Boy, oh boy! This guy really has it all: great boss, deep curl and super width. How wide do you think he is?? He must be in the upper 40-ies or close to 50... (if not above?)

He would also score well on the SCI scale (if anybody cares) due to his long tips. Normally, long tips are not a sign of age, so is he just medium age?? Note also, how his boss has not yet been worn down to become smooth, that could also indicate he is not THAT old.
- mike

Wow!!

Ngorongoro must have the highet concentration of 45+ inch buffalo in the world! the last guy to hunt there did not know how lucky he was

Definately a shooter. Let's see ear width @35 inches, outside ears 8 inches so at least
35 + 16=51 inches. I guess I overestimated the
outside ears measurement. Does someone have this one on a wall??
Robert

The really maddening aspect of seeing these animals who have never been hunted is that these are the only ones the typical tourist sees and they think that buffalo hunting consists of driving up to one of these and shooting He sure puts the one hanging on my wall to shame tho!

"Like you owe him money"

Are they older than the ones living in the hunting areas or it's just because better genetics?

It seems to me that similar thing happends with elephants, are we shooting them before they reach their plenitude.....???

If it's just genetics we must do some AI with tame animals and release them in the Selous

L

Mich,

Many thanks for posting these pics. What incredible buff!!

Looks like there are two differnt bulls pictured here, the third pic is the one I want!

465H&H

My oh my, those are great buffalo!

Incredible buffalo! The stuff of dreams & nightmares....!

Thanks for posting.

Regards,
Dave

To add to your collection, here's one I took there recently as well. Think the one nearest to the front is the same as the first buff that you posted?

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Originally posted by Spring:
Think the one nearest to the front is the same as the first buff that you posted?

It looks to me like the first buff posted has more drop and the tips don't come back up as far as your buff.

All are incredible buff. A friend and I spent 10 hours in the crater one day; 8-1/2 hours were spent glassing buffalo. We'd sit in the high-rack of the hunting car glassing a herd for an hour at a time while the tour buses would come and go. The photo tourists must have thought we were nuts - and they were almost right, we were certainly going nuts.

Major wood over here...

This gives new meaning to the saying "use enough gun"

Great buffs. the way they should look.


the strangest thing is that J.A Hunter could have bouth the whole Ngorongro crater for almost nothing. But he turned it down. What a shame. probably the only mistake that man did in his whole life.