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Nilgai Bull with 338 Win. Mag.
@ 01:08 am (GMT) |
Lane SalvatoThis bull weight around 750 to 800 lbs. The projectiles shown were recovered. The deformed projectile on the left was all it took to take the animal but I put a second one through the sternum just to be sure. This is the 250 grain Swift A-Frame. Distance was 280 to 290 yards.
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@ 11:59 am (GMT) |
Florida_CrackerRe: Nilgai Bull with 338 Win. Mag.Wow Lane - Nilgai, mule deer and axis deer all posted essentially in the same day. Were these separate hunting expeditions or just a collection of old hunts? |
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@ 12:22 pm (GMT) |
Lane SalvatoRe: Nilgai Bull with 338 Win. Mag.Florida, they have taken place all in the last five years. I mainly wanted folks to see what is effective for me as far as general projectiles. Everyone has hunts and projectile preferences for sure but these just happened to be mine. DRT is really effective. I would have used it for Nilgai but they don’t make 338 projectiles. |
@ 01:36 am (GMT) |
Joshua MayfieldRe: Nilgai Bull with 338 Win. Mag.Lane, the nilgai have been really interesting to me since I learned a little about their history in Texas. Did you find anything surprising about hunting them? |
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@ 05:52 am (GMT) |
Lane SalvatoRe: Nilgai Bull with 338 Win. Mag.Josh, there were a few surprises:1. The thickness and impassability of the natural flora where they live. Not every ranch is like that but the two we hunted were in a lot of places. Were it not for the Senderos cut by ranchers for cattle operations I don't know how we'd have ever gotten a look much less a shot. 2. How skittish they are. The trophy bulls are old so they've seen a lot. 3. Eastern Diamondbacks are much larger than their western cousins where I live, and I am capable screaming like a girl. 4. Tongue in cheek I learned that driving to Falfurrias from the South Plains is a longer trip than you'd think. That's what I think of off the top of my head. I'm sure there are a few other things. I did two hunts. First one was a bust, second was the fellow above. |
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