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I posted the full account in the bowhunting room but I figured everyone no matter what they hunt with would appreciate this bushbuck. I'm extremely happy with him.  | ||
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Very nice specimen... Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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What did he measure? Looks huge; congrats. And with a bow? Wow... | |||
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very very nice. mario | |||
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That's a great Bushbuck. Congrats | |||
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I'm not crazy about scoring but I admit measurements do add to the description of an animal regardless of ranking. Rowland Ward measurement of the longest horn was 15 1/8" as measured by a certified scorer in RSA. | |||
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Never mind the length - look at the dark hair colour then look at the spin on them horns...  | |||
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Great bushbuck and a fine old warrior. Screw the inches. ROYAL KAFUE LTD Email - kafueroyal@gmail.com Tel/Whatsapp (00260) 975315144 Instagram - kafueroyal | |||
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What a great Bushbuck and with a bow! Congratulations on a great trophy! jorge USN (ret) DRSS Verney-Carron 450NE Cogswell & Harrison 375 Fl NE Sabatti Big Five 375 FL Magnum NE DSC Life Member NRA Life Member | |||
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Fantastic bushbuck! Congratulations! | |||
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What character your buck has. Congratulations BigGuy | |||
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Beauty. Will J. Parks, III | |||
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TBG Congrats! Nice ram. Bushbuck are one of my favorite animals in Africa to hunt. 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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Very nice. | |||
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Outstanding! . | |||
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That is a once in two lifetimes buck....just fantastic!! Bob DRSS DSC SCI NRA & ISRA | |||
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Fantastic buck!! I love bushbucks!  Anders Hunting and fishing DVDs from Mossing & Stubberud Media: www.jaktogfiskedvd.no ..and my blog at: http://andersmossing.blogspot.com | |||
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Can't ask for more than that. Congratulations! | |||
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Nice, nice and Yeeeeeeeeeeeha. What a great bushbuck. Congrats. | |||
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Stunning horns on that old bruiser! | |||
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No, you shot the Bushbuck of my dreams. What a beautiful animal. Congratulations. | |||
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Great bushbuck and congrats as well. Larry Sellers SCI Life Member | |||
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Fantastic bushbuck... what a beauty ! Andy -------------------------------------------- National Rifle Association - Life Member National Wild Turkey Federation - Diamond Life Sponsor Pope & Young Club - Associate Member | |||
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Congratulations on a great animal, doubly so since you took him with a bow! | |||
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Bushbuck are my favorite African antelope (after sable, of course). What type is yours? South African? Limpopo? Chobe? Bill Quimby | |||
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Mine was at 15"+....yours looks bigger....VERY exceptional. Congrats! Gary DRSS NRA Lifer SCI DSC | |||
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That is the first photo I have seen of a 1.5 curl bush buck. Now I know why they are classed as a spiral horned species. I always used to wonder... Congratulations "When the wind stops....start rowing. When the wind starts, get the sail up quick." | |||
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just curious, does RW measure around the curl or from base to tip? Vote Trump- Putin’s best friend… To quote a former AND CURRENT Trumpiteer - DUMP TRUMP | |||
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Great trophy. If I had to get him with a bow he would likely still be walking around !I may yet have Turnbull build me a lever action with some great open sights for the next hunt. And I will just keep the scoped bolt rifle in the case ! | |||
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Lovely animals, not only to hunt but to eat as well. Us here in the Eastern Cape really just do not know how lucky we are to be able to hunt these animals to the extent that we do. Hunting these wiley fellows does have its compensations over and above the excitement and pleasure involved. Just for awhile, the "comrade politicians" and the "comrade trade union tossers" take a back seat.  SUSTAINABLY HUNTING THE BLUE PLANET! "Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful, murder respectable and to give an appearence of solidity to pure wind." Dr J A du Plessis | |||
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Congratulations on your beautiful bushbuck! Truly a unique trophy! Best regards, D. Nelson | |||
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Time for an update, there has been at least one more official birth. | |||
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jdollar, RW measure arround the curl.iow along the ridge from the base to the tip and where the ridge ends straight up to tip. | |||
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@ billrquimby, according to Smithers 1990 Trachelaphus Scriptus (bushbuck) has 40 subspicies and south african is not one of them. In South Africa we only get the Limpopo sub species although some recon that the Eastern Cape bushbuck is a differant subspecies to the Limpopo bushbuck.I dont know, it is very difficult to say. We have shot 2 bushbuck less than 3 kilometers apart along the same river the same day where one buck was dark and with long hair. The other was much lighter and with shorter hair. Horn length was also very simmilar. | |||
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All I can say for sure is I killed him in the Limpopo province. I had an experience similar to Tjoks. Two days later about 6 km away I photographed this excellent bushbuck. He is quite a bit lighter and appears to be shorter haired as well.  | |||
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nice photo big guy. Chances are fery good that you shot a Limpopo bushbuck. It is one of my favourate buck to hunt. They are nocturnal, but you do see them early in the morning and late afternoon. Saying that, I have encountered bushbuck during midday. They love riverine forrest and that is the most likely place to go and look for them. They tend not to move too far away from water. | |||
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Interesting photo - always wandered how they got their necks hairless - as can be seen on this pics the bald part of the neck coincides with hind leg hoofs scratch. Any better idea why they shed their necks and how? | |||
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@Mouse93, it might be the scratching of the hind legs as well but they tend to put their horns back right up against their necks when they run through cover, and that removes the hair on top of the neck. | |||
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Beautiful ram, Leo! Karl Stumpfe Ndumo Hunting Safaris www.huntingsafaris.net karl@huntingsafaris.net P.O. Box 1667, Katima Mulilo, Namibia Cell: +264 81 1285 416 Fax: +264 61 254 328 Sat. phone: +88 163 166 9264 | |||
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Great bushbuck they are my favorite plainsgame to hunt. Sorry to have missed you in camp but Charl said you had a great time. Frederik Cocquyt I always try to use enough gun but then sometimes a brainshot works just as good. | |||
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