Bill Bagwell of Woodlawn, TX
Camo | December 6, 2007
It was a great hunt. We initially spotted the herd of 14 animals on a slope about 600 yards away. We started after them on foot through extremely thick cedar and Mesquite where visibility was only 20 to 30 yards at best. After working around another herd and being almost busted by the herd Bull of that bunch, we got to within a lasered 142 yards and a shot presented itself on the 2 year old cow. I was shooting a Shiloh Sharps 45-70 with an open buckhorn barrel sights and a traditional 511 grain paper patched bullet pushed by 75 grains of GOEX/F Express Black Powder. Velocity was 1142 FPS.
The butt plate of the stock slipped on my vest as I broke the shot, and the first shot hit too high, near the top of the hump. The herd disappeared into the thick cover, and we followed on foot. We found the herd about 30 minutes later in the thick cover. The cow was in the middle of the herd and I could not get a shot even though we were within 50 yards. The buffalo disappeared again. Two and a half hours later we found the herd for the 3rd time and I had a clear shot at 80 laser yards. The first shot was broadside and the bullet hit half way up about 6” behind the shoulder. It passed all the way through. This one put the animal down. For good. The traditional Sharps Rifle and paper patched bullets loaded with GOEX Black Powder certainly did the job. Rick Worley and the staff did a Great Job and showed us a real hunt. They handled the carcass and got it to a first class processor and I now have about 400 pounds of buffalo in the freezer. Will I go back? You bet! I have already booked for next year. I have a Sharps 45-110 that needs to take a buffalo. If you want a buffalo by hunt and stalk, this is the place to do it. Bill Bagwell
