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With all the great pics being posted on here now, I've got to ask: Would you?  | ||
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He looks a little young for me, but a good looking Buff none the less.  LDK Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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Now I can see the spread!  Much better look at him on the ground PD. Getting his picture before the shot is a feat in itself. Congrats on a big bull!David Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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My best friend was along as photographer. In the cases before we came up to this particular herd, he was always taking pics of the 'wrong' animal. He even got great video of the elephant herd we were stalking ... of course, he was on the wrong bull when the shooting started .In the case of this bull he didn't have to ask . | |||
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How wide PD? Have him home yet? Shoulder or skull mount? David Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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David, They mentioned he's 42", but I think they may have measured inside. I didn't check it. He's still in Zim, hopefully will be here soon. He'll be a shoulder mount by the master, Jerry Huffaker. | |||
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His bosses are hard, so he is a good bull, at least I dont' see any hair to shave off him...I probably would have shot him depending on my mood at the time, he does not have a lot of drop and I like drop, but I still doubt that I would have passed him up...He is a very nice bull. Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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nah i'd hold out for something in the low 60's or high 50's    | |||
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PD, That is a drop dead beautiful bull. That one kind of flys in the face of the theory that a buff with horn tips above the boss is an immature buffalo. I like him! Mark MARK H. YOUNG MARK'S EXCLUSIVE ADVENTURES 7094 Oakleigh Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89110 Office 702-848-1693 Cell, Whats App, Signal 307-250-1156 PREFERRED E-mail markttc@msn.com Website: myexclusiveadventures.com Skype: markhyhunter Check us out on https://www.facebook.com/pages...ures/627027353990716 | |||
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Thats True Seloushunter Nec Timor Nec Temeritas | |||
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Butch, You must have forgotten to take you Old Timers drugs. We are talking buffalo here and not moose. In the furure please get Dianne to proof read your posts. Oh! Forget that because you won't be able to remember to ask her. Oh! Well! Mark MARK H. YOUNG MARK'S EXCLUSIVE ADVENTURES 7094 Oakleigh Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89110 Office 702-848-1693 Cell, Whats App, Signal 307-250-1156 PREFERRED E-mail markttc@msn.com Website: myexclusiveadventures.com Skype: markhyhunter Check us out on https://www.facebook.com/pages...ures/627027353990716 | |||
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Great bull. I'd be very happy. Well done. Doug | |||
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Depends, can I shoot him with a 45-70?  Brian "If you can't go all out, don't go..." | |||
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 Beautiful buffalo, shot w/ anything. Dr.CAt Home on the Range-Texas Panhandle | |||
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That is a real nice buff PostDriver. I would have plugged it too. A buddy of mine shot one in Zim in '98 that has a real similar curl...looks related!  Its also proof that mature buff don't always have the horn tips below the boss. Cheers, Canuck | |||
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PD In what area was the bull shot? | |||
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Beautiful Bull, what a whopper, congrats. | |||
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Which brings up a point. Where are the big bulls in Zimbabwe, or are they simply where you find them? I'm told in Matetse the average bull is around 36", and a very few might push 40". If that's the case, these don't look like Matetse bulls for sure. | |||
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I would probably pass on him as he doesn't have enough drop to be my dream buff. If someone else shot him and I saw him up close I would probably kick myself for passing on him. 465H&H | |||
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Thanks for the comments, guys. Taken in Matetsi 5, 11/07, Ron Oliver, Outfitter. We saw a lot of those smaller bulls, yes, but many big ones as well. It was very late in the season and they were coming out of Hwange Park for the water. I'll post a full trip report soon, hopefully. | |||
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Kensco, Where are the big buffalo in Zimbabwe? I can't tell you where they all are but Mokore Safaris on the Save Valey Conservancy averages 40". They only shoot about 10 buffalo there each year but they are all hardheaded and very nice. They also average 40+ on their Coutada 9 in Mozambique. Prices there are the same as in Zimbabwe on the Save. Mark MARK H. YOUNG MARK'S EXCLUSIVE ADVENTURES 7094 Oakleigh Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89110 Office 702-848-1693 Cell, Whats App, Signal 307-250-1156 PREFERRED E-mail markttc@msn.com Website: myexclusiveadventures.com Skype: markhyhunter Check us out on https://www.facebook.com/pages...ures/627027353990716 | |||
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We saw one big bull in 2006 on Matetsi 2. The PH and trackers go pumped. They said it was extraordinary. He moved off the property before we could get on him. That was in July though. This year it will be September. Maybe the bigger bulls will be there. | |||
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Ivan Carter killed a whopper in one of the Metesi units in either November or December of last year. I hope there's at least one nice hard bull in Chewore South in June. | |||
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