William W.
AH veteran
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- Jan 13, 2014
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- Tennessee, USA
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Shot a nice "small" bison with my 375 Holland & Holland magnum. Despite clipping the heart with my first lung shot, the animal took two more shots before deciding to pass. I used handloaded 300-grain Woodleigh soft point bullets over Norma case-filling 80-grains of Winchester 780 powder and a Federal Magnum Match primer which yield a muzzle velocity of 2,400 fps.
The bison was taken during our second trip to the Wilderness Hunting Lodge in Monterey TN. We were here 2-years ago and our elk and pig from that trip have been eaten; it is time to re-fill a freezer. The books say that they can be "phlegmatic" when hit - after my first shot, taken at 10-15 yards as the animal obligingly paused as it walked up to me, went through the huge animal, it just walked off casually. I thought that I missed, swiveled my rifle on my shooting sticks, and took the rear quartering shot aiming again at the heart area. It still kept walking, turned a bit, offered a better chest shot opportunity, and I took another shot which finally convinced the cow to lay down. After the guts were removed (they completely filled a medium trash can), it was found that I had indeed nicked the stomach area with the second shot. There was literally a bucket of blood in the chest area which looked like a bullet Grand Cenral Station. After hosing-off the front half (it had to be cut in two pieces for processing) hopefully the front section meat is OK. The bladder and intestinal area were intact.
The meat was final-cut and vacuum-packed. The guys said that the meat was just fine. We are supposed to be getting about 100-pounds of ground buffalo - including sausage, pot roasts and alleged steak - the latter may become pot roasts.
The bison was taken during our second trip to the Wilderness Hunting Lodge in Monterey TN. We were here 2-years ago and our elk and pig from that trip have been eaten; it is time to re-fill a freezer. The books say that they can be "phlegmatic" when hit - after my first shot, taken at 10-15 yards as the animal obligingly paused as it walked up to me, went through the huge animal, it just walked off casually. I thought that I missed, swiveled my rifle on my shooting sticks, and took the rear quartering shot aiming again at the heart area. It still kept walking, turned a bit, offered a better chest shot opportunity, and I took another shot which finally convinced the cow to lay down. After the guts were removed (they completely filled a medium trash can), it was found that I had indeed nicked the stomach area with the second shot. There was literally a bucket of blood in the chest area which looked like a bullet Grand Cenral Station. After hosing-off the front half (it had to be cut in two pieces for processing) hopefully the front section meat is OK. The bladder and intestinal area were intact.
The meat was final-cut and vacuum-packed. The guys said that the meat was just fine. We are supposed to be getting about 100-pounds of ground buffalo - including sausage, pot roasts and alleged steak - the latter may become pot roasts.
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