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Aaron: I have shot a bunch of cows for baits and rations. I have shot a few bulls for rations. I have shot 2 that were injured/sick (one with a massive abscess that stunk like hell). I shot 2 inside of a high fence photographic area that had taken a great dislike for vehicles. They had to go. Half or more were trophies. I have been lucky enough to take 3 or 4 really big ones. I am going to make it 35 in October. jetdrvr: Is that area in TZ? Those buff in Masai land are notorious. | |||
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35??? I knew I was a piker... Jeff | |||
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Regardless, 34 is still 34, that's awesome! Maybe we should do a couple in TZ sometime together? Good luck in October! | |||
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Buff hunting is king,IMO,but you have to do it the way a real hunter would.You need to use a open sight rifle and know how to use it.Then,you need to know a small bit about tracking and everything thing else.When I used to hunt caribou,I could've shot the whole million, Quebec caribou herd in a single day with my scoped rifle.Would that have made me a good hunter??? of course not! In my book,hunting is all about quality and not quantity,starting from what you shoot to how you shoot it.BTW,I can't understand why people don't video their hunts and post it here so that they keep us all entertained throughout the whole time we are not hunting. | |||
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I have to confess here. That the main reason I like hunting buffalo is because they are so big, one finds it very hard to miss them!  | |||
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Shootaway: Some of us old guys have vision issues. The scope is the only way. | |||
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Lee as soon as I fill up I'll let ya know. Look guys another generous soul ready to take on your burden  If you own a gun and you are not a member of the NRA and other pro 2nd amendment organizations then YOU are part of the problem. | |||
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Buf up close and personal... This guy received his invitation at 30 feet.  Mike | |||
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 Now that's what I'm talking about! | |||
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Love that rifle Mike. Looks like you made a great shot. | |||
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Mundane, boring, sucks! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Excellent work Mike! | |||
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According to my PH for a lot of his clients, it's not that hard. Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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Mike, That is seriously pretty rifle. What is it? | |||
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It is a 450 No 2. I can't remember who made it. It started with an F. I shot it when we went turkey hunting. It is a hell of a gun. I can personally attest that Mike is a hell of a shot with it. In fact, I seem to recall some hogs that can as well. | |||
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That is one gorgeous buff and to shoot him at 30 feet, what a trophy hunt! Congrats, Regards, Chuck "There's a saying in prize fighting, everyone's got a plan until they get hit" Michael Douglas "The Ghost And The Darkness" | |||
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It's a Famars, and it shoots like a dream. Will J. Parks, III | |||
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You definately don't want to be cauget with Mike's betrothed while he has that gun in hand... | |||
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You need to pick up your rifle everyday and while hunting you should wear the right hat. | |||
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Retreever with the hardware  Bwana Bunduki under recoil  A nice touch  Will J. Parks, III | |||
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Like someone else said, different strokes for different folks. For me, Cape Buffalo is the funnest thing I've hunted and I'm hooked. I honestly can't say there is anything or anywhere that I would want to hunt every single time I went for the rest of my life. I enjoy seeing different places and hunting different stuff and look forward to going to Mongolia and Russia and Artgentina, etc. But I can't imagine not going back to Africa again and again and again and hunting Buffalo every time I can. And for whoever said it's practically guaranteed, I spent 10 days in the Luangwa Valley in July and didn't kill one (though my son took his). Maybe we were doing it wrong. | |||
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Less than five minutes of work with a "short, ugly, incredibly big-bored".505. I wouldn't exchange the experience for anything.  Tanzania, Selous, 1972 | |||
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You don't have a choice, how could you exchange an experience like this with anything? | |||
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Boring? Really? P'raps sitting on one's ass, waiting to shoot a whitetail could, after a number of years, conjure the adjective "boring", but, as I have just finished rolling quarters for my Buffalo trophy Fee, 'Boring' isn't even on the menu. Some of us might be a tad spoiled... Phil Massaro President, Massaro Ballistic Laboratories, LLC NRA Life Member B&C Member www.mblammo.com Hunt Reports- Zambia 2011 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/1481089261 "Two kinds of people in this world, those of us with loaded guns, and those of us who dig. You dig." | |||
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