Had a really blessed day, today. Early into the morning's hike, Meg and I found a good, lone buffalo bull. I dropped my pack and binocular, removed my hat and boots and socks, and snuck over. The stalk went really well. But my shooting didn't. The distance was about twenty-five metres, and I knew I'd hit him behind his lungs. But it looked like a good (if there is such a thing) liver hit. There was a fair stream of liver blood within moments. He whirled and searched for me for a few seconds, then turned and ran away, splashing through a swamp. On the other side, he turned to look back. Then he chased the arrow around for awhile before slowly walking into the bush. We marked the shooting spot on the GPS and left him alone. Towards evening, we went back and searched for blood. Nothing. I wasn't surprised. The "stream" wasn't that great, and would've soon stopped and been caught by hair. We then slowly walked in the most likely direction, and had only gone eighty metres when I spotted him ahead. Stone-cold dead. A little willy-wagtail had taken ownership of the carcass. My bow was made in June this year. It is a take-down 66" Black Widow longbow, with zircote riser and tiger myrtle veneers. It has the Toby grip and is tillered for three-under. The arrow was a Grizzlystik Safari / STOS Original combination, for a total weight of 1015 grains (I've gone up in weight since my last win). I've had a great day! Thanks for reading, and good hunting to you all!
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I forgot to mention that he was 228 metres from where I shot him, according to the GPS. I estimate that he travelled about 300 metres in total.
"The Pilgrim" keeps working!
Its great to see you out there again buddy!! (That's Mate in "American") :biglaugh: Congratulations!!
:clapper: awesome! Thanks for sharing
Also forgot to say that the bow is 75# at 28".
Awesome Ben! Those Widow PL's are great bows congrats .
Well done!!
Congrats Ben,
Thanks for sharing with us
Nice Buffalo Brother Ben!!!
Pretty cool....... :thumbsup:
Way cool !! congrats on a great Buff, Ben
Congratulations on a fine trophy. Do those animals have good tasting meat?
Congratulations Ben, It's good to see you are doing well.
What part of the Buff did ya cut the first steak from..?
Ben, good for you buddy! That is one helluva buff taken with a fine bow by a good man. Congrats again.
Shick
Wow Ben. You've just been killing it!
Congrats Ben, way to go! :thumbsup:
Congrats Ben,it looks you are very active in your new place, I am glad you are enjoying it so much :thumbsup:
Congrats to you. Thanks for sharing. Sounds like a great day in the "outback". :thumbsup:
Congrats Ben!
An excellent accomplishment, congratulations!
Outstanding!
Nicely done! :clapper:
Congratulations Ben! You've sure gotten back into things with a vengeance!
:thumbsup:
Awesome! I would like to kill a water buff one of these days, but don't see it ever happening, as I just can't handle the draw weight required to do so.
Congrats on a great animal!
Bisch
Great !!
That's a dream for a lot of us
Thanks, lads. Mike, thanks again for the beaut armguard! We try to keep the freezer stocked with backstrap and rump. I haven't been making any steaks - buffalo is easy to ruin, especially the big boys - but I make excellent curries and Mexican-style beans-and-buffalo to have with potatoes, nachos or tortillas.
But, with this bloke, I took nothing. He'd been there, dead, for eight hours or so, in 37 degree Celsius heat. What do you reckon? Can any Texans or Southerners tell me if the meat would've been okay? I'm still learning.
Congrats ! Man that sounds like fun.
Don't want to eat spoiled meat...
One bout of food poisoning will convince anybody!
Good hunting, Ben.
congrats well done
Nice bull for sure...Congratulations Ben.
Very nice Ben it sure does look like you are doing well in the outback again.
Next time cut off those little horns and I will pay for shipping.
I will have my mates drooling on the story I come up with!! :biglaugh:
Nice buff, Ben. Great to see your posts again.
way to go ben. Living where you live you will soon become the tradgang water buff guru!
way to go ben. Living where you live you will soon become the tradgang water buff guru!
Congrats :thumbsup:
Nice one Ben. Liver shots take longer to put them down, but they do put 'em down.
Atta boy Benno Nitro !!
Hey Ben, great job on a beautiful buff'! It's good to hear that you are back into the swing of things hunting again with your new PL. Good to hear from you!
Well Done Ben!!!!!
Wow Ben! you Aussie guys sure know how to inspire us! Fantastic hunt
awesome, just awesome!!
Love reading your posts thank you for sharing!
great buff Ben!!!!
I have no desire to hunt buffalo or any other of Africa's Big 5. I have LOTS of desire to hunt a big Water Buffalo in Australia! Keep it coming Ben--great job!
congrats ben!!! good on ya, mate!!!