Broadside
Hold on the back line of the front leg, about a third of the way up the body. The chest is short and deep. Bushbuck often stand with the near leg back, which covers the heart with the shoulder, so for bow shots wait for the leg to move forward.
Quartering and other angles
Quartering away, aim for the far front leg. Quartering to, aim at the point of the near shoulder. Shots in riverine bush are often short and brief, so be ready on the sticks before the ram steps out.
Do not
Do not shoot through brush in dense riverine cover, and do not walk up on a downed ram carelessly. Wounded bushbuck rams have injured hunters with their horns.
Where they live and the typical miss
Found across Sub-Saharan Africa in riverine forest, thickets and the edges of dense bush. The typical miss comes from a bullet deflected by twigs, or a hurried shot at a ram that is moving off.
Dawn and dusk
Bushbuck feed at the edges of cover at first and last light. Still-hunt slowly along riverbeds and let the ram give you a clear window.