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<blockquote data-quote="cantfixstupid" data-source="post: 2572301" data-attributes="member: 115328"><p>Nice animal, 243 wouldn't be the logical caliber to shoot it with, but I have dropped some pretty tough customers with 224 cal and I have had some tough customers not drop with a 375 HH. </p><p>I was on the Kennedy Ranch several years ago on a Nilgai hunt, we hadn't had any luck the 1st & 2nd morning out, we were headed to camp and there were 3 huge bovine steers standing in pasture about a 150 yards off the road, they guide driving the truck stopped and told us if wanted to we could take one or all of the steers as they were wild and the ranch wanted to get rid of them. So I volunteered to take one, I'm shooting 375 H&H with 300 Gr Swift A-frame, the steer was quartering away slightly, and I put the bullet right behind the shoulder about 3/4 of the way down the shoulder, the steer didn't even flinch and took off, I took off chasing it through the brush and caught up to it finally and put another one in straight on just at the junction of the neck and the brisket, steer took off again, I caught up to it again, it was weak but still on all 4 shot it in the neck this time and it went down, but was not dead. I was out of bullets and had my 22 mag pistol and put 2 in the skull at point blank range before it succumbed, that was one tough animal for sure, and 2200 lbs.</p><p>We did get the Nilgai the next day</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cantfixstupid, post: 2572301, member: 115328"] Nice animal, 243 wouldn't be the logical caliber to shoot it with, but I have dropped some pretty tough customers with 224 cal and I have had some tough customers not drop with a 375 HH. I was on the Kennedy Ranch several years ago on a Nilgai hunt, we hadn't had any luck the 1st & 2nd morning out, we were headed to camp and there were 3 huge bovine steers standing in pasture about a 150 yards off the road, they guide driving the truck stopped and told us if wanted to we could take one or all of the steers as they were wild and the ranch wanted to get rid of them. So I volunteered to take one, I'm shooting 375 H&H with 300 Gr Swift A-frame, the steer was quartering away slightly, and I put the bullet right behind the shoulder about 3/4 of the way down the shoulder, the steer didn't even flinch and took off, I took off chasing it through the brush and caught up to it finally and put another one in straight on just at the junction of the neck and the brisket, steer took off again, I caught up to it again, it was weak but still on all 4 shot it in the neck this time and it went down, but was not dead. I was out of bullets and had my 22 mag pistol and put 2 in the skull at point blank range before it succumbed, that was one tough animal for sure, and 2200 lbs. We did get the Nilgai the next day [/QUOTE]
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