Greetings Nutterman,
Khomas Highland Hunting Safaris of Namibia, welcomes you to the greatest forum on earth.
Under normal circumstances, we would offer buffalo hunting up in the Caprivi Strip, Okavango River vicinity, wide open geography, no game fence and soforth.
However, with the recent purchase of our additional land plus, the renovation of and adding onto existing structures there, we are not doing hunts for any of the dangerous 7 at the moment.
Our new lodge (name of “Aub”), is near completion now and eventually we will get back to the Caprivi hunts for all of the dangerous 7, especially Buffalo.
In the meantime, we recommend our friends at Ndumo Hunting Safaris (also a fellow Sponsor of AH).
There are others of excellent reputation we could recommend as well however, they do not advertise in this forum and I do not wish to violate the rules here.
Likewise, several other members have already recommended their favorite Safari companies to you.
I expect that any of those mentioned and any of the ones who advertise here and / or have reached out to you will be great outfits to hunt with.
Just make sure to thoroughly research any Safari Company that you are seriously considering sending your hard earned deposit to.
It’d be a shame to pay for what you thought would be hunting a large part of untamed Africa, only to discover that you’re stuck on a tiny plot with ear tagged animals trotting toward the truck (accustomed to being hand fed), all contained within a 10’ electric fence, that you can see, almost everywhere you look.
Your plan to bring a .375 H&H for all species, is an excellent one, with well over 100 years proven track record on; “everything from elephant to dik dik” as the saying goes.
It is my favorite hunting cartridge.
I have hunted with it many many times here in Alaska (where I live full time) and in Africa multiple times as well.
I’ve shot quite a few Sitka black tail deer and caribou with it, as well as duiker, steinboks, Klipspringer, springboks warthogs and many others up to and including 3 bull eland so far.
It is generally a lot less destructive on edible meat than high velocity cartridges are (the 7mm magnum and the various .300 magnums come to mind).
And yet, with a solid bullet, it will pass through a huge elephant skull and brain.
Likewise, it has the same trajectory as a .30-06 does.
.375 H&H. .30-06
235 grain = 150 gr
270 grain = 180 gr
300 grain = 220 gr
Perhaps the 300 gr .375 has a slight trajectory advantage (perhaps), as it leaves the muzzle around 2550 fps, compared to the 220 gr .30-06 @ 2400 fps.
I do not claim to be a long range rifle competitor.
But, I can hit a paint bucket at 300 meters / yards with my .375 every time, while standing and resting my rifle on tall shooting sticks, firing a .300 grain bullet.
And my rifle has nothing fancy for primary sighting, only a simple old vintage 4x Zeiss scope.
Having said all of that, it is somewhat unusual to shoot animals beyond about 200 paces in Africa.
It does happen but if your PH and yourself are any good at stalking, extra long shots don’t happen much in most of huntable Africa.
And for Buffalo, I am confident that your PH whomever they turn out to be, will not set the sticks for your shot until you have closed with the animal to something under 100 yards.
Admittedly, I’ve not shot a buffalo with this caliber.
However by reputation, with today’s extra tough bullets, it is a good one for them.
My favorite of the premium expanding bullets today remains without question, the Swift A-Frame.
You are going to do a double back flip when you see Africa for the first time.
Best Regards,
Velo Dog.
