wesheltonj
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Seven animals, all but two were one shot.
Had to look up the facts, and it turns out I was sligthly wrong. Here is a quote of the passage:Poor Ellie probably died of lead poisoning!!! 56 shots??? Seems ludicrous, but we weren't there to see why...we can only ponder!!!
Bruceto be fair, let's say you have just sighted in your rifle(s) and the safari is about to begin.
from this point, until you leave for home, how many shots per animal do you fire?
shots fired divided by no of animals.
don't tell me one, because i will not believe it.
not saying it can't be done, but it would be rare indeed.
i think 2 would be excellent and 3 not too bad.
bruce.
TTundraMy last trip, 6 animals with 8 shots. 5 were 1 shot, and a black wildebeest due to my error in judging wind lead me to have to put one more in it on the run and then one more to make sure his suffering was over.
Agree with @Hogpatrol , if you average 2 or 3 shots per PG, more senario range time is needed
Bruceso the whelen is a better cartridge than the 308 for that job?
bruce.