SOUTH AFRICA: First Buffalo

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I am a bit of a lurker on these boards, I've been reading a lot but not posting, so I figured I better get my act together and join in. My father and I just returned from a buffalo hunt in South Africa (Limpopo Area near Groblersdal) hunting with Charl van Rooyen and Infinito Safari. We had a successful hunt and most importantly a great time. This is my second time hunting in Africa, I did a plains game hunt many years ago but I've always wanted to go after a buffalo, and this year was my chance. I used my Winchester 1895 in .405 with CEB .350gr bullets at 2150fps. The hunt went exactly as hoped and I got a good old bull as I wanted.

Cheers,
Paul



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Congratulations!
 
Great Buffalo! Love the spread and big drops! Congrats!
 
Really a good looking bull, congratulations
 
Well done. Congratulations
 
Congratulations on your successful Buffalo hunt.
 
Now thats a pretty cool first post!

Thanks for sharing and welcome to AH :S Welcome:
 
Great buff and with TR's big stick....classy. I've always liked the 1895 in .405.
 
Nice buffalo. Glad you had the hunt you wanted and Charl is a true gentleman and a good PH.

Congratz
 
Congrats and thanks for sharing!
 
Thank you all for the kind comments, I’m truly happy with how everything went. Here’s a photo of my bull that my wife took right before I shot, she was in the truck shooting with a long lens. The gun and bullets performed well, I hit him three times in the shoulder/heart lungs area and my dad added a .375 for good measure. He dropped about 25 yards from where he was first shot . I’ve got a video of the whole event but I’m unsure on how to share it.

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I am a bit of a lurker on these boards, I've been reading a lot but not posting, so I figured I better get my act together and join in. My father and I just returned from a buffalo hunt in South Africa (Limpopo Area near Groblersdal) hunting with Charl van Rooyen and Infinito Safari. We had a successful hunt and most importantly a great time. This is my second time hunting in Africa, I did a plains game hunt many years ago but I've always wanted to go after a buffalo, and this year was my chance. I used my Winchester 1895 in .405 with CEB .350gr bullets at 2150fps. The hunt went exactly as hoped and I got a good old bull as I wanted.

Cheers,
Paul



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Congratulations on a great trophy
 

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Here's the target for the NorthForks - 25yds off a bag, iron sights. Hunting leopards over dogs the range won't be more than that.

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