First Buff

[Cory Mattson]

Outstanding Congratulations!!!!
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[Steve Jr]

Very cool story, congratulations on a great hunt and animal      

Steve Jr

[Benny Nganabbarru]

Nicely played! What a rush, hey!

[ozy clint]

most excellent!!    

your words conjured up memories of long ago hunts....

congrats on a fantastic experience. a true trophy for the trad bowhunter.

[Sockrsblur]

Congratulations! That is an amazing animal, great job with your hunt. Its really interesting to see and hear of hunting animals that I have never seen in the wild. Thank for sharing. would love to see any other photos you have. It is just such a different place than I hunt.

[tracker12]

Now that is a cool trophy there.  Congrats.

[wooddamon1]

   

[kennym]

AWESOME!!

[memo]

Thanks fellas,
My arrows are Goldtip Traditional in the old 75/95 cut to 31 inches. I wanted to go heaviest % FoC so went with a 100gn insert and started with a 300gn head for the bareshaft tune and it flew straight. I also confirmed it with paper tuning.
This gave me a 770gn arrow at just under 25% FoC. I also run 4x4 inch feathers on my arrows.
As for the broadheads, I ordered some VPA's and 200gn Grizzly with 100gn inserts and was waiting on these to arrive when I went hunting. The original plan for this trip was to hunt pigs, so I borrowed some Aussie made Kayuga broadheads (130gn) from my mate and thought the arrows will be a bit stiff but at 600gn, they would handle pigs at close range easy enough.
As it turned out, they did the job on buffalo just fine. The first arrow managed to reach both lungs, as we came across the bulls bloodtrail on the way out and it was a constant stream the whole way. I never got to confirm penetration depth as he rolled onto that arrow when he died.
The second arrow went through a rib, and I guess got around half penetration. The final arrow slipped in between ribs and only had the nock showing.
I draw around 29 inches, so I'm guessing it's about #68 at my draw length.
Cheers,
Memo.

[twitchstick]

Well Done

[Roadkill]

Way to go

[DesertDude]

That's what I'm talkin about!!   Congrats

[Sam McMichael]

Good story. Congratulations!

[doubleo]

Wow! That's an exciting hunt! Congrats on a great animal!  

[A Lex]

Top stuff,
A great moment for sure, and well told too.
Certainly an experience to remember.
Best
Lex

[Caughtandhobble]

Congratulations on a fine hunt my friend. Thank you for taking us along thru your very well told hunting story.

I know how you can get caught up in the hunt, at any point did you stop and think about how truly dangerous this could be? I have to guess the answer would be yes, since you had the foresight to lay flat after the shot. Then the cows came towards you, wow I know that had to be a rush that most hunters will never truly know.

Wow, just wow, thanks again for sharing!!!


 

[DWT]

Nice, id love to visit there someday.

[memo]

Cheers guys,
Caughtandhobble - I don't think I gave it too much thought, it all happened so quickly. From first sighting the Buffalo to him being down was less than 5 minutes.
The body language of the bull was never threatening, just curious. I suppose I know know the meaning of the saying "too close for comfort" as there was definitely a point where I wasn't comfortable. In hindsight there was definitely the possibility of it going bad, but I suppose I just handled it as it unfolded and got away with it unscathed.
Definitely won't be pulling the same stunt with a Scrub Bull though.

[Greg Szalewski]

Congrats on a gutsy stalk. Way cool. You have some pretty fine memories there.

[23feetupandhappy]

Man oh man what an adventure