blue bull

.243 = NO!
7mm = should be OK if you use a heavy premium grade bullet
.300 = now we are talking - a premium 180 grain bullet - sharpen the knife
.338 = YES! now we are talking sweeeet medicine - a 225 grain Nosler
Partition means fresh meat for everyone!
 
are they edible?
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Perhaps it was not well cooled or somehow the field cleaning process was done poorly, but the Nilgai I had about the worst meal I have ever had. I kept preying the dog would come near, but no dice. Even the dog was revolted.
 
I am kind of hard pressed here to find the suggested rifles.

Did find a 338 but no bullets available here. Found 300 wby mag but again no bullets.

How about 7mm Rem Mag, 30-06, and 308 Win.?

Thanks
 
The friend that "treated" us to Blue Bull used a 7mm mag. I'd go with a big game bullet regardless of which cartridge you select.
 
30-06 takes down eland bulls. what the people in the gun selling world dont want you to know is the number of elephant and buffalo being culled(by the authorities) in places like Botswana with 30-06 with full metal jacket. it is about shot placement and penatration. thus if 30-06 doesnt work it is pilot error.
 
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i do not know the load but will ask a friend of mine who participate in such cullings. i have not seen this rounds but have seen the bullet that was retained after the animal was procesed. the distance these shooters oten talk about is about 25 yards. most of these shots are taken in what is known as elephant grave yards. can i shock you futher? some of these harvesters swear by 308. if you are in the loop one might get invited to such cullings but the down side is you have to use their rifles. and a lot of local hunters have reservations about the 30-06 and elephant culling. having said that the point is if a 30-06 kills elephant on a regular basis it wont have any trouble killing antilope of any size.
 
i asked around and the response are more or less the same. the rounds they use are goverment issue and the paper boxes only state 30-06 amd fmj. i spoke to a local gunsmit and he says the bullet is 155grn. remember that most poaching is done with ak 47.
 
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