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Fogman Full Member Offline Posts: 153 Joined: Mar 10^th, 2016	Buffalo with a Sharps Nov 9^th, 2017 at 10:41am	Print Post
	My theory worked - the sooner we ate or gave away meat from the first buffalo hunt two years ago, the sooner we could go again. We wanted a meat bull this time - already have a head, so this one was to restock the freezer. It was on 4000 acres in the Nebraska sand hills and completely grass fed. The guide was adamant that I shoot it in the ear due to some dangerous situations he had been in recently with wounded buffalo. So I sighted the rifle one last time in the morning before we went out. My shot was near enough to the ear that he went straight down. I used a Shiloh Sharps 16# bull barrel 50-90 ordered to look exactly like a buffalo rifle from back in the day. It has a Distant Thunder Sharps Sporter tang sight that Jim made for me. I used a 600 grain flat nosed bullet over 98 grains of Swiss 1.5.


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coljimmy Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 283 Joined: Nov 10^th, 2012	Re: Buffalo with a Sharps Reply #1 - Nov 9^th, 2017 at 12:11pm	Print Post
	Several years ago, my son purchased a buff cow on the hoof from an overstocked, drouthy pasture locally. He asked me if his 300 Winmag would be OK to take it. I said "hell no" and handed him an original Sharps 45-70 and a few reloads and advised a low chest shot. 24 grains of 2400 under malt-o-meal. Buffalo burgers aint bad. Now he raises buffalo and I collect Sharps. He is sort of nervous about it. He doesn't know, but he will get that rifle when I head west. 18 months ago, I donated a dried buffalo chip to the Texas Gun Collectors Association auction with documented DNA certificate and a certificate of authenticity. Waited until the second round of drinks, and it went for $325. for the club. Last I heard, it got presented to another fellow at Cody and went to the west coast. James


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MT Chambers Full Member Offline Posts: 141 Location: Foam Lake, Saskatchewan Joined: Oct 3^rd, 2011	Re: Buffalo with a Sharps Reply #2 - Nov 9^th, 2017 at 2:01pm	Print Post
	Congrats.....I think that it should be illegal to hunt buf. without using a "period correct" rifle.


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 15771 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Buffalo with a Sharps Reply #3 - Nov 9^th, 2017 at 2:29pm	Print Post
	Great looking Sharps and buffalo Fogman! Thanks for the story!

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derrickman Junior Member Online Posts: 87 Joined: Dec 2^nd, 2015	Re: Buffalo with a Sharps Reply #4 - Nov 9^th, 2017 at 5:19pm	Print Post
	16# 50-90; that's a handful of rifle!! Nice hunt, thanks for posting.


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GrumpyBear Full Member Offline Posts: 139 Location: Western,Pa. Joined: Sep 30^th, 2017	Re: Buffalo with a Sharps Reply #5 - Nov 9^th, 2017 at 7:57pm	Print Post
	Nice looking buffalo and rifle congratulations.

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EricJ Junior Member Offline Posts: 64 Location: Nebraska Joined: Jul 14^th, 2012	Re: Buffalo with a Sharps Reply #6 - Jan 20^th, 2018 at 1:51am	Print Post
	Beautiful rifle and buffalo, where do you hunt them at? I'm in Nebraska but never seen any hunts here.


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calledflyer Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3491 Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: Buffalo with a Sharps Reply #7 - Jan 20^th, 2018 at 12:17pm	Print Post
	I agree with everyone that it's a nice rifle and a super neat buff. I don't understand how you aren't grinning from ear to ear. By the way, the best steak I have ever had was a buffalo ribeye.


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rollingblock Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 372 Location: Texas part of New Mexico Joined: Aug 19^th, 2012	Re: Buffalo with a Sharps Reply #8 - Jan 20^th, 2018 at 3:17pm	Print Post
	calledflyer wrote on Jan 20^th, 2018 at 12:17pm: I agree with everyone that it's a nice rifle and a super neat buff. I don't understand how you aren't grinning from ear to ear. By the way, the best steak I have ever had was a buffalo ribeye. Concur with the others above, very nice buffalo and buffalo rifle. I have a similar rifle in 45-110 Not grinning, must be due to the excessive recoil, disturbed the chin muscles


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boonesgone Newbie Offline Posts: 1 Joined: Feb 13^th, 2018	Re: Buffalo with a Sharps Reply #9 - Feb 13^th, 2018 at 1:20pm	Print Post
	Great photo. Reminds me of LA Huffman in Montana.


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oneatatime Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3758 Location: Rocky Mountains Joined: Oct 30^th, 2011	Re: Buffalo with a Sharps Reply #10 - Feb 13^th, 2018 at 7:27pm	Print Post
	LA Huffman's grandson lives down the street from me. Has some beautiful original photos.


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Hartford Tommy Participating Member Offline Posts: 12 Joined: Jul 24^th, 2017	Re: Buffalo with a Sharps Reply #11 - Aug 23^rd, 2022 at 4:56pm	Print Post
	Great photo of both the rifle and buffalo. This is one of my bucket list type hunts to participate in. Thanks for sharing!


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degoins Junior Member Offline Posts: 56 Location: Pamplico Joined: May 22^nd, 2007	Re: Buffalo with a Sharps Reply #12 - Aug 24^th, 2022 at 8:15am	Print Post
	Very nice rifle and buff!! Thanks for sharing.


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ScrapMetal Junior Member Offline Posts: 75 Location: Nebraska Joined: Aug 21^st, 2019	Re: Buffalo with a Sharps Reply #13 - Aug 25^th, 2022 at 3:48am	Print Post
	EricJ wrote on Jan 20^th, 2018 at 1:51am: Beautiful rifle and buffalo, where do you hunt them at? I'm in Nebraska but never seen any hunts here. Nice bison (and taken with style) so I have the same question. It would be great to have a place to take my son for his birthday and have him, and myself, take a pair of bison. Thanks, -Ron


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ISS Oldtimer Offline Posts: 570 Joined: Feb 24^th, 2013	Re: Buffalo with a Sharps Reply #14 - Aug 25^th, 2022 at 2:26pm	Print Post
	I shot my first Bison, a 3-4 year old bull with my Shiloh Sharps LRE in 45-70 several years ago. Talk about good eating... I shot a second three years later with a 50-90 Winchester 1886. Trophy bull. Huge horns, but he was 12-13 years old and close to a ton. Tough eating. When we hung the carcass at the meat locker and came back the next morning he was on the tarp we laid down under him. Bent a 3/8ths diameter U-shaped hook straight and dropped him. Butcher sawed him North to South and hung the halves. His hide made into a rug that measured 9 feet across the hocks at the shoulder, and 7 feet at the rump. Shot him two weeks before Christmas, and the winter coat hairs are about four inches long. Great days they were... Rich


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