Re: Place of shoot.	ovny	09/09/08 04:55 PM
Re: Place of shoot.	Mike_Bailey	09/09/08 05:46 PM
Re: Place of shoot.	93mouse	09/09/08 06:06 PM
Re: Place of shoot.	hoppdoc	09/09/08 08:19 PM
Re: Place of shoot.	Mike_Bailey	09/09/08 09:15 PM
Re: Place of shoot.	Ripp	09/09/08 09:57 PM
Re: Place of shoot.	9.3x57	09/09/08 10:43 PM
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Re: Place of shoot.	93mouse	09/09/08 11:43 PM
Re: Place of shoot.	Paul	07/09/08 08:58 AM
Re: Place of shoot.	Ripp	07/09/08 11:18 AM
Re: Place of shoot.	ovny	07/09/08 02:33 AM
Re: Place of shoot.	hoppdoc	06/09/08 08:33 PM
Re: Place of shoot.	larcher	02/09/08 04:59 AM
Re: Place of shoot.	ovny	02/09/08 05:50 AM
Re: Place of shoot.	Paul	02/09/08 05:09 PM
Re: Place of shoot.	larcher	02/09/08 07:16 PM
Re: Place of shoot.	Paul	02/09/08 07:48 PM
Re: Place of shoot.	larcher	02/09/08 11:04 PM
Re: Place of shoot.	ovny	03/09/08 02:15 PM
Re: Place of shoot.	93mouse	03/09/08 09:45 PM
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Re: Place of shoot.	NitroX	04/09/08 03:48 PM
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Re: Place of shoot.	larcher	05/09/08 12:55 AM
Re: Place of shoot.	93mouse	05/09/08 04:33 PM
Re: Place of shoot.	ovny	06/09/08 02:40 AM
Re: Place of shoot.	ovny	05/09/08 02:42 AM
Re: Place of shoot.	Paul	05/09/08 02:21 PM
Re: Place of shoot.	93mouse	05/09/08 04:45 PM
Re: Buff head-shot placement	hoppdoc	05/09/08 08:48 PM
Re: Place of shoot.	NitroX	05/09/08 07:40 PM
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Re: Place of shoot.	Paul	04/09/08 07:45 PM
Re: Place of shoot.	Paul	03/09/08 02:04 PM
Re: Place of shoot.	ovny	30/08/08 01:29 AM

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