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!

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")     Congratulations!!

 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.......  

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.
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Wow Ben. You've just been killing it!

Congrats Ben, way to go!  

Congrats Ben,it looks you are very active in your new place, I am glad you are enjoying it so much  

Congrats to you. Thanks for sharing. Sounds like a great day in the "outback".  

Congrats Ben!