Another Buffalo Shot Angle

[Ontario Hunter]

Green. Absolutely.

Actually, green might be a bit low. I put the second shot into my bull standing almost straight on at that level. The bullet missed his heart and exited at back end of rib cage smashing his left knee. Possibly deflected when it hit him but no significant bone structure in his chest. He spun around in place about three times, sat on his butt, tipped over, and it was all over. First shot broadside did the mortal damage. Blew up both lungs and major blood vessel(s) above the heart.

 

[Altitude sickness]

dneaster3 Here is the book

 

[Hunter-Habib]

Green for initial shot

Blue during a charge and only when the Cape buffalo is under seven yards away and has lowered it’s horns for impaling you

 

[SStomcat]

EDIT - Just saw the purple in post #6...

That would be a neutering shot

 

[Beck]

If you are like Mark Sullivan, you walk straight up to him and when you are 10 feet away shoot him in the purple and then let him “decide how he wants to die”.View attachment 619387

lol

 

[Bandera]

Well having no field experience with hunting buffalo, which will be fixed next June, I would shoot where my PH tells me to shoot.
My initial thought was a shot into the green.

 

[SStomcat]

At close range blue

 

[Surgeon1]

Green and second quick shot from the double chest or any heavy bone!

 

[Ontario Hunter]

Easy. Green because the bull is quartering towards shooter from left (shooter's left). Yellow would hit too far back at that angle. Best that could be achieved would be taking out one lung. One lung is not enough. Blue would glance off the skull with nose up in the air. Red would probably not break its neck at that angle or cut a jugular. Even cutting one jugular would not kill him fast enough. Green should take out his heart.

Edit: An old thread that I answered already. My mistake. Old timers' disease strikes again.

 

[casey]

I'd go green and if that turns him at all, pound that yellow dot from the side.

 

[wolfhunter]

I have been thinking about this a long time and hope to do a brain shot if it works out my 416 is very accurate.

 

[ftrovato]

Green Green & more Green! Then follow up where ever possible based on how he reacts.

 

[JG26Irish_2]

I like Green for a 1st shot unless the bull has already charged. In event of a charge, I like the white spot better than the blue with the head up like in the photo. Better to hit the bottom of the brain or even the brainstem instead of the thick bone cap above the brain. If I had a double rifle, like Mark S. we might go for the scrotum shot 1st just to piss off the bull and trigger a charge. But, I am not as ballzy as Herr Sullivan, lol. My 2 cents.

 

[DLSJR]

Just on left edge of green, about 10:00 would be perfect.

 

[Beck]

Yellow is definitely not the correct shot, and I see people take that shot all the time on TV.

 

[Berettaco]

First shot green, then if he runs - purple to turn him back, then white for the third

 

[Rare Breed]

Right between green and yellow, maybe a little closer to yellow than green. Yellow would probably break one shoulder (good) but hit only one lung (bad). If you miss a bit to the left you're in trouble. Green is a bit too inside. Blue will work if you can pull it off, but an inch lower would be better. Red isn't going to hit anything immediately important, maybe an artery if you're lucky.

Agree between green and yellow.

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I would shoot right at his nose if it was me right between his nostrils

 

[bimbo]

Between green and yellow for a killing shot...
Red for a charging shot