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Show us your trophy Daggaboy Buffalo.
12 January 2008, 10:24
ozhunterShow us your trophy Daggaboy Buffalo.
Have you any pictures of your Dagga Boys?
Not young bulls please.
A Kenyan Bull.
A Mozambique Bull taken with Zim PH Stuart Taylor.
An awesome trophy!
ARs Spartan with his Dagga Boy (PH Stu Taylor).
No introduction required.
A nice Zambezi bull taken on the last hour of daylight on the last hunting day on a fourteen day Safari (PH Ian Gibson).
12 January 2008, 14:40
huskyThe Klipspringer Buffalo of Senuko. He acted like a Klipspringer and fooled us up high in a Kopje, charged us unprovoked from 15 paces in the last light.
PH; Gordon Duncan
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12 January 2008, 20:37
LRH270Also from Senuko
Shangaan Hunters, Glen Stockil PH
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12 January 2008, 21:55
Shumba
Zambezi Valley, 2004. PH was Ian Gibson. Ruger 416 Rigby w/400 Barnes X @ 2,400 fps. Placed one in the lower chest at 22 yards.
Sengwe Zimbabwe with Pro Safaris
12 January 2008, 23:23
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Tanzania, Kigosi, '06, PH Dean Kendall
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13 January 2008, 01:28
kududeThe first picture is a 45" Buffalo take by my stepson in Tanz in 2005 and the second is a 38" taken by me in Zim in 1998. My wife is at our other computer where I have some photos of buffalo we saw at Kruger this, oops, last year. I'll try and post some of those old boys. Kudude
13 January 2008, 02:18
ozhunterT,
Who was your PH with PRO SAFARIS?
13 January 2008, 03:23
Aspen Hill AdventuresKudude,
That's a really nice mount of your bull, who did it?
~Ann
13 January 2008, 04:15
PSmithSeptember 2006 Zimbabwe Matetsi Unit 2. 38" spread; taken out of a group of 5 dagga boys; shot at 20 yards with a .470NE.
Here's one we saw a couple of days later. The classic dagga boy in his element.
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13 January 2008, 05:48
jdollartaken in the Selous, 2002
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13 January 2008, 05:50
jdollarsame bull in the field
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13 January 2008, 06:52
kududeAnn,
That mount was done by Roy Hayes Taxidermy in Taarkastad, RSA. The story of getting the trophies from Zim to RSA would be a novel, but after two years plus they pitched up here in Tallahassee. Kudude
13 January 2008, 06:57
Mike_DettorreGwayi Valley, Khana Plot Zimbabwe 2001
Stainless Mod 70, cut to 20 inches for crawling through the under bush.
1 300 grn Barnes X high in the shoulder and thorugh the spine. Collapsed at the shot. One insurance solid between the shoulder blades.
Gee no running gun battle.
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What I have learned on AR, since 2001:
1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken.
2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps.
3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges.
4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down.
5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine.
6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle.
7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions.
8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA.
9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not.
10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact.
11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores.
12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence.
13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances.
13 January 2008, 07:07
ElCaballeroquote:
Originally posted by ozhunter:
A Kenyan Bull.
An awesome trophy!
When I get enough pennies saved to go, I would love to get one like the bottom one, however I think the top one is ideal. Wide but not perfect with the rubbed off right horn tip.
13 January 2008, 07:47
graybirdquote:
That looks like the rare and dreaded Bob-tailed Cape Buffalo!! Thanks for sharing the picures.
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13 January 2008, 08:28
dougaboyTaken Sept, 2006 in the Zambezi valley with a .416 REM using a 400 gr Barnes TSX at 56 yards out of a group of 5 bulls. The PH was Mark DeWett on Russ Broom's concession.
Doug
13 January 2008, 12:20
buffybrGwayi valley, Zimbabwe, June, 2005
.375 Ultra Mag, 300 gr TSX
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13 January 2008, 18:49
nkonkaGame, set and match.
13 January 2008, 19:30
Buglemintodayquote:
Originally posted by jdollar:
taken in the Selous, 2002
Beautiful mount Jdollar! I think if I ever get the opportunity to take a buffalo I would want it mounted like that.
Justin
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13 January 2008, 19:51
SidnyeMy 15 year old son Jacob last july in the Selous.
14 January 2008, 00:11
BlacktailerThis old boy lives in Ngorongoro Crater
And this is one of two taken Sept 07 with Luke Samaras in the Selous. Leon Kachelhoffer was my PH
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14 January 2008, 03:58
David CulpepperHere is my one and only but hopefully there are many more in my future.
14 January 2008, 05:14
JudgeGThis isn't what lots of folks would consider a trophy buffalo, but it weighed 50 kilos more than any taken at Kazinga concession in Burkina Faso in 29 years of operation. It's a Western Savannah Buffalo. There are particularly ill-tempered animals.
The staff went absolutle nuts when we brought it back for processing. The ancient fellow had quite the reputation for avoiding bullets, and I just happened to be the lucky hunter to get the old, old boy.
I guess that the elderly dude was left-handed because he had worn the horn on that side to about nothing. In West Africa, it was a trophy of a lifetime.
JudgeG ... just counting time 'til I am again finding balm in Gilead chilled out somewhere in the Selous.
14 January 2008, 13:48
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14 January 2008, 15:22
WinkThis is another nice looking Kruger buffalo.
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14 January 2008, 15:23
Kyler Hamann
Zambezi Escarpment '02, .460 Wby. in Mark V
Also Zambezi Escarpment '02, .375 H&H in Sako
15 January 2008, 23:46
silwane
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16 January 2008, 03:31
Wendell ReichWestern Tanzania '05
16 January 2008, 05:41
bull1A few of mine from 2003 and 2005 from the Selous.
http://s273.photobucket.com/albums/jj209/jss1456/Bull1
16 January 2008, 13:12
shakariFolks,
BColyer asked me to post this on his behalf. He didn't hunt with me and so I can't tell you anything about it........ but I'm sure he'll post the story.
16 January 2008, 19:59
Lhook7Here's Ducky!
My wife got him in Zim last year.
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17 January 2008, 09:41
Indlovuzambezi valley, 17 inch bosses
17 January 2008, 20:52
500grains
17 January 2008, 21:08
500grainsI know what a torn-off fingernail feels like, so I bet that shot-off horn hurt!!
17 January 2008, 21:20
Charles_HelmYou have to love that scrum cap bull!
17 January 2008, 23:01
PWSLove the pics!
Here's two with Russ Broom in Binga 2002.
Top buff was in poor condition. His left horn has a big gouge across the center and his teeth are bald. 35" x 14"
Second buff, my partner's, is a BULL! 43" wide and iirc 19" bosses. A true standout.
