I got some problems yesterday taking down a Water Buffalo. Actually, in the first place, I was gonna put up a tower, on the top of one of the islands on Piccabeen Bay. I had just a few meters left to reach the top, when I suddenly heard an angry Water Buffalo. I just managed to see the toes of the horns, before he almost ran me down. Of corse I tried to shoot, but instead I fired on all the wrong keys on the keyboard! Inclusive the Z button that gave me the yellow light from my glasses. I thought for a moment I was dead, and he just stand right next to me. Omg, I got so desperate, so incredible desperate, I moved the chair and the whole table around. Friends on discord laughed while I was trying to bring up the dang muzzleloader gun. Yess, finally I got the gun up and I aimed, and then the screen got almost black, of corse the scope was now inside his stomach, but I smoked him. White smoke everywhere, and where is that Water Buffalo? I thought for a moment he went up with the smoke, but I got the blood tracks.
My daughter calls, dad are you coming for dinner? Yea sure, when? An hour? Okay, I'll be there no problem.
I followed the blood tracks everywhere, but saw all other animals than the max 1200kg Water Buffalo. Then after 50 minutes following the same track I finally see him about 100 meters ahead, (spotting confirmed max 1200kg), I get myself in a nice and sweet prone position, and fired with smoke. I ran over to find him, but he was not dead, it wasn't either the same animal. Omg, I sneaked around for another 20 minutes, following this track, but he was totally gone too. This is just not happening, not today I was thinking. Water Buffalos going up in smoke just isn't happening.
I ended the hunt and went for dinner, it was good to eat some pancakes with my daughter
The story above was yesterday, but today I went back to Piccabeen Bay to find him.
This story I show with the pictures below, and happy hunting everyone
Water Buffalo spotted with yellow glasses:
Water Buffalo spotted without glasses:
After two nice and clean body shots, he now knows where I am:
He tries to spook me with a fart:
He attacks, but hits the tree:
Confirm kill, I smoked his brain:
Dead by Dawm:
Personal Best 243.157
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