Anyone that wishes to shoot Cape Buffalo with a cartridge that produces less than the .375 H&H should do several things.

1. Get permission from his PH before going to Africa as the .375 H&H is the minimum legal power in all the countries. It's about 4,000 ft-lb energy.

2. know your load and penetration well and know the anatomy of a cape buffalo so that you can take the best shot placement possible.

3. practice with your rig a lot and know your range very well. CB can be shot at 10 yards at times and then you must know whether you should pass on a 200 yard shot. No matter how you count the costs the Cape Buffalo is about a $6,000 trigger pull and the money is spent when blood is drawn. If the animal runs and is never found the $6,000 is spent.

If one wants to hunt CB with a .22 LR it's fine with me....I really don't care how we chlorinate the gene pool.