Westy wrote:Yep, you're right. When the old man was there they tried to head shoot a Big Buff with a 45 pistol. Bad mistake, the buff charged the blitz and rolled it he lost his 2 front teeth and they finished it off with a 303.
I hear what your saying and I hope you hear what I'm saying. A mate of mine has a .460 Weatherby Magnum and the biggest thing he has on his place is fallow deer go figure? Sometimes BIG is not always better!
It doesn't just happen with pistols either. Search for some videos and I guarantee you you'll find guys getting the same result with rifles.
If the shot placement was off or underpowered or whatever, a bull might stumble or drop to the ground. As soon as they get their bearings and realise what happened though... More than a few guys have had to put a second or third shot into a charging buff.
I do hear what you're saying. I didn't just suggest the bigger calibres for the hell of it. Like common sense says, choose the right tool for the job.
You're mates on the other end of the scale obviously. A .460 Weatherby Mag for Fallow is well... stupid frankly
.243, .7mm, .308 etc. would all do the job with half the recoil at half the cost to shoot.
What can you do though... At the end of the day people will do as they please.
