I'm glad I finally got to see Phil in the field.

Not easy to put something like this on the internet, but it IS a part of hunting if you have done it long enough. You are a better hunter today for the experience of that hunt.

The ups and downs of hunting , good to see a channel that’s posts both ends of the scale.

Congratulations,love the fact that you take responsibility and that you get close and personal while hunting...that's real hunting .

I’ve never had the chance to use a big bore SxS but if you hunt long enough you will have a good shot deflected by a branch that you never saw. It happens! I’m impressed with the honesty for posting a missed shot; there’s many more that never get posted! I was also impressed with the efforts taken to recover this buffalo, three days and stopped by a road… Sometimes, it just works out that way, thanks for posting!

Thank you for sharing! It takes a man to also share a hunt that didn't go as planned! Great job tracking him!

Thank you for your honesty Mr. Phillip. You are a good example of a true hunter.

Definitely the best quality production this channel! Second African sun productions Third Buchanan Hunts Keep up the good work guys 🎥

I enjoy your frank explanation. I know that those big African rounds can plow through a lot of brush and still do what they're supposed to do but most of the time there is that exception. On something as large, fantastic, beautiful and deadly as an old Daga Boy, I would not take the shot until I knew he was in my pocket.

I enjoyed this. Wow good for you Sir. Respect putting this on youtube. Well done. Next time

Shooting in thick bush is always a risk , no matter how big and heavy the bullet is , a twig the thickness of a drinking straw can send it off target.

True story. Hunt long enough and it happens! Hunting buffalo is the trophy…….the horns just help the memory! 👍🏽

Great vid, I appreciate that you call it Honest sir

Only squeeze when you are absolutely sure of making a clean shot. Luckily you were not up against a tusker, eh. A miss is as good as a mile; causing unnecessary suffering from a schoolboy error never gets a smile. Lesson learned the hard way.

That 89 is growing on me ...

Can't blame the gun on a marginal shot. Maybe it threw off the regulation leaning against the tree. Too many variables, but to change over to a scoped rifle is rediculous because of one shot being marginal.

Good,thoughtful video,thanks

I once hunted 10-days - hard! - in the Omay and never once saw a buffalo. These things happen sometimes. 👍

We are hunters. Shit happens. But my call is that you should not have been allowed to shoot. Again. All the clever comment wasn't there. Well done after all!

We win some and we lose some bud, happens to all of us.

Being real about it, not all hunting vids share that. Better luck next time

Waidmannsheil!

I still don't understand the need to hunt, however, I have alot of respect for you, your outfitter and trackers for being highly professional, responsible to the animal and the environment and altogether "eco aware". Thanks for sharing and kudos sir

Any hunter who says that he never wounded and lost an animal is either lying or just started hunting. It's like a trucker telling you that he never got lost. Take it from someone who has done both for many years.

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La voce è perfetta solo che la musica a volte è troppo alta e non si capisce

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ATTABOY DAGGABOY!!!!

At least he doesn't like some hunters say all shots were good when they fired 5 times and you know there lying. I mean any big caliber gun if hit good on that 2nd time they die pretty quick . The 3rd shot is just for safety issue. The hunter can play it 2 ways shoot once let it bleed out a couple minute or put one or 2 more rounds wal up on it it hits good way does it. The shot place matters people have taken care buffalo with 44 magnum even with hot loads and that works effectively to even shot placement is key.

Very expensive mistake indeed ! It is difficult to adjudicate on past events, more so if we have no idea about the lay of the land there. Buffaloes need to drink AT LEAST once in the day & they love to wallow in the slush to prevent insects or flies from their bodies. So a watering hole should have been kept in mind instead of impenetrable forest 🤫😒

double big caliber rifles good for back ups BUT trying to hunt at various ranges and different terrains with open sights a kin to almost bow hunting ! stick with accurate scope sighted bolt rifles and for the animals sake ! an expensive lesson unless just want to play at being J A Hunter ?

manit fc.

You took a shot you were NOT sure of and you didnt have a clear line of sight,Not professional at all.

I reckon this guy is being too kind to himself. Wounding an animal definitely happens, but why on earth would he take a shot in the thicket like that. Impatience and over reliance on a big rifle instead of marksmanship and hunting skill. Fate/unluckiness didn't cause the situation, he did. I'm sad to see so many folks commenting and sympathising here. That was just poor and unethical hunting.