I found this picture online and I would be very interested in your opinion regarding the best shot placement.
So which spot would you choose?
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I will assume that he is 30-40 yds. away and I have a big bore, .416 or bigger, loaded with a CEB #13 solid so that when I break bone the bullet will probably keep penetrating straight. I am assuming that that I can see the lumps and hollows in the skin to pin point the shoulder bones.
These are very specific shots for which you will need to know the buffalo's anatomy from the outside.
1. Two inches down from the blue dot, the short bone connecting the top of leg with the bottom of the shoulder bone up perfectly lined up with the heart. You will get both lungs, the heart and the femur bone. I have done it twice.
2. From the red dot straight up to 3 inches below the ear you will brake the some of the main shoulder bones. I have done it once. Two inches below the ear, straight up from the red dot you will get the spine and some of the shoulder bones. Both shots done right will drop him on the spot.
3. Straight up from the left side of the blue dot and horizontal from the bottom of the ear, they call it the " the top of the ice cream cone". ( You will be shooting through the top of the big shoulder muscle that is above the leg) You will get the scapula- spine shot. I have never had the nerve to try this shot but I know, from men who have done it countless times, that it works. Look at "The Perfect Shot" pictures, and you will see what I mean.
4. Perfect brain shot, 1 inch above the eye line.
I thank "The Perfect Shot" book, lots of time in the skinning shed and 12 buffalo for my basic 101 knowledge of where to shoot a cape buffalo.
I also have one more buffalo to thank for my knowledge of where not to shoot a buffalo.
Brian
