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I am not into wall trophies, but this was very special, so I had it skull-mounted and got it back last week. On 10 Dec last year I was fortunate to have an opportunity at a walk-and-stalk hunt on a mad buff cow. My lucky 15-yard heart shot took her down within 5 minutes and no more that 80 yards. It was only then that we discovered why she was attacked a vehicle the previous week. A bullet had passed through the animal’s head (poachers?) just above the brain. After she died from my shot, pus was running from the wound. This had nothing to do with the fact that she had only one horn. (Which had all to do with the bargain price!). On the picture you can see the overlapping ribs of a buffalo (if ever there was doubt about this fact), with the neat hole where my arrow penetrated two ribs to go on from there through both ventricles. The Die-Hart broad head, hand-made by my knife-maker friend Oliver, was a little blunted, but not chipped or bent at all. Grrrr…. Goose bumps all over again  Hunters pay for conservation. Without funds from hunting the African game cannot survive. www.affordableafricanhunting.com | ||
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The "REAL" trophy is in your memories of your hunt. What gets hung on the wall, brings them all rushing back to you, evertime you look at it. Enjoy it. Hog Killer IGNORE YOUR RIGHTS AND THEY'LL GO AWAY!!! ------------------------------------ We Band of Bubbas & STC Hunting Club, The Whomper Club | |||
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Nice trophy with a good story.  Life is how you spend the time between hunting trips. Through Responsible Sustainable hunting we serve Conservation. Outfitter permit no. Limpopo ZA/LP/73984 PH permit no. Limpopo ZA/LP/81197 Jaco Human SA Hunting Experience jacohu@mweb.co.za www.sahuntexp.com | |||
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Lochi, That is one cool mount!  What a memory! That mount is priceless! Excellent!!! Cheers to you Lochi! "America's Meat - - - SPAM" As always, Good Hunting!!! Widowmaker416 | |||
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Great picture and great story. Very nice unique mount. Very cool. | |||
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Lochi, That's really awesome! Great idea with the rib set too. ~Ann   | |||
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Definitely an A+, great mount and the story is priceless.. NRA Life Memeber SCI Life Member Dallas Safari Life Member DRSS We Band of Bubbas | |||
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Never ever had such an attack of buck fever. Shook the arrow off the rest at full draw. Fliched it onto the target while running in the opposite direction - eisch!! Lochi. p.s. "eisch" is African for anticipation of major discomfort.  Hunters pay for conservation. Without funds from hunting the African game cannot survive. www.affordableafricanhunting.com | |||
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Lochi, I know that feeling and I have seen it happen to lots of other hunters. Very cool mount! I have a rib from my first buffalo, inscribed with the place and date. | |||
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Hey Lochi, We will have to work on that buff fever attacks  Very nice thropy something to remember for a long time. Gerhard Gerhard FFF Safaris Capture Your African Moments Hunting Outfitter (MP&LP) Proffesional Hunter (MP&LP) History guide Wildlife Photographer www.fffsafaris.co.za | |||
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Awesome, Lochi! Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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Nice Trophy! It's not the inches that counts but the story behind ones trophy, the hunt, stalk etc... Carmelos 56" buff comes way behind this nice Buffalo cow  Husky | |||
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I like it. "Science only goes so far then God takes over." | |||
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Talk about '1-of-a-kind'! That is a real conversation piece. Congratulations. | |||
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That one gets a very high score in the Royal Order of the Outer Circle. Well done! | |||
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Most excellent!!!! I can't say it any better than husky did so I'll just quote him, "It's not the inches that counts but the story behind ones trophy, the hunt, stalk etc..." I couldn't agree more. With your story and your memories of that hunt, you've got an excellent Buff trophy. And, a great story and memories to tell to others when you show it to them. That's the best kind of trophy, IMHO. And it's a cool mount, too! Thanks for sharing your story and photo. Sincerely, -Bob F. | |||
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Way Cool! | |||
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Lochi, A gem of an idea for the mounting. Cool! What counts for the value of a trophy? Not the inches, but the number of tick-bites suffered, and the 'places' where they are, that count. In good hunting. Andrew McLaren | |||
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