Name Bryce Cook
Present Safari Makuti & Kwekwe - buffalo plainsgame hunt
PH

Alan Shearing

Rifle 1
Ammo

CZ 458 Win Mag
Handloaded 500g Swift A-Frame Bullets

Rifle 2
Ammo

Winchester Model 70 .375 H&H Mag
Handloaded 250g Swift A-Frame Bullets

   
Buffalo Bull & Buffalo Cow

Both shot and no bullets recovered as the trophies had to be carried out andthere was no time to look for the bullets.

 

 

Sable

Shot at about 70 yards broadside with the .375 H&H. The bullet hit the spine, completely severed and shattered it. The bullet did not exit and was not found.

 

 

 

Reedbuck

Shot at 200 yards broadside - bullet broke spine and exited.

 

 

Eland

1st shot was broadside at 200 yards with the .375. It was far forward on the shoulder, bullet found on opposite side under the skin. Well mushroomed, good weight retention.

2nd shot going away at 100 yards, entered right rump and went into main stomach, bullet not recovered.

3rd shot coupe de grase behind the shoulder.

 

 

Warthog

Shot at 120 yards behind the shoulder - bullet exited.

 

 

Impala

Shot quartering on at 200 yards, impact on point of shoulder, bullet exited behind shoulder on opposite side.

 

 

Waterbuck

Shot quartering on at 60 yards, bullet went through branch 2 inches thick entered neck and stopped under skin of shoulder on opposite side. Good mushroom and weight retention.

 

 

Client Comments

to come

- Bryce Cook, August 2007


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