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 I shot this cow in Zim back in 2007. It was kind of a mercy killing in that one hind foot had been snared and was getting infected. She was hanging out near some settlement areas and we were asked if we could track her down and shoot her in case she turned nasty. Well someone asked me the other day how wide it was and I have no clue, maybe 40" though I don't know it the cows have the same head porportions or not. I figured there are many here who could get pretty close by seeing the pic. Thanks BigBullet "Half the FUN of the travel is the esthetic of LOSTNESS" Ray Bradbury https://www.facebook.com/Natal...443607135825/?ref=hl | ||
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I'd say she is very close to 40" if not! But I can say with out a doubt shee is not a commonly configured cow! Her bosses, and are almost grown together, and the bosses are shaped far more like a young bull. I beleive she may have been a hermarphrodite! It is too bad you didn't have her mounted, because she is a very unusual Buffalo cow for sure! ....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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I agree with Mac in that this looks more like a bull than a cow by the horn configuration. Imagine the ears in the outward position. They would extend to about 34" in a bull less in a cow. So I would guess 37 to 38". 465H&H | |||
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Good work on the mercy kill. 37-38ish Brett DRSS Life Member SCI Life Member NRA Life Member WSF Rhyme of the Sheep Hunter May fordings never be too deep, And alders not too thick; May rock slides never be too steep And ridges not too slick. And may your bullets shoot as swell As Fred Bear's arrow's flew; And may your nose work just as well As Jack O'Connor's too. May winds be never at your tail When stalking down the steep; May bears be never on your trail When packing out your sheep. May the hundred pounds upon you Not make you break or trip; And may the plane in which you flew Await you at the strip. -Seth Peterson | |||
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There are a lot of big horned cows. It's probably close to 40 inches. ------------------------------- Will Stewart / Once you've been amongst them, there is no such thing as too much gun. --------------------------------------- and, God Bless John Wayne. NRA Benefactor Member, GOA, N.A.G.R. _________________________ "Elephant and Elephant Guns" $99 shipped “Hunting Africa's Dangerous Game" $20 shipped. red.dirt.elephant@gmail.com _________________________ Hoping to wind up where elephant hunters go. | |||
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This was actually quite an exciting hunt. This buffalo was in an area with lots of other buff and we tried to find it for about 2 hours and 6 miles later we decided we couldn't find it and started heading back to the jeep. All of a sudden, in the thickest bush she was staring at us at maybe 15 yards. I had to move slightly to my left in order to get an opportunity at a quartering on shot. After that everything ended quickly. What a 15 second rush though from basically giving up on the cow, then there she was right in fromt of us and giving the evil eye. The trackers origionally did think this was a young bull we were after and it was not until the buffalo was down that we noticed something missing. And yes I should have brought the horms home. That part I didn't even think about at the time, it was day three in our 12 day hunt and I hadn't yet taken a bull so we depacthed this cow and off we went again. BigBullet "Half the FUN of the travel is the esthetic of LOSTNESS" Ray Bradbury https://www.facebook.com/Natal...443607135825/?ref=hl | |||
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 compare it to this cow she measured 34" "Buy land they have stopped making it"- Mark Twain | |||
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fanatic, The problem is that you're not using the OFFICIAL PH TAPE MEASURE, that starts at 8 inches.  Straighten up, dude. ------------------------------- Will Stewart / Once you've been amongst them, there is no such thing as too much gun. --------------------------------------- and, God Bless John Wayne. NRA Benefactor Member, GOA, N.A.G.R. _________________________ "Elephant and Elephant Guns" $99 shipped “Hunting Africa's Dangerous Game" $20 shipped. red.dirt.elephant@gmail.com _________________________ Hoping to wind up where elephant hunters go. | |||
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 That is why al ph wifes think a cigarette is 12 " "Buy land they have stopped making it"- Mark Twain | |||
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It's also the reason women can't reverse a car......... keep coming back darling, you've still got another six inches. CRUNCH  | |||
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