ZIMBABWE: 10 Day Non-Trophy Buffalo Hunt

[thi9elsp]

Great bulls. Congrats

 

[TOBY458]

We drove through the BVC on our way back to Bulawayo this past Thursday. Beautiful place and saw plenty of game, including a bunch of buffalo! If I ever return to Zim to hunt, it will be the BVC.

 

[Frederik]

Congrats and thanks for sharing the 3rd bull you took is my favorite of the 3.

 

[OneGearhead]

What a hunt! Beautiful bulls, @Aussie_Hunter ! Very nice rifle you have there as well. By the pictures of those bullets, they definitely did their job correctly! Have you ever weighed them for a retention percentage? guessing 85%+ at least. Thanks for sharing.

 

[gearguywb]

Fantastic! As others have said, the number of inches does not make the hunt better (IMHO). It's about effort, the group you are with, the scenery, etc.

A hunt like this would be very high up on my list for '26

 

[Aussie_Hunter]

What a hunt! Beautiful bulls, @Aussie_Hunter ! Very nice rifle you have there as well. By the pictures of those bullets, they definitely did their job correctly! Have you ever weighed them for a retention percentage? guessing 85%+ at least. Thanks for sharing.

I didn't get to weigh the recovered 500 Jeffery projectiles I left them with the PH and apprentice to add to their collections, but I have weighed recovered Woodleigh projectiles from many other calibres and they are always around 85-95%

 

[Johnny_2_Knives]

A good hunt mate, sent you a message...

 

[Garciamarquez1918]

What was ~ cost of this hunt?

 

[Sika98k]

That's great, since I don't measure any animals I take. I judge the trophy by the adventure behind it. I may reach out to you one of these days and ask you some questions. Thank you for your reply.

This is the proper way to assess a trophy. Inches don’t matter.

 

[TOBY458]

@Aussie_Hunter , does your R8 have a steel frame? Looks like that 500 really hammers the buffalo!

 

[Aussie_Hunter]

@Aussie_Hunter , does your R8 have a steel frame? Looks like that 500 really hammers the buffalo!

Yeah mate steel frame and kickstop installed

 

[Doubleplay]

As someone who hunted BVC for buff I can relate to your report.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[Garciamarquez1918]

@Aussie_Hunter can you give me a ball park cost of this hunt? Thanks!

 

[Slickshooter]

Awesome bulls! Congrats man