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These pics come from stills I took of the Video footage Mick got.
It was pretty intense ill tell you, but it was over pretty quickly, the Bull ran out another 200m and stopped again, then he walked in a shallow water hole where he died. It was the first arrow that killed him, the second as said above skidded off the ribs and had no effect other then to make him charge
In 6 years of Buffalo Safari's this is the First full on Charge we have had. I never hunt with back up for my own hunting because Im alone most of the time, so if you don't have a .416 ...make dam sure you have a tree ha ha
We had to go back to camp to get the Toyota Landcruiser and pull the bull out of the water.
And finally the bull that nearly got me. With my trusty Shrew Scout and VPA 325gr Single bevel
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Andy Ivy Posts: 4118 | From: African in Australia | Registered: Feb 2006
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That was not the only thing to fall to that set-up either.. I shot this big Barramundi from the waterfall up from camp one night, shot him in the head and pulled him out before the crocs got wind off it.
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Glassing one of the Big waterholes one early cold morning...yes it does get cold out here!
and these two pics are from the last night in this wild country, the last Bush fire sunset as the big plains cracked and burnt through the night.
and the second set of shoes retired for the season, while i sat back at the fire and think back at all the great adventures we had over the last 60 odd days..
And the great part is im coming back to the States at the end of the month to chase Elk and will be in Colorado until Christmas.. Looking forward to catching up with some old friends. And If anyone happens to be heading through Gunnison CO give me a shout!
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Andy, that is an awesome story! Man, that must have been pure adrenaline when the buff charged you. Glad you made it out unscathed. I guess you still had a little in the tank after that long season of stalking, lol. Great looking Barra, too!
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Wow Andy, that was really something. As usual I enjoyed your posts. I look forward to hearing more about the head on shots. Good luck elk hunting.
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quote:Originally posted by LITTLEBIGMAN: dude only you would hang a buff off the ground to do broad head field tests! Talk about the maximum effort to test out equipment!
Ha ha "If your gonna do something..do it properly!" (my dad's advise when I was a young kid)
Credit to Mick though it was his idea to suspend it. I do a LOT of testing so that the advice I give comes from lots of time in the field and real first hand observation, experience and testing. You just can't get the real thing done in your back yard.
Tracy.. the camera I use is a little point and shoot Canon S95 its compact and I can wear it on my belt, and the key is that I can take Images in RAW format. I use Lightroom for editing and storing my Images.
Snag...Yes that is one of the Advantages.
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