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I can offer a one-week 1x1 buffalo package in RSA, including 1 buffalo cow, 1 blue wildebeest, 2 impala and 2 warthog at 12.000 US $. The price includes trophy fees, full board accommodation, PH, hunting vehicles, trackers and skinners. Any one interested? Andrea Sandri-Boriani | ||
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Seems pretty high. Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum | |||
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Hiker, for RSA, that's not bad. LIFE IS NOT A SPECTATOR'S SPORT! | |||
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Sorry, I checked around and did not know the trophy fee was so high in RSA. I learned something today. Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum | |||
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If you didn't notice...that's a buffalo COW not a BULL!  Bull1 | |||
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Buffalo cows are bait, not trophies. George  | |||
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Hey Bob how'd you do on your safari? Well i shot a Buff Cow and a few other critters all for a measley 12 grand. Freind falls over.  Charlie | |||
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Andrea, Are you now a PH? Because the last time you were on here spouting about the best choice of weapons and tactics for DG based on your 35 years of African "experience" I checked and you weren't. Just curious. Have you ever even hunted DG? And that price you quoted is F***ING ridiculous this is a joke right? I can do that hunt in RSA with a Trophy Bull buff at a better price all day long. | |||
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You can book two buffalo in Masai with someone like Mark Young for only 3K more. And those bulls are big. Andrea: In all honesty, there is nothing at all attractive about your deal. The plains game is not even that interesting. | |||
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Surestrike, I'm a part time hunting broker and I've been hunting in Africa for 28 years. I passed my PH exames in 1994 but I have never registered as a PH and I never presented myself as such. The offer I made it is excellent for this area and I challenge you to prove me wrong on this point. Regarding your question about my DG experience, as a professional wildlife specialist tour guide my guess is that I've been approaching on foot and at close range more dangerous animals in one single season that you have probably seen in all your life. Andrea Sandri-Boriani | |||
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To shoot a buffalo bull instead of a cow will not require more courage but just an additional 5.000 US$ on trophy fee. Andrea Sandri-Boriani | |||
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And having shot this 'fearsome' buffalo cow  , what would the client do with it? Take 'hero shots' of it? Mount it as a trophy? While there are a lot of stupid people on the 'net, there aren't a lot of stupid people on this forum. Normally, I don't interfere with free commerce, but shooting bait or biltong animals at those prices is an absurd concept. Go peddle it on HuntAmerica, where you might find more suckers.  George | |||
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Ahh, I see but that wasn't the question. I'll repeat, have you ever HUNTED DG? Quite a bit different than viewing them in a park. From the amount of "solid" advice you've given on the best weapons one should use in DG hunting. I figured you should have quite a bit of DG hunting experience. But now I'm confused. | |||
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Cow Shooter, Time to wipe the egg off your face. On shooting cows - I hunt elk occasionally and had an "any elk" tag in Wyoming. After a week of not seeing bulls, I offered to shoot a cow "for the meat". The guide said - "What are going to do, mount the ears?" Hence, we hunted bulls and I did connect a day later. Never forgot that and never again offered to shoot a cow/female of anything. | |||
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I never realised that there were so many chest beaters on the forum! I thought the whole purpose of these forums was for people who like to hunt? I have seen plenty of trophy pictures that don't look that special to me, but to the owner they mean the world, and more importantly they mean memories of a hunt, and a visit to other parts, perhaps their only such visit... What next, do we start poking fun at buff bulls under 40"? We should also remember culling females of any species is often needed to control the population levels and by the time they reach the "steak stage" I don't think anybody would know the difference. I don't know anything about Andrea, this hunt, or its supposed value, but the facts seem fairly straight (unlike some hunts offered here of late!)& nobody is forcing anybody to book it.. Regards, Pete | |||
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I would gladly hunt and shoot a buffalo cow, or the female of any species. For me it is about hunting, not the trophy. However, for less than $12K I can shoot a bull buffalo and plains game in other countries. Frankly, with the prices charged I have no idea how RSA can sell any buffalo hunts at all. | |||
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Increadible, someones offer something and just because you don't agree with the animals or the price offered you jump over him?? I have heard of more dangerous situations with femals than with males in many "dangerous" species, and from the hunters I saw in MS videos it seems there are people who are adrenalin addicts  I think comments like "I think is too expensive" or "I'm not interested in shooting cows.." it's ok but to attack someone....  It's like watching tv, if you don't like the movie just move on... Personally I will choose to hunt a bull buff in Tanzania for that money, but is just my opinion, someone may prefer a family trip to RSA and will enjoy something like this....for tastes are colours... L | |||
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Anderea is a honest fellow and the hunt I went on with him was a great deal! We did see DG: 12 or so Buffalo, a couple of lions and lepord tracks. Andrea is a stand up Guy.. call me or send me a PM and I'll send you the pictures. The PH he uses is the real deal... Old SCHOOL! urdubob Midway USA sucks!!!!!!!!!!!! | |||
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I see no problem in shooting female animals, and we do so when we hunt moose here in Norway. It's all about keeping a population stable. And it's not necessarily easier to hunt females either, if that's what some folks think. If offered a buffalo cow while hunting other game (such as elephant cow!), I see no reason to pass. As long as the hunting is good. But the offer posted above doesn't seem very appealing to me, as more interesting offers are available for the same price in other countrys. I know buff are expensive in RSA due to them (usually?) being TB free. But I personally couldn't care if they're TB free or not! | |||
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I have seen cow buffalo mounted and they make a passable trophy. No they are not a bull but ... Wouldn't pay $12G for a cow hunt however but all the guy was doing was posting an offer. I was expecting it to be $18G too as Andrea mentioned a bull would cost $17G. For any price like that I would go for something completely different too. If the members here do not like it, they can just move on! No need for insults. (last sentence edited to make it more clear) | |||
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Andrea, for that much money I could hunt Tanzania for 7 days for 2 buffalo and almost as much plainsgame!
George: I couldn’t disagree more with your point of view! A trophy hanging in your wall shouldn’t be something that you show your friends and brag about! It should simply be the object that triggers your memory every time you look at it, sending you back in space and time, allowing you to live again and again all the incidents related to its chase and hunt! Doesn’t matter its size or gender! B.Martins  What every gun needs, apart from calibre, is a good shot and hunter behind it. - José Pardal | |||
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Folks, Surely there's no need to be rude here......... If you think it's too much money or don't like the package being offered just don't buy it......there's no need to insult anyone is there? | |||
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Well said, Steve. THE LUCKIEST HUNTER ALIVE! | |||
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I'll second that. When I see an offer I don't like, I simply don't respond. Berating the offeror serves no good or useful purpose. Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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Quote from Don: Every so often some of our members feel obliged to comment on the offerings of "other members", post non-hunting related items for sale, or just post totally off topic posts. Again, we offer our classified post sections to facilitate the sale of hunting related items. Posts should be limited to this topic. If you have other issues, take it offline please. Thanks for your cooperation. Don I guess Dons rules only apply to the classified section? George I don't mean to bust your Balls but as Moderator you represent Saeed and the AR Forum. I have never seen him post anything disrespecting anyone. Just my Opinion!!! ****************************************************************** R. Lee Ermey: "The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle." ****************************************************************** We're going to be "gifted" with a health care plan we are forced to purchase and fined if we don't, Which purportedly covers at least ten million more people, without adding a single new doctor, but provides for 16,000 new IRS agents, written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress that didn't read it but exempted themselves from it, and signed by a President, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes, for which we'll be taxed for four years before any benefits take effect, by a government which has already bankrupted Social Security and Medicare, all to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that's broke!!!!! 'What the hell could possibly go wrong?' | |||
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OK now that we have all calmed down a bit !!! The offer was made and while we can debate the merits of it I dont personally understand why there are some rather rude replies, that is not the norm on AR so I was a bit dissappointed .... Briefly ... for those not in the complete know how there are some rather nasty cheeky (OLD COW BUFFALO) animals around to hunt, we personally offer cape buffalo BULL hunts BUT the client then ALSO has an opportunity to add on a GRUMPY OLD FEMALE that is also a good hunt, these animals are past their productive life and are basically taken out of the herds ... I would not be toooooo hasty to pre-judge a buff female hunt as an (add on opportunity) to the main cape buff bull hunt ... | |||
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If you do, you're mounting it from the wrong end!  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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TSK, TSK !!! I also see no need for rudness, and I didn't think it would happen on AR to that extent! Haveing said that, I too believe this hunt to be way over priced, but then any Buffalo hunting in RSA is over priced, that goes without saying! Peter is right! Many old cows, and some young calves will gladly poke a hole in your butt, that isn't supposed to be there. However, IMO $12K to hunt a cow is way over the top, and I agree with those who say cows are lion bait, nothing more, and I'll leave the culling to those who enjoy that sort of thing. I, for one, would much rather go Zambia, or Tanzania for BULLS at the $12K price tag. I would rather hunt Wart Hog than a Buffalo cow, so I'll not be buying this hunt at any price. Still that is the price he offered, and the cow is the target. If that is not to your likeing, and it is not to mine, don't buy, but be respectfull! ....Mac >>>===(x)===> MacD37, ...and DUGABOY1 DRSS Charter member "If I die today, I've had a life well spent, for I've been to see the Elephant, and smelled the smoke of Africa!"~ME 1982 Hands of Old Elmer Keith  | |||
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Excellent responses! I've learned a lot about folks who post here. Thanks! | |||
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