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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


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Posts: 3035 | Location: Tanzania - The Land of Plenty | Registered: 19 September 2003Reply With Quote
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Good downsweep and nice spread.


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Posts: 7046 | Location: Rambouillet, France | Registered: 25 June 2004Reply With Quote
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Wow, Lekker, Mooshie!! What a top looking animal. Eeker
 
Posts: 5886 | Location: Sydney,Australia  | Registered: 03 July 2005Reply With Quote
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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.


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Posts: 3035 | Location: Tanzania - The Land of Plenty | Registered: 19 September 2003Reply With Quote
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i believe that i'd like to shoot that guy Eeker
 
Posts: 13466 | Location: faribault mn | Registered: 16 November 2004Reply With Quote
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What is the spread on that hog!
 
Posts: 2360 | Location: London | Registered: 31 May 2003Reply With Quote
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Iesssssch CRYBABY


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Posts: 1250 | Location: Centurion and Limpopo RSA | Registered: 02 October 2003Reply With Quote
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Thats not a Askari, that`s Shaka himself.....

Well its nice to see the good bulls are still out there.
 
Posts: 1196 | Location: Kristiansand,Norway | Registered: 20 April 2006Reply With Quote
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So what's the estimate of size?


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Posts: 10138 | Location: Wine Country, Barossa Valley, Australia | Registered: 06 March 2002Reply With Quote
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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....
 
Posts: 10505 | Location: Texas... time to secede!! | Registered: 12 February 2004Reply With Quote
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45" ??


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Posts: 777 | Location: Socialist Republic of California | Registered: 27 February 2005Reply With Quote
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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!


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Posts: 7572 | Location: Victoria, Texas | Registered: 30 March 2003Reply With Quote
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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"?


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Posts: 2789 | Location: Bucks County, Pennsylvania | Registered: 08 June 2005Reply With Quote
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Probably closer to 48"
 
Posts: 537 | Location: The Plains of Africa | Registered: 07 November 2006Reply With Quote
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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!


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Posts: 13834 | Location: New England | Registered: 06 June 2003Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by Bwanamich:
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.
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That's the way it goes I guess


That is just the story that your PH friend told the client. SmilerI bet he was back there in the same area ASAP after guiding his client to see if he could get that beauty for himself! Wink

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,,,,,,,, Wink

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Posts: 1799 | Location: Soutpan, Free State, South Africa | Registered: 19 January 2004Reply With Quote
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