That was a pucker moment even for me watching!!!! Thanks Al. God bless and be careful brother!!!!

Great video! I hunted with Dylan and his cousin Duke several years ago. Great to see him again.😄

Great video as usual. Well done Alain and thank you for the sharing.

Again, always a pleasure to watch you hunting buffalo, great animals, perfect shooting, no suffer for them 👍

The wide variety of horns is fascinating. I'd love to have a wall of a bunch of them, especially the really crazy ones.

This is one of my favorite videos. Every time I watch it, I always replay the shot at approx. 4:40. Don't think I ever saw a leg flop around quite like this one does. Amazed at how he can still run like that???

Love your hunts......and you're really a "hoot", too!

Great video, thanks for sharing.

@JAlainSmith

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Awesome video Mzee 👍🏾

awesome double!

Great Hunter 👍

Awesome!!! You have too many Buffalo Heads in your bag! Happy New Year, Alain! Cheers!

Hey i love your videos. How does one apply to be one of you or learn from you. I've learned tracking but I'm not an expert hunter and I would appreciate your guidance.

What are your thoughts on the 375 Ruger? I just bought a Mossberg Patriot stainless steel cerakoted bolt in the caliber.

@JAlainSmith

Жыл бұрын

I have used the 375 Ruger on elephant, lion, lots of buff and many plains game as well as big bears in Alaska and it performs very well. I use the Gunwerks Skuhl

Are these a pest species that need culling? They seem like shooting cows standing in a paddock. How many do you need to shoot?

@isaal-magyari9203

2 жыл бұрын

No, cape buffalo is a big game species that is being responsibly managed for future generations. You notice how in the video ALL the animals he shoots are old bulls that are past there breeding and healthy prime, all are in decline in one way or another. they have had many years to sir calves and pass on their genes. you'll notice he never shoots young breeding bulls,cows or calves. You'll here him mention "daggaboys" these are the older bulls that can harvested without negatively affecting the herd, same animals that the lions and hyena would target. it's the culling of the older and weak animals that strengthens the general population. If It was a pest species aka invasive species you wouldn't attempt to deal with the problem by hunting as animals learn they are being hunted ,get smart and avoid people amking them harder to hunt, trapping and poison is the usual method for control or eradication of pest or invasive species like cats,rats,dogs and pigs cape buffalo have healthy populations and there is a sustainable hunt thanks to the conservation efforts of hunters like J Alain Smith,. Remember the entire US national park system was set up for conservation by an avid hunter, Theodore Rosevelt and was the model for many other nations to follow. Hunter make the best conservationist as they love nature and spend many ours observing and studying it.

@talisikid1618

2 жыл бұрын

Not even close. Cape buffalo kill many people each year.

Awesome. I am jealous.

This guy knows how to shoot.

I've shot about 60 buffalo but haven't done a double. Just luck of the draw. This last year I had an opportunity but the first one was on my last license... :(

For how big these bulls are, they can run. That one wad hopping around like it was a white tail deer.

Absolutely beautiful 😻!!! What calibre are you shooing?

@JAlainSmith

Жыл бұрын

375 Ruger

how big and how heavy this type of buffalo is??? is there a number of limit that you can hunt them???

@JAlainSmith

2 жыл бұрын

You purchase a license from the government and typically you are allowed to purchase 3 on a 21 day safari

@mr.commander3947

2 жыл бұрын

@@JAlainSmith thx

man id imagine this hunt cost a pretty penny but still a great experience

We really need to be doing what they are doing over there in Africa down here in Australia where the Buff are a huge problem. Opening them up to professional shooters would be a great start at eradicating their numbers which are, simply put, out of control. Ditto with camels, donkeys and pigs which are also a huge problem in some areas. All of the species that I have mentioned were introduced into our country along with the settlers over two hundred years ago.

I. Will. Say....I. really. Enjoy. Seeing. These.. hunts.... and. This. One. Is. Very. Unique. With. The. Bullet. In. The. Horn. Bull... kinda. Like. The. Hole. In. The. Horn. Buck... just. A. Thought... and. I. Will. Add... since. I. Got. Started. In. My. Profession...and. had. The. Chance. To. Meet. The. Safari. Hunters. I. Have. Built. The. Admiration..of. you. All. For. The. Reason... just. The. Travel. To. Camp..to start. The. Safari... is. More. Strenuous. For. You. Guys. Than. Most. Of. Us. Go through. For. The. Entire.. rifle. Deer. Season. In. Our. Home. State... thanks. With. Appreciation....and. have. A. Nice. Day...

Cape buffalo are by far one of the most vengeful animals on the planet. But packed with protein.

Big one.

What is his spread at 17:00? Did he make 50"?

@JAlainSmith

2 жыл бұрын

No closer to 46

@pamtnman1515

2 жыл бұрын

@@JAlainSmith still a heckuva critter. Have you ever obtained a 50” Cape buffalo?

@JAlainSmith

2 жыл бұрын

@@pamtnman1515 NOT YET!!!

@pamtnman1515

2 жыл бұрын

@@JAlainSmith don’t stop! You’ll get one eventually. By the law of averages it has to happen

Interesting how wary they are running away and all, yet they will come for you like a locomotive!

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Whatever happened to Schalk Tait?

@JAlainSmith

2 жыл бұрын

He retired and is living the dream. We miss him!

? I thought I had left 2 comments here? Not at all sure what happened? My apologies if they were offensive in any way. From a long time fan & follower...,

@JAlainSmith

2 жыл бұрын

No problem you're the man!

Some one wrote that cape buffalo look at you like you owe them money. Always thought that was a good discription.

@isaal-magyari9203

2 жыл бұрын

excellent description,lol

Yup. Way harder than it looks.

Did you eat his backstraps/tenderloins? Man, a bull like that....I'd eat him! :) But for real though....that's like a cow. A lot of good beef on that guy. On edit, I'll add....I built a custom .375 Weatherby on a P17 action with an A-Square stock and a Douglas 30" barrel....it chrono's a 300gr .375 at 2885 ft/s and almost 5600 ft-lbs. My dream is to smoke a griz and a cape buff with it. I really want to take a daga boy with it....and BBQ him :)

@JAlainSmith

Жыл бұрын

Get over to Africa soon!

My all time dream, next time I have an extra down payment for a house I’ll meet ya in Tanzania J Allen!!

You've hunted cape buffalo and bears but the true big game is the hippo that thing has huge jaws and a thick hide also have you ever tried hunting crocodiles like just spell the end to a monster croc on KZread that croc survived like 5 sniper shots to the head

@JAlainSmith

2 жыл бұрын

Hunted lots of hippo on dry land and they are very exciting! Check out my croc video on this channel as well.

Good shooting I'm tired of watching idiots that take more then 2 shots and say they hit the heart or lung. The excuse is to cover up fact how embarrassing there shit is not with high powered rifle not buying it.

If might be a bit conservative when it comes to clothing, but if youre white and hunting in africa you have to wear shorts of the same length as the shorts of a soldier from the Rhodesian bush war to look badass.

@JAlainSmith

2 жыл бұрын

I finally had to go longer after taking a lot of heat over my short shorts...Agree 100%

that first bull had other animals behind it. hope you dont do that and get pass throughs..

@JAlainSmith

2 жыл бұрын

A 375 soft is not going to pass through a buff.

The one thing I hate about these videos is that he always takes the gun out of his shoulder before pulling the bolt back. You should always keep the gun pointed at whatever you’re shooting, otherwise you will lose time

@JAlainSmith

Жыл бұрын

My technique seems to be working pretty good for me so far...

Steaks on the Barbie anyone?

J Alain Buffalo king Smith....

I would want a young bull for the beef that's on it.Not so much the head

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Dylan is an excellent PH.. (I shoot better than him though 😁)

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