Todays Buffalo “Call the Shot” Typical Zimbabwe Shot Presentation

[Altitude sickness]

This seems to be the typical shot given in Zimbabwe. I took this screen shot from a video posted on a .450 used on a charging buffalo.


Tell me shoot or don’t shoot.

Which dot

What rifle, caliber and bullet. Scope, red dot or irons

This young man made a killing shot on this bull standing as shown.

 

[Wishfulthinker580]

This seems to be the typical shot given in Zimbabwe. I took this screen shot from a video posted on a .450 used on a charging buffalo.


Tell me shoot or don’t shoot.

Which dot

What rifle, caliber and bullet. Scope, red dot or irons

This young man made a killing shot on this bull standing as shown. View attachment 620729

Red looks like it’s on the shoulder (my vote). Blue looks too high (maybe close to the neck(?) but I can’t tell for sure. Yellow looks like high lungs(?).

Scoped with something you shoot well. I bet that looked a lot better through a scope.

IMO

 

[sureshot375]

Hard to tell from the photo, but I think I’m going yellow and sending a second one right behind it. Open sights.

Red looks like it might be a little briskety to me.

 

[Ontario Hunter]

I'm not taking that shot.

 

[Flipper Dude]

Hell, I can’t even make out the buff. Maybe I should stick to ducks.

 

[Rafiki]

No shot, not worth he disaster shooting this situation may cause,

 

[meigsbucks]

Had a little trouble figuring out where the shoulder is. I’d hold off taking the shot.

 

[Gemsbok45]

If you’re shooting a scoped rifle the sight picture is a lot crisper. I would shoot that bull!

 

[grand veneur]

I would also look at the situation through my scope and then decide.

 

[Green Chile]

Can't see clear enough with irons. This is a good example of why you can take more buff and better ones with optics than with irons. I see these shot presentations a LOT and would need to look through the scope while the PH was looking with binos. I would be on the sticks but can't tell if I would take the shot or not from this photo. Most buff do not stand in the open and look at you from close by. Last 2 seasons, I have had this type of presentation at least a dozen times...I took 3 bulls, all with optics and some presentations I would not shoot even with optics. I have also not wounded anything in my approach. Shooting = dead buff. This happens a lot with PG also...it's just a common situation. It's also a good case to make for going a little bigger than minimum calibers on buff. I recommend something like 416. 375 feels a little puny on my DG hunts...I've made it work but it feels light and I usually go with 416 and 400 grain bullets. They exit almost every angle.

 

[Uncontrolled_round_feed]

 

[skydiver386]

This is one where it's very difficult to place the anatomy of the animal from a still picture. Looking at it it in the bush with your own eyes you can see movement, and get an outline of the animal.

That being said, I think Wishfulthinker580 has it right.

Red looks like it’s on the shoulder (my vote). Blue looks too high (maybe close to the neck(?) but I can’t tell for sure. Yellow looks like high lungs(?).

Scoped with something you shoot well. I bet that looked a lot better through a scope.

IMO

 

[spike.t]

I would say the photo gives no comparison to what you would be seeing if actually standing there.....

 

[BryceM]

Back part of red, and shoot.

As far as deflection of bullets is concerned, the location of the brush matters. If it's right in front of the barrel, a 5 degree deflection will be many feet (and possible tumbling) at the target. If the brush is right in front of the animal, a 5 degree deflection won't move the POI even an inch. The distance travelled isn't even enough to allow the bullet to yaw or tumble much.

 

[grand veneur]

I would say the photo gives no comparison to what you would be seeing if actually standing there.....

That's right, but such pictures still show situations when hunting buffalo that don't occur so rarely. All of these photos can be educational, especially for hunters who have shot few buffaloes or none yet.

 

[Pondoro]

That picture is a very good example why I chose to scope my .470 double...with good results I might add..

 

[Altitude sickness]

Here is the video I took the still above from. It’s easier to see the bull in the video. Iron sites

 

[Altitude sickness]

This young man makes a one shot kill with iron sites.

I think you would have a pissed off PH if a 46” bull was at 20 yards this long, broadside and you can’t make the shot.

There are several large holes in the brush to shoot through.

Something to consider for your rifle set up. Scope or no scope. Irons give you less opportunities

 

[grand veneur]

Very good shot !

I don't know if I would have shot, but it seems to me that it was very close to the buffalo so that one could dare to shoot like that.

 

[skydiver386]

Here is the video I took the still above from. It’s easier to see the bull in the video. Iron sites

Fantastic video. As Paul Harvey was famous for saying "Now you know the rest of the story".