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RO · Pony Mullet Joined: 14 Jan 2007 Posts: 66

WANTING TO KNOW IF ANYONE ON THE WEB HAS HUNTED NILGAI WITH A BOW AND IF YES WHERE AND WHAT WAS THE TOTAL PRICE.......

ShallowWaterStalker · Horse Mullet Joined: 09 May 2010 Posts: 216

i know the king ranch has them
(1 day)
$750.00 per gun per day plus harvest fee

Bull
$1000.00 harvest fee per bull

Cow
$300.00 harvest fee per cow

i dont know if price would differ for bow. you would prob have to contact them

RO · Pony Mullet Joined: 14 Jan 2007 Posts: 66

THANKS FOR THE GREAT INFO WILL CALL AND FIND OUT ABOUT BOW HUNTING

RO · Pony Mullet Joined: 14 Jan 2007 Posts: 66

ANY INFO ON AXIS HUNTS WOULD REALLY BE HELPFUL ALSO ....THANKS! Smile

rodandroll · Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 12:23 am Post subject:

Your gonna hunt Nilgai with a bow????

I hunted Nilai about 4 years ago. Showed up with a 30-06 and the guides laughed their a$$es off at me. Wound up shooting the critter 3 times with a borrowed Barrett 416 at about 400 yards. When we approached the animal was still alive and the guide had to put it down with a pistol shot in the head

and your gonna hunt Nilgai with a bow?? Shocked

cephus · Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 7:37 am Post subject: Bow hunting

Your biggest chalenge in getting a Nilgia with a bow will be getting close enough for a good shot. Most, if not all the King Ranch hunts are done "Safari" stile and it is still hard to get a decent shot. Now, Axis hunting with a bow is a completly different story. Maby not a complete pice of cake, but much easier than Nilgia.
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RO · Pony Mullet Joined: 14 Jan 2007 Posts: 66

WELL BIGGER GAME THEN NILGAI ARE TAKEN WITH A BOW WHY NOT NILGAI....BET IT WOULDN'T TAKE ME 3 SHOTS AT ONE WITH A 416.....YOU SHOULD OF JUST SHOT IT IN THE HEAD THE FIRST TIME.... Razz

...OR BETTER SHOT PLACEMENT...I REST MY CASE! LOL

kweber · Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 12:18 pm Post subject:

it's do-able... read the whole thread
http://2coolfishing.com/ttmbforum/showthread.php?t=318452
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critter getter · Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 12:53 pm Post subject:

rodandroll · Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 1:42 pm Post subject:

One thing I can tell for sure is that none of you guys have ever hunted a BIG Nilgai. A 22-250 - yeah right! Just another bunch of internet fantasy talkers.

Gentlemen - Nilgai are consider to be in the water buffalo class and it is not unusual at all to put 3 shots in them and have to use a final head shot.

What IS unusual is a "one shot kill" with a 22-250 (actually unheard of - my guides would still be laughing)!

rcw · Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 1:52 pm Post subject:

I ran some nilgai/hog bow hunts on the King ranch about 10 years ago and the kill percentage for nilgai was about 10%. The problem was not the bow but getting within bow range!

BigPig069 · Horse Mullet Joined: 09 Sep 2008 Posts: 192

To all you people out there that do not think a stick and string can take down a Nilgai, your WRONG!!!!!, there was a fella that ran a 14,000 acre place on the Norias Division of the King ranch that was strictly bowhnting only. It was called 4 arrow outfitters. Many Nilgai have fallen to a Bow & Arrow!! The best way we found to hunt them down there was to ste up on fence lines with fresh piles of feces, they will usually comeback and crapt in the same place a few times. That is just what I had learned over the years down there with the guy. Now for taking the Nilgai with a 22-250 Crittergitter is dead on, If you hit that Nilgai right below its hunp it will drop like a sack of potatoes, But until yall go out there and spend time hunting them and not just going on Day Hunts you will never know what I am saying For the Guy shooting a 416 all can say is WOW!!!! Just my 02

rodandroll · Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 2:25 pm Post subject:

Some quotes:

"In addition to their marvelous defense mechanisms, Nilgai are very big and very tough. Mature females average between 300-400 pounds, while big bulls will shade 700 pounds and stand over five feet tall at the shoulder.

In 1993, Winchester Arms ranked the Nilgai next to the Cape Buffalo as one of the toughest animals to puncture with a frontal quartering shot. They even sent a shooting team to the King Ranch that year to test out their newest big-game bullet, the Black Talon. At a range of about 50 yards it took American Hunter magazine’s associate editor, John Taylor, three shots from a .338 Win. Mag. to drop an average sized bull while it tried to exit into the next county.

Author with a “small” female Nilgai The Nilgai’s reputation for being bulletproof comes from its massive neck and shoulder construction and very thick skin. A “shield” of even thicker skin, much like one found on a wild boar, also covers the shoulder area.

That same shield and overall thick skin also allows for very little, if any, blood trail. Before I became a serious bow hunter I shot several “blue bulls” with a 7mm Rem. Mag. and failed to find any blood trail, much less a dead animal."

ShallowWaterStalker · Horse Mullet Joined: 09 May 2010 Posts: 216

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqlQa_BNRBI
one shot, didnt go verry far

BALZTOWAL · Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 4:51 pm Post subject:

Rodandroll,,, the thing about archery is shot placement and it doesn't matter how big the animal if it has a broadhead thru its heart it is not going to live very long.