TV show mountian men 1911 vs buffalo

[RU shooter]

Anyone see the guy last night shooting a buffalo from horseback with his trusty 1911! The didn't show the actual shots on tv but showed him aiming at a full run beside the buff , must have shot him 7-8 times as the next scene showed the slide locked back.
Not the Ideal caliber but I guess it got the job done. I believe there were in Idaho . Is it even legal to hunt a buffalo with a semiauto pistol ?

[Snow ninja]

Isn't that what Buffalo Bore ammunition is made for?

[garandsrus]

I saw that and was wondering what caliber the 1911 was. I am sure it helped that the range was 10yds or so, maybe less.

[Half Dog]

We used to aim at the flies that were buzzing around the buffalo heads. Going full stride, on horseback, wasn’t too hard so we started using only one round in the magazines. Fun times.

[gpidaho]

If there is a buffalo in Idaho it's either on the far east side over by Yellowstone Park or it's domestic on someone's ranch. As far as I know Buffalo are only killed here buy special permit or by Fish and Game when there's a threat to domestic livestock. Gp

[gon2shoot]

Wanna buy a bridge?

[Hannibal]

wanna buy a bridge?

lol !!!

[reloader28]

I have some NOE 255grRF that are running 920fps and always wanted to see what they would.
Since that is basically the equivalent of the old hot Colt load that supposedly would go thru a horse and kill the Indian

[RU shooter]

I guess it's a whole lot better than the native Indians that killed thousands with low powered primitive bows and chert arrow heads

[RGrosz]

I guess it's a whole lot better than the native Indians that killed thousands with low powered primitive bows and chert arrow heads

I heard that some of them bows that they shot had a draw weight of in the neighborhood of 90# to 100#. I don't know if it's true, but that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Rob

[M-Tecs]

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/prog...yellowhair.htm

But during his first campaign against the Cheyenne in 1867, his career had very nearly come to an end. Out hunting one day in the heart of Indian country, he galloped after a buffalo, aimed his revolver -- and somehow shot his own horse through the head. On foot, bruised and totally lost, he had to be rescued by his own men.

[Hannibal]

'Mountain Men', indeed.

That is for entertainment purposes only.

[JBinMN]

Didn't see it, don't watch TV & have not for many years, but it was TV, eh?. So, I guess it must be true... Kind of like before the internet where everything is true until it isn't.


I am for humanely killing game animals, birds, fish for consumption, BTW.

Quick & dead without waste.

Kind of makes me a bit mad/sad that someone had to do it as a "sport", filming just to "do it", then put it in a TV show, even if they used the animal afterwards.

Reminds me of some folks who , "butcher on the hoof" for deer with about 5-10 rounds thru the thing as it is running until it finally hits the ground & call it, "hunting".

Just killing it without care in the doing, and not caring about the meat,( or hide, etc.) & usually upon when asked, "Why did ya do it that way?", they say , "Aw, it is just gonna be burger anyway, why would anyone care? We been doing it for years..."

IMO, it is not cool...

But, YMMV, of course.

[salpal48]

My opinion. It take a big man to kill that way , It take a Bigger man " Not Too"

[tomme boy]

I have killed 1 deer with my 1911. The only reason was it was about 10yds. Straight between the eyes. But I have used it about 50 or so times to kill wounded deer we tracked. But that was standing over the deer. A few times it took SEVERAL shots to put them down. This was with 185gr +P Personal defense loads. I think they were Winchester Supreme. One wounded deer took 7 or so in the chest to put down. It kept getting up and running. about 10 yds or so and it kept falling. I was trying to get close enough to make it a one shot deal but the doe was not having it. That one still haunts me to this day.

[redneck1]

I don't hate to be the one to say , someone must .
If you've had to use a follow up shot on wounded ,tracked game of any sort 50+ times I do think it's time for you to stop hunting .

I'd guess one ,two ,even three times is forgivable . At that point a person with any sense would know they are doing something wrong
And take the effort to learn basic marksmanship and shot placement on the game they are pursuing.

[white eagle]

ouch !!

[Tatume]

NRA published an article last month about killing (I won't call it hunting) a Cape buffalo with a 45-70 lever gun. It works if the hunter can shoot; this one couldn't. Over the course of the day he shot the buff seven or eight times. He gut shot it, he shot it in the rump, he did everything but make a good shot. I would have been deeply ashamed if it had been me. He was proud of himself, and crowed about what great fun it was. All this was probably done with membership money to boot, a hunt I can't afford for myself.

[FLINTNFIRE]

Seen elk hunters do the same run into a area in the dark spook the elk out of there beds , then panic as it gets light and the fog lifts and him and his dad start blasting away , butt shot gut shot I put 2 in its chest to put it down for them , as by that time it was not feeling any pain and my father said he saw one cow buck when they were shooting as they were not waiting for the bull to be clear of the cows , why I do not hunt around others any more , poor shooting , poor firearms handling , no ethics , no morals , just kill something , I was raised to hunt for meat not for killing and bragging .

[Cast_outlaw]

In Canada we have caliber restrictions on what can be used on buffalo you need 2000ft/lb of energy remaining at 100 yards for buffalo