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Received this picture from a PH friend of a buff they "couldn't" shoot as they had already filled their tag by the time they came across this one.  That's the way it goes I guess "...Them, they were Giants!" J.A. Hunter describing the early explorers and settlers of East Africa hunting is not about the killing but about the chase of the hunt.... Ortega Y Gasset | ||
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Good downsweep and nice spread. _________________________________ AR, where the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history become the nattering nabobs of negativisim. | |||
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Wow, Lekker, Mooshie!! What a top looking animal.  | |||
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A stunning Buffalo - what part of Tanzania was it? - I've taken the liberty of cropping it to show a better image of the Buff. - hope you don't mind!  | |||
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No worries Steve! Rungwa/Kizigo area. "...Them, they were Giants!" J.A. Hunter describing the early explorers and settlers of East Africa hunting is not about the killing but about the chase of the hunt.... Ortega Y Gasset | |||
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i believe that i'd like to shoot that guy | |||
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What is the spread on that hog! | |||
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Thats not a Askari, that`s Shaka himself..... Well its nice to see the good bulls are still out there. | |||
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So what's the estimate of size? | |||
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I doubt I would shoot him. He is obviously a big pussy and weakling - how else would those long horns have lasted - he appears to be lover and not a fighter. Oh well... At least that is the story I would tell myself. If I came across that one, I think I would start writing big checks and telling lies to get a shot at that one.... | |||
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45" ?? The price of knowledge is great but the price of ignorance is even greater. | |||
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Wow, that's the bull that keeps me going back to hunt buffalo again and again! Maybe someday I'll cross paths with a sod like that! On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | |||
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Outstanding buff, and one picture that makes you WANT to go back. I couldn't use it as a screensaver as I wouldn't get anything done at the office! | |||
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Isn't it a good rule of thumb that a Buff's ears are, on average, 32" apart? If that's true, maybe this boy is 46" to 48"? 577NitroExpress Double Rifle Shooters Society Francotte .470 Nitro Express  If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming... | |||
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Probably closer to 48" | |||
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Agreed. Looks like at least a four foot buff to me. I'd be tempted to buy an extra seven day license for that one! Wow! Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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That is just the story that your PH friend told the client.  I bet he was back there in the same area ASAP after guiding his client to see if he could get that beauty for himself!  One of the rules of good PH-ing: Don't shoot a better trophy than you got the client in front of the client! Not good manners at all! It is that type of buffalo that will keep me wanting to go back, untill one day,,,,,,,, In good hunting. Andrew McLaren | |||
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