Zee, I hit him 7 times. First shot was at base of throat and last shot was in the spine. I also hit him two times in left shoulder and once in right shoulder, two in guts.

I'm not an expert on buffalo but I was very pleased with how quickly he went down. He was dead in about 60 seconds. My 2014 Australian Water Buffalo took 3 rounds from a 450 Nitro Express and he survived much longer and traveled a much greater distance. Even though he never went out of sight, my South African cape buffalo survived approximately 20 minutes with 5 shots from my freedom arms 475 Linebaugh.