The Nilgai Post

[Cynoscion]

I’m with Dos Amigos. I’m not a high shoulder shot fan on any critter with a big hump. It seems to me like the hump gives the shooter the impression to go too high resulting in an animal that drops at the shot, wiggles around a whole bunch, gathers himself up and then gets the heck out of the country never to be seen again.
I’m a big fan of directly in the shoulder or slightly behind the shoulder. In my experience, if the animal doesn’t know you’re there and you’re shooting suppressed, hit him here and he runs a short distance and falls over dead.
The young man in the pic above looks like he put it in the perfect spot. Bad thing is, you’re probably going to lose a whole shoulder’s worth of meat. Good thing is, you didn’t lose the rest of the animal.

 

[Cynoscion]

I’m a TAMUK wildlife program alumni btw. I’m sure I graduated WAY before he was born though

 

[Trumpkin The Dwarf]

The young man in the pic above looks like he put it in the perfect spot. Bad thing is, you’re probably going to lose a whole shoulder’s worth of meat. Good thing is, you didn’t lose the rest of the animal.

Not arguing against match bullets, etc. But shooting an animal straight up from the elbow doesn't ruin a whole shoulder if you 're shooting a .30 cal mono metal. Only a couple inches of trimming to do going in and out. Just my two cents on the matter. Nilgai has a fantastic reputation for table fare, so if I ever get a bunch of money to hunt one I'm inclined to try and get as much off it as possible.

 

[Jesse Jaymes]

I've got two questions that kinda perplex me. I've paid to hunt Texas a couple times. All you people talking about culling and whacking 100s or 1000s of critters-

• Why are these hunts so difficult to obtain or find? Why do they seem impossible for a regular dude to find? I have worked with kids that grew up in Texas. Parents ranched or family worked/guided for the ranches. They would piss around from age 4 on up and shoot 1000s of critters before leaving for college. For free. If you're a FlatLander...that's $3000 for you. For us...is going over to my buddies place with a rack of Busch Lite and driving around all afternoon.
• Dogs- I am a dog guy. Have circles that intermingle with Texan dog guys. Not everyone down there runs a dog? Mini Jagdterriers, blood dogs, etc? Not sure how even a $10 Marketplace schitt eater cant work a gut shot critter in that country. Seems there should be lots more Finds.