The first Buffalo of the 2006 season (July) -
Kent's a bit over 40" Bull -

The first shot was on the Bulls left side with a 458 Win. Mag, a good shoulder shot. As the Buff ran, Kent pumped in 3 solids in about 15 to 20 seconds. Shouted, "I'm empty, reloading ! ".
Well, the Bull was headed towards the thick stuff, so I gave him some extra baggage to haul, but it just slowed him down enough to where he stopped and laid down.
The one at the base of the neck was by Kent when the Buff was down (tried to finish the bull but missed the spine a bit).
The other 4 were from about 60 yards at the running Bull. 3 by Kent and 1 from me.
Not a bad group at a moving target !
How tough are Buffalo ? ?
You are looking at a critters front shoulder that took 20,000 ft. lbs. of energy, and was still going, until 5,000 additional ft. lbs. were applied. Then it just laid down !
There were 3 exits . . . . and honest to heaven, we found 2 - 458 solids laying on top of the sand 10 feet from where the Bull went down.
By the way, that is a 458 Winnie for size reference.
Yeah, . . . . . they're tough !
Best,
Phil
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