SHOT OF THE WEEK ???

[BRICKBURN]

At time 2:03 have a look at the shot and where it hits in the bush in front of the Kudu.

In my estimation, this was the miss of the week. Let's hear what you have to think?

 

[stug]

Certainly close. With the uphill angle might have have just caught the bottom of the chest and driven up in to the vitals.

 

[BRICKBURN]

I'll bet it was close. (Horse shoes and Hand Grenades. )
I did not really see a (hit) reaction from the Kudu.

 

[thi9elsp]

Looked low and the reaction of the animal was either - I'm hit really hard and just trying to figure out what happened or something tickled me and I'm trying to figure out what happened. If he was hit hard I would have expected some type of hunch and didn't see it

 

[Royal27]

Sure looks low, doesn't it?

 

[BRICKBURN]

Sure looks low, doesn't it?

It sure does to me.

 

[Hank2211]

Interesting video.

I've shot off of my PH's shoulder before (with his fingers in his ear, and even used his head (he was kneeling) as an elbow rest on a particularly long shot. But I've never seen the elbow on the shoulder. And it for appears to be a fairly reasonable distance - not terribly long (although that can be deceptive on video). Frankly, it looked awkward to me - maybe the PH was too tall?!

I can only hope that the PH got to put his fingers in his ears. It didn't look possible though.

Last comment. I realize this hunter was experience - at least it says so on the video. The shot he took - from that angle - on a slab-sided animal like a kudu is a low percentage shot and not one I'd encourage most hunters to take. Not every forgiving.

Don't mean to sound negative, and apologies if it comes across that way.

 

[thi9elsp]

It is tough to tell due to unknown angle. My own mea culpa. On my kudu, last day, forgot to slide the safety off, squeezed, nothing and of course the scope bobbed. When I got back on him, I found him in the cross-hairs but he was starting to take a step with his near leg. I shot, hit him we could tell but..... The shot was about 100 - 120 yards and he was no more than 20 feet uphill. 5 hours later we tracked him down and finished him off. The bullet went under his chest but hit the far leg hard. So, I'm not saying the kudu they were eating wasn't the one in the film. I just wouldn't call it the 'shot of the week'.

 

[BRICKBURN]

It is amazing how angles can change the whole story.

 

[BRICKBURN]

Interesting video.

I've shot off of my PH's shoulder before (with his fingers in his ear, and even used his head (he was kneeling) as an elbow rest on a particularly long shot. But I've never seen the elbow on the shoulder. And it for appears to be a fairly reasonable distance - not terribly long (although that can be deceptive on video). Frankly, it looked awkward to me - maybe the PH was too tall?!

I can only hope that the PH got to put his fingers in his ears. It didn't look possible though.

Last comment. I realize this hunter was experience - at least it says so on the video. The shot he took - from that angle - on a slab-sided animal like a kudu is a low percentage shot and not one I'd encourage most hunters to take. Not every forgiving.

Don't mean to sound negative, and apologies if it comes across that way.

I did hope the PH got to plug his ears.
I've done the elbow on the shoulder thing once and the PH was holding his fingers in his ears.
It is surprising how much more steady you are. Still, I don't like doing it.

After whistling and having the Kudu turn toward them it did look like it changed the shot. Broadside to quartering on.

 

[CAustin]

It didn't look like a hit to me at all!

 

[siml]

I must have looked at the shot 100 times, I think he has hit the kudu spot on. You have to take the angle into consideration, talking about the shot and the cameraman, the cameraman was probably off to the right of the hunter. He squeezed that shot dead center on the kudu. I would also say the camera work of the hunter before the shot was react done after they had shot the kudu.

 

[Big5]

I must have looked at the shot 100 times, I think he has hit the kudu spot on. You have to take the angle into consideration, talking about the shot and the cameraman, the cameraman was probably off to the right of the hunter. He squeezed that shot dead center on the kudu. I would also say the camera work of the hunter before the shot was react done after they had shot the kudu.

+1 . . . played/paused/replayed.

 

[BRICKBURN]

I must have looked at the shot 100 times, I think he has hit the kudu spot on. You have to take the angle into consideration, talking about the shot and the cameraman, the cameraman was probably off to the right of the hunter. He squeezed that shot dead center on the kudu. I would also say the camera work of the hunter before the shot was react done after they had shot the kudu.

Interesting. Now your making me look at this damn thing again.

It was just the live shot I was wondering about. (The rest of the video if edited as I would expect.)
Not showing the followup with the trophy always leaves me suspect.
Certainly with all the "long range shots" where you clearly see the hit is far back and then there is never a close up / trophy picture.

 

[BRICKBURN]

By the way, this is what trackers and dogs are for. Go find blood and confirm your suspicions.
We would all have to be doing it in this case.

I slowed this thing down to .25 speed. You can do it on youtube settings (If you are nuts enough)

The little Red line is the bottom of his chest as he steps out.

A little further along the trail. Red line is the bottom of the chest.

The red dot is where the bullet hit the bush. The white to the right of the red dot is the "dust/water" drifting to the right.

The red dot is where the bullet hit the bush. The white to the right of the red dot is the "dust/water" drifting to the right.

Although the body posture has changed because of terrain.
I layered two photos.
The first and the last.

I think this bullet just missed or gave him a brisket haircut. IMHO.

 

[siml]

Wayne, your second last pic, dark green spot about about 4-5 inches of your red dot, that's where the bullet hits. Note how quickly the wind carried the dust to the right. I also went for the slow motion zoom. Maybe we can ask the "weatherman" Tom if he has pic of the kudu afterwards.

 

[stug]

The original video is on one of the Rugged Expeditions shows. I've watched it but can't remember if he shot again. The kudu was definetly in similar terrain and I can't remember if it showed the hit.

 

[BRICKBURN]

We need the tracking report for sure.

 

[stug]

Here is the full episode.

 

[Bert the Turtle]

I thought it was automatically a one shot clean kill if it is on TV.

I won't say where and I won't say when, but I once was hunting where there was some promotional filming going on. I'm not sure exactly how many shots it took, but when the shooting died down, they did film the obligatory "great shot" and "clean one shot kill" scenes. Put it all together and you've got a perfect shot!