SOUTH AFRICA: First Buffalo

[pmangelos]

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

 

[franzfmdavis]

Awesome trophy! Congrats!!

 

[gearguywb]

Congratulations!

 

[BSO Dave]

Great Buffalo! Love the spread and big drops! Congrats!

 

[meigsbucks]

Welcome to AH and congratulations! Heck of a buff.

 

[Ontario Hunter]

Nice one, Paul. However, not a perfect hunt, obviously. No Rolex watch. Tsk, tsk. Guess you'll just have to do it again. Follow the script this time!

 

[cmk]

Nice old bull - congrats!

 

[MontanaPat]

Really a good looking bull, congratulations

 

[cls]

Well done. Congratulations

 

[Rem280]

Congrats with the old school rifle!!!!

 

[NIGHTHAWK]

Good one. Nice Job

 

[CZDiesel]

Congrats! How did that 405 and the CEB bullet do?

 

[HuronHunter375]

Great to see a 405 used on big game!

 

[BRICKBURN]

Congratulations on your successful Buffalo hunt.

 

[Mekaniks]

Now thats a pretty cool first post!

Thanks for sharing and welcome to AH

 

[Green Chile]

Great buff and with TR's big stick....classy. I've always liked the 1895 in .405.

 

[AZDAVE]

Nice buffalo. Glad you had the hunt you wanted and Charl is a true gentleman and a good PH.

Congratz

 

[cpr0312]

Congrats and thanks for sharing!

 

[pmangelos]

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.

 

[Sjakon]

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