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

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

Nice trophy with a good story.

Lochi,

That is one cool mount!

What a memory! That mount is priceless! Excellent!!!

Cheers to you Lochi!

Great picture and great story. Very nice unique mount. Very cool.

Lochi,

That's really awesome! Great idea with the rib set too.

Definitely an A+, great mount and the story is priceless..

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.

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.

Hey Lochi, We will have to work on that buff fever attacks

Very nice thropy something to remember for a long time.

Gerhard

Awesome, Lochi!

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

I like it.

Talk about '1-of-a-kind'!
That is a real conversation piece. Congratulations.

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Originally posted by Lochi:

That one gets a very high score in the Royal Order of the Outer Circle.

Well done!

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.

Way Cool!

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