interesting example......

[Ray]

of the "gameness" and resilience of the cape buffalo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2iz8KDZcxE

[GunnyMack]

My high school biology teacher had a cape buff skull. 3 bullet holes in the skull, 2 of which were partly closed up with regrown bone. The third was the fatal bullet.

[crs]

Yes, and mine had an inch wide hole from my .405 through the heart and began walking away, so I had to break the pelvis to drop it.
Then it crawled 15-20 yards before death bellow.

[piller]

An inch wide hole through the heart should stop most animals. I once shot a deer through the heart with my .270 and it jumped 3 long jumps before piling up like a bunch of bread dough. The bullet actually cut across the top of the heart and cut off all blood circulation. That was pretty impressive, but not even close to what Cape Buffalo can do. The Wildebeest I shot in Africa took some major damage before it went down. A .45-70 405 grain Hawk bullet through the pelvis which travelled forward and broke a rib before lodging in the right shoulder. A second one that broke a rib on the right side and one on the left. It took a .308 round right to left that went through the heart from the guide. It ran another 150 yards and turned to fight. We got close and I put two more .45-70 through it low in the chest before it suddenly dropped straight down. Wildebeest are known to be tough, but they don't have the size of a Buffalo. The animals in Africa are tough.