The first Cape Buffalo taken in Matetsi area in Zimbabwe in a long, long while with a 4-Bore Double Rifle. While the site was being readied for the all important photo shoot and the vehicle brought in to retrieve the prize. We gave the bull a close inspection; the first shot had gone in well back in the ribs as he was angling away at the moment of impact, but had done a very good job of penetrating the full distance through all the vital parts and was still in there. The second round entered squarely through the shoulder and was also still in there! A walk down the back trail made it very clear that the second shot would not have been needed. The one inch bullet left a huge open wound channel and the big guy was out of juice even before the 60 yard distance had been covered. Pete and Campbell both agreed they had never seen a buffalo lose so much blood so quickly. Everyone was glad to have been there that day and had the opportunity to slip back into the pages of one of those books we had all read of the olden days and the big doubles.
Back at the butchery, both slugs were retrieved in perfect condition: The first had broken ribs, traversed the whole lung and heart area hitting the opposite side lower shoulder bones and stopped under the hide; The second broke bone passing through the first shoulder through the lungs and was lodged in the off shoulder ball socket.
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