do people in africa hunt watusi?

07 January 2013, 06:41

I know hunting preserves offer watusi hunting. I was just wondering if people in africa acually hunt them or are they just demesticated? Are their any watusi in the wild in africa? And what do you guys think about them as hunting game? They look a little more docile than a cape/water buffalo and bison.

07 January 2013, 07:08

crbutler

I was told in Tanzania that Cape Buffalo will kill domestic cattle, including the long horned variety, and that the domestic stock have absolutely no chance against them, and this was part of the reason that the herd boys are out there all the time. I did see the herds getting moved in a hurry by the masai when a buff herd showed up. From that, I doubt there is any wild population of Watusi cattle available except on private land that has no buffalo.

07 January 2013, 07:15

ddrhook

i think we need to raise the

and B/S flags on this topic

07 January 2013, 07:16

jdollar

Watusi are simply domesticated livestock. for the life of me i can't see a reason to shoot a cow. might as well go to the nearest ranch and shoot an Angus or Herford.

07 January 2013, 07:59

sierrabravo45

Yup...They do it in Texas.

http://www.texashuntlodge.com/watusi_hunt_package.asp

Your Watusi Hunting Package will consist of:
Bed & Breakfast Style Accommodations at the Texas Hunt Lodge
One on One Fully Guided Hunt
Field Dressing of Animal
Transportation of your animal to Taxidermist/Meat Processor
Transportation from the Texas Hunt Lodge to the hunting ranches
Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Stocked Bar at the Texas Hunt Lodge
Private Access to the Guadalupe River for Fishing, Swimming, Canoe, etc
Hunt Package Options
Airport Transfers from San Antonio, Texas
Additional Hunting for other Game Animals
Skinning, Caping, and Quartering available.
Extra Nights at the Texas Hunt Lodge with Family and Guests

07 January 2013, 08:06

A.Dahlgren

Watusi hunting is like hunting SA lions. (But I dont think you will hear that one alone lion has crossed the borders from Mexico and now we have a "special permit"

07 January 2013, 08:16

steel

interesting thanks for the info. If anyone does hunt one at least they gey alot of beef and a nice set of horns out of it.

07 January 2013, 08:23

jdollar

do you really need a 1 on 1 guide to tell you its a trophy cow/bull? give me a break. of course, a nice set of horns would like good on the hood of a Cadillac.

07 January 2013, 08:40

MacD37

quote:
Originally posted by sierrabravo45:
Yup...They do it in Texas.

http://www.texashuntlodge.com/watusi_hunt_package.asp

Your Watusi Hunting Package will consist of:
Bed & Breakfast Style Accommodations at the Texas Hunt Lodge
One on One Fully Guided Hunt
Field Dressing of Animal
Transportation of your animal to Taxidermist/Meat Processor
Transportation from the Texas Hunt Lodge to the hunting ranches
Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Stocked Bar at the Texas Hunt Lodge
Private Access to the Guadalupe River for Fishing, Swimming, Canoe, etc
Hunt Package Options
Airport Transfers from San Antonio, Texas
Additional Hunting for other Game Animals
Skinning, Caping, and Quartering available.
Extra Nights at the Texas Hunt Lodge with Family and Guests

And every cowboy working on that ranch, when out of hearing of the Yankee city folks, are laughing their collective asses off about the guests shooting livestock and paying high prices for the right to do so!

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to answer the origenal question, NO Africans have more sense than to kill their domestic cattle, and simply milk them to make cheese, to mix the milk with blood to drink. Blood let from the cattle's neck without killing them!

08 January 2013, 01:00

jwm

Wow...that's quite the operation.

I wonder if you could combine the Watusi hunt with the Trophy African Porcupine hunt? "The Grand Slam of Stupidity"!

08 January 2013, 05:34

376 steyr

I suspect these hunted Watusi are desendents of Watusi cattle that some registered cattle breeders got involved in but the market was just not there for the average commercial cattleman to support so they were probably sold to game ranches for hunting.

08 January 2013, 05:54

Big Wonderful Wyoming

What sucks about things like highlanders, watusi, yak and water buffalo is they get marked very low by the packers. So the incentive to raise them as beef cattle is greatly diminished.

08 January 2013, 06:00

RIP

quote:
Originally posted by MacD37:
And every cowboy working on that ranch, when out of hearing of the Yankee city folks,
are laughing their collective asses off about the guests shooting livestock and paying high prices for the right to do so!

Some of the clients laugh about it too:

Is this Pierre in the off season?

08 January 2013, 06:30

Bwanna

I think one in the trophy room would be a great conversation piece though. There's a guy living near me here in Vegas who has one on his wall and it's pretty interesting. Maybe get a big Caddy and strap a set of the horns to the hood.

08 January 2013, 08:13

Fjold

quote:
Originally posted by sierrabravo45:
Yup...They do it in Texas.

http://www.texashuntlodge.com/watusi_hunt_package.asp

Watusi Hunt Pricing

Trophy Watusi Trophy Fee - $2995

Record Watusi Trophy Fee - $5500

I wonder what the record is?

08 January 2013, 08:20

jdollar

i am not sure my heart could take the excitement of shooting a domestic cow- oh, that's right- i shot one with my .45ACP AT 2 YARDS IN MY FEED PEN WHEN THE PROCESSOR SHOWED UP TO BUTCHER IT...i find it hard to believe ANYONE would be stupid enough to pay for a hunting trip to shoot a cow. even a Yankee

08 January 2013, 09:15

Big Wonderful Wyoming

quote:
Originally posted by jdollar:
i am not sure my heart could take the excitement of shooting a domestic cow- oh, that's right- i shot one with my .45ACP AT 2 YARDS IN MY FEED PEN WHEN THE PROCESSOR SHOWED UP TO BUTCHER IT...i find it hard to believe ANYONE would be stupid enough to pay for a hunting trip to shoot a cow. even a Yankee

I know some of our fellow Westerner's that have killed "wild domestic hogs" in Utah on a "game ranch" just a big domestic hampshire.

I have also seen city slickers from the West, South and North that have paid to shoot really stupid things on a regular basis.

No one is immune from city slicker stupidity.

Marc Watts buffalypso, at the YO Ranch ring a bell? Same dairy breed of water buffalo responsible for mozzarella cheese.

08 January 2013, 12:50

shakari

quote:
Originally posted by Fjold:

I wonder what the record is?

Watusi record

08 January 2013, 13:49

BNagel

quote:
Originally posted by steel:
I know hunting preserves offer watusi hunting. I was just wondering if people in africa acually hunt them or are they just demesticated? Are their any watusi in the wild in africa? And what do you guys think about them as hunting game? They look a little more docile than a cape/water buffalo and bison.

People in Africa DO the Watusi -- old dance. Or they ARE Watusi -- Rwanda. Or they FIGHT for Tarzan...

09 January 2013, 19:54

500nitro

Thanks Bnagel,
i thought I was the only one who thought the watusi was a dance

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