Guys a bit of a run down on the hunt.
I hunted with Aaron Corbett from Australian Outback Safari's, and spent two weeks with Aaron at his camp in Arnhem Land.
The Gibbs accounted for 5 buffalo, including a 100 plus incher that Aaron shot.
The buff I got was spotted from about 400 yds, Aaron checked him out through his binoculars, and said he was the perfect bull for me, a large bodied old bull, as I was not interested in a large set of horns, but wanted a solid animal he was perfect, but very exposed in open country, so Aaron, Mary (Aarons partner) and I proceeded to stalk up to as close as I could get to the old boy, I led the way with Aaron behind and off to my left. He noticed us when we were about 150 yds from him, as he was walking away from us and then turned around, looking at us head on. There was a tree about 2 ft in diameter, 60 yds from the bull, so I walked in line with the tree to hide as much as I could, I got to the tree and his chest was obscured behind another tree about the same size as I was hiding behind, and couldn't get a shot at his chest as he was still head on to me, so Aaron moved into his view, and the bull moved away from the tree to see what was going on, and he presented to me a far from perfect shot head on at 60 yds, no rest just my tree to steady the 505 against in between my thumb and tree. I must admit I was nervous about stuffing up the shot, as I had previously hit a big bull in the same spot head on, the previous year at 30 yds with a 500 nitro express, and he ran off before I dropped him running with a shoulder shot, but the Gibbs being unknown to me, had my heart pumping. I let drive and even through the substantial recoil, I could see I had hit him where I had aimed, in the middle of his chest, he hunched up, and slowly took a few paces, then he turned, and I then had a perfect side on shot presented to me at about 70 yds, as he just stood there on very unsteady feet, allowing me to put one in his neck, which absolutely flattened the old boy, and he went down for good. Aaron said that he has never seen a rifle hit buff as hard as the 505 Gibbs, as the first shot didn't drop him, but really rattled him, and in my limited buff hunting experience would have to agree with him. I was using CZ 550 Safari Classic, with 130 grn's of AR 2213 SC and 600 grn Woodleigh Protective Point Soft Points, the scope is a Leupold VX-3i 1.5-5x20. Cheers Baz.
