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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: TURKEYFOOTGIRL on September 23, 2022, 10:38:02 PM
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Recently I got back from a amazing trip to Australia with a couple other tradgangers. PDK and Jerry Russell. Both are amazing hunters with a wealth of knowledge and great to share a camp with. The hunting was awesome but the weather was very hot. There were several times I felt hotter than I ever have in my life. Hiking in 100 degrees under that sun was intense. We saw lots of aboriginal paintings and seen things maybe no white man has seen. Each day we would take the Land Rover to a river or water source and still hunt. Actually the guide would move very fast and keep his eyes peeled. Wind was always the most important thing to the guides.
As for my own experience I will lay out my two scenarios on buff. This is by no means to contrast PDKs experiences. Shooting 2 buffalo makes me a expert in absolutely nothing. I had a 65 at 26 centaur longbow I was using. I was super confident in my shooting and my heavier setups were not any faster than my Centaur. Near the end of day one the guide spotted my bull feeding in a relatively open woods. Using a slight bend in terrain and the wind and shadows I slowly worked to 17 yards of the feeding bull. Being the first day I was calm and felt little pressure. I waited until I thought I had a perfect broadside shot. I drew back and sent a arrow into the crease half way up. My arrow went in dead center in a rib and poked a hole out the far side, I believe between two ribs. The bull ran out to
about 35 yards and looked back to see what happened. I shot again and drilled him in virtually the same spot on the opposite side. This arrow went in half way or so. The bull ran 50 yards and fell twice. He stood back up and 30 minutes later I slipped up behind him and shot him 3 more times. All steep quartering, the first two were bad and the bull didn’t move. The last buried in 20 plus inches and took the bull out. Amazingly the first two crisscrossed the liver and didn’t get lung. The guide said the bull was 20 plus years old.
Three days later I shot a cow. This one was 15 yards. Quartering slightly and uphill. My first arrow hit low and back and exited center of crease on opposite side. It went clean through and landed in the palmettos. I quickly took a 2nd shot and hit in the upper leg with zero effect. She ran and so did I. Again she stopped at about 35 yards and I let fly with a Centaur big game head. It hit her 8 inches in front of the hind quarter on a steep angle and buried half way through the fletching. As there were a bunch of other buff contently feeding we came back in the morning and found her dead close by. Under 50 yards from last sight.
Way too much typing so I will just add a bunch of pics. Hope you enjoy!
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Additionally my arrows were from 980 to 1080 grains. My bull was shot first arrow with a 150 grain iron will buff head, 2nd shot 190 mesthead. Last shot 225 tuffhead. Cow was first shot meathead and 3rd shot centaur biggame head cut down to 1 1/4 inch. All my arrows were Easton axis 400s. With 200 grain adapter, 200 grain chunk of nail behind that and paracord the rest of the way. The outside had 6 inches of 2020 footing and half inch of 2216 over that. Trying to make them bombproof.
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Congratulations!
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More art
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Our accommodations
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Good stuff. Congrats. Sounds like an interesting arrow setup you got there.
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Good reading! Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed it very much.
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Very cool!!!!
Congrats on your buffs!!!
Bisch
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Congratulations!
The cave art is very cool!
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Awesome story’s and pics. What an adventure- thanks for sharing
Tim B
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Well done all the way around :clapper:
Thanks for sharing your incredible adventure :campfire:
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Turkeyfoot - great report - good job
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These are the front ends of my two favorite buff setups. Both had 200 grain stainless adapters one a screw on one glue on. If I had my way I would get a one piece 400 grain adapter. I would also f we eliminate the 2216 short footing to make a even smoother drop down or transition to the arrow.
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And credit for that arrow configuration goes to ozyclint. He sent me down that path from his own trials.
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Thanks for the description and pics. Don't know how else one would do it to get the strength one needs in the shaft behind the head, but it seems the double footing would be an impediment to penetration on bone/rib hits.
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:clapper: :clapper: :clapper: :bigsmyl:
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Congratulations for your success and thanks for sharing your experience and your set up.
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The rock art reminded me of some of the places I have been. Very special place up there. Where you in Arnhemland?
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Dream hunt! Thanks for sharing. Love the big critters. Well done!
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I don’t believe it was arnemland. We were near the town of Beswick.
As long as everything tapers down from the broadhead and get smaller all is good for penetration
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Thanks for taking us along!!!
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I've been through Beswick. I lived in Nhulunbuy for a while many moons ago.
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Wow ! Great hunt ! Congratulations
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1st, thanks for sharing and CONGRATS!!!
2nd, nice to put a face with the name.
3rd, LOVE the tailgate pic!!! Priceless bowhunter pic for sure.
4th, also LOVE Jerry's shirt!!!
5th, I'm so glad Patrick is still as tall as the last time I saw him. :goldtooth:
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All around AWESOME !! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Thanks for sharing! Awesome pics and animals. Sounds like it was an incredible adventure!
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Great job Chris! Between this hunt, your elk and goat hunt, you have had an amazing year. It was a privilege to share camp with both you and Jerry. I am pretty sure if I am ever fortunate enough to go on another Buffalo hunt I will be modifying my arrow set up to be more similar to yours.