Negley Farson, in his 40s-era book Behind God's Back, writes that the BUSH COW of west Africa is "the most dangerous animal in Africa. The Bush Cow does not wait to be wounded, like the buffalo, before he starts to hunt you."

What the hell is a bush cow?

I can find no photos. The seem to live in the west,Nigeria and Guyana. I saw a pic of a wooden mask and it seem to look sort of like a buff. Lots of foke lore about them. All I Know and it ain't alot.

I haven't got a picture, yet, either but here's the definition:

BUSH COW
A West African buffalo ({Bubalus brachyceros}) having short horns depressed at the base, and large ears fringed internally with three rows of long hairs. It is destitute of a dewlap. Called also {short-horned buffalo}, and {bush cow}.

It also referred to as Synersus nana, the West African dwarf buffalo or Forest buffalo.

Try http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.csew....r%3Dlang_en%26sa%3DG

Ah yes, the Forest Buffalo. Thanks, Sarge. Are they as aggressive as their reputation?

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Originally posted by Oldsarge:
I haven't got a picture, yet, either but here's the definition:

BUSH COW

When you pull up the website double click on small picture at the top of the page, and it will inlarge to show the Dwarf Buffalo, (BUSH COW)

"What is a Bush Cow"

Back in college I met this girl ... wait, no ... that was a Bushpig, now I remember.

Interboat,
Dunno, can't hunt W. Africa until I retire but all the stories I've read would lead me to think so.

A red dwarf buffalo...They have a reputation for being very agressive, probably a little over rated IMO...Most will weigh about 800 lbs is my guess, and will vari in color from light reddish to almost black'red, and of course being smaller the are easier to kill. A 9.3x62 would be the perfect dwarf buffalo caliber IMO..Personally, I prefer to hunt the black bulls of Tanzania and Zimbabwe myself..