ZIMBABWE: One Of The Greatest Buffalo Hunts: Video Report Of My Hunt In The Omay With Johnny Russell Of Dalton & York Safaris

Great hunt and video. That shot on. The hippo couldn’t have been better and what a buffalo. Huge rounded boss and worn broken horns. Damn, that’s a bull!
It was interesting to see the fervency with which the villagers chopped up the hippo.
They said to my PH before the hunt, "Please come here and shoot a hippo, Mr. Johnny, we would like to remember the taste of meat."

Yes sir, there was a lot of fervency over that meat. A 4-ton carcass, and after about 75 minutes nothing left but a blood smear on the grass......
 
Thank you!

I was shooting North Fork bullets in 375 H&H.

I used the 350gr SS bullet for the first shot on the buffalo, and the 350gr CPS for the backing shots on the buffalo and for the hippo shot.

MV was about 2260fps for both.
First of all congratulations on such an amazing hunt and out come. Really interested in your bullet choice as this is what I have chosen for when I get there. Question: did you get any pass through with the CPU’s? Cheers!

ps love the touch of getting the kids to sign your journal very classy touch. Man those kids eh have not a bean but smiles for a change in pace on a life of very hard graft.
 
First of all congratulations on such an amazing hunt and out come. Really interested in your bullet choice as this is what I have chosen for when I get there. Question: did you get any pass through with the CPU’s? Cheers!

ps love the touch of getting the kids to sign your journal very classy touch. Man those kids eh have not a bean but smiles for a change in pace on a life of very hard graft.
Thank you! I appreciate the kind comments.

The North Fork CPS gave a pass-through on everything except the hippo skull.....
 
Thank you! I appreciate the kind comments.

The North Fork CPS gave a pass-through on everything except the hippo skull.....
Brilliant thank you for the reply. I’m guessing these are roll your owns ie hole loads. Very impressive on the hippo. Nice to see that your PH still gets tte adrenaline up on a shoot!
 
Great story, great video, great results!
I really enjoy those Untamed Knife Company videos, and yours is one of the best. Thanks for posting.
Also, thanks for the intel on the North Forks too.
 
I am glad to hear you had a great hunt with Johnny. Vaughan does a great job with these videos. Yall subscribe to Untamed on YouTube.
 

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Not sure your price range. Have a 375 H&H with a muzzle brake. Nice rifle only fired a few times. Also a Mossberg 375 Ruger its been used and shows a few hunts on it.
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