257 Weatherby on cape buffalo?

[Doug Hamilton]

I once knew a gunsmith that told.me his father killed an elk every year with a .22 Hornet. He sat in a blind at a water hole, waited for the elk and placed the bullet into the eye of the elk. I guess that would work, but does anyone think a .22 Hornet makes a good elk rifle? I don't. You could probably kill a buffalo with any cartridge with the exact bullet placement, but that doesn't mean it isn't a piss poor idea.

 

[John Wasmuth]

^ which is why in this day and age it’s not happening…….

 

[CoElkHunter]

Weatherby rifles were also the first rifles offered by some banks as a return of your deposit. If I remember right you got your rifle, scope, and soft case upon deposit of $XXXXX amount of dollars and needed to leave it there for 5 or so years.

Strange as it may seem it was the Bank of Boulder Colorado that did this in the peoples republic of Boulder, my how times have changed.

I remember that offer in the ‘90s. I was tempted but didn’t partake.

 

[CoElkHunter]

If it’s legal I’m sure if you searched long enough you could find someone. I think the video of the buffalo with air gun/air gun dart proves that. I like how everyone is up in arms about the idea of 257 weatherby on a buffalo (which isn’t going to happen now anyway), but archery hunting buffalo is somehow much better.

Don’t forget the video of the knucklehead shown here hunting Cape Buffalo with a 10mm pistol? He was promoting a particular bullet he was using. Apparently he’s a well known African DG hunter. I’m sure somebody here could find that video?

 

[John Wasmuth]

This one?

 

[CoElkHunter]

This one?

YES! Thank you! You aspiring .257 Weatherby and Savage .250-3000 DG hunters out there, watch this video and take notes! LOL
Maybe this video will inspire "Buffalo Bob" @Bob Nelson 35Whelen to go after a scrub bull or banteng with his .25-06 or even more challenging, his .25-20? LOL

 

[Damonk1384]

What does “harvest” mean? Is that some kind of woke phrase?

This is about the 4th time I've heard or read the word "woke", which appears to be in a negative context. Please enlighten.

 

[Rubberhead]

Have you ever bow hunted?

No.

 

[JimP]

 

[Rubberhead]

It's not a youtube (that I could find) but the most recognizable bow hunter alive today, Tom Miranda, had to watch as a buffalo he paid for got shot by the PH that he was paying. It can happen with any gun/bow/blow dart/spear/frozen herring, but the probabilities vary. My only point was that as long as a hunter understands his probabilities and the costs then it shouldn't matter.

 

[gajie270]

We’ll come to think of it there is a video of Ron spomer talking about cartridges and apparently his wife killed an eland with a .243.The video

 

[IvW]

I will say one thing on killing a buff with a .25 caliber slug.

With my Weatherby Vanguard 25-06 at the typical ranges that a buff is shot at I can pick which fly you want me to hit while it is sitting on the buff. So it is indeed possible to hit one in the correct place to drop him right where he is standing.

Not a wise practice but entirely capable

Ever hunted ine?

 

[IvW]

I know nothing about being DG PH but I'd rather have a buffalo client shooting a 257 Weatherby Magnum than a bow. So, if a PH will take a bow hunter out for buffalo, why would he feel any less certain taking out a client carrying a .257 Weatherby?

The only true part is...."I know nothing about being.."

 

[375Fox]

The only true part is...."I know nothing about being.."

Funny coming from you

 

[JimP]

Ever hunted ine?

Nope.

 

[leslie hetrick]

a friend shot a female kudu with a .243, making a head shot at about 30 yards at a water hole. dead is dead, but i turned down a same type of shot at the same water hole.

 

[TNDave]

If and when I ever get to hunt Cape Buffalo it will be with 458 Lott which I got specifically for this hunt. I took a Mark V 257 weatherby last year specifically for long shots on springbuck, surely not DG.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

This one?

@John Wasmuth
What a stupid stunt.

 

[Paul G]

The world record Brown bear was shot with a .22, Karamojo bell shot a 1000+ elephants with .275 rigby. Of course that can kill a buffalo, Just imagine your survival odds increase with a larger caliber.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

YES! Thank you! You aspiring .257 Weatherby and Savage .250-3000 DG hunters out there, watch this video and take notes! LOL
Maybe this video will inspire "Buffalo Bob" @Bob Nelson 35Whelen to go after a scrub bull or banteng with his .25-06 or even more challenging, his .25-20? LOL

@CoElkHunter
I wonder if buffalo bore would do a hard cast for the 25-20.
If the 10mm pistol will do it pappys 73 Winchester 44-40 loaded with buffalo box hard cast should be just fine.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha
Bob