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50.5" buffalo and 81/80lb elephant

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04 December 2012, 04:28
reddy375
50.5" buffalo and 81/80lb elephant
Here are the photos of these two splendid trophies, mildly speaking!!!

Some last minute clients came looking for hunts and Aaron Neilson and I teamed up to put these hunts together with SSG. Congratulations and thank you Nixon.

50.5" Buffalo






The buffalo is quite a story and he is one lucky hunter! The buffalo was wounded in the evening (angling frontal shot) and took off leaving a spotty blood trail. That night it rained!! The following morning the tracks were taken up and after some great tracking it was discovered that the buff had joined a herd. The hunters managed to locate him again and finish the job. Supposedly he was not too worse off for his earlier wound and they reckon he would have recovered! I told the hunter to stop hunting buffalo for good.

The following week, beautifully matched 81/80lbs elephant shot at around 6pm





My own very old 65" dugga boy shot at SSG earlier this year, where was that small 50" hiding, he had no guts to face me Mad





Arjun Reddy
www.huntersnetworks.com
30 Ivy Hill Road
Brewster, NY 10509
Tel: 845 259 3628
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04 December 2012, 04:37
SBT
What a buffalo. What a lucky hunter to have recovered him after those conditions! Still makes me sick that my wife's buffalo eluded use across the park boundary.


"There are worse memorials to a life well-lived than a pair of elephant tusks." Robert Ruark
04 December 2012, 04:46
pagosawingnut
Great trophies both! Hopefully, some day.........
Congratulations.
04 December 2012, 05:10
TrophyShotPrints
Wow!!!
Congrats to your hunters tu2
04 December 2012, 05:40
Orvar
Wow! Dreams come true for the hunters I'm sure

Orvar
04 December 2012, 07:23
Bwana338
The trophy's that dreams are made of.

Great animals.


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04 December 2012, 09:12
Buzz Charlton
Serious trophies there! Well done to the hunter!
04 December 2012, 09:50
cjfoster
shocker

That's a HUGE Buff!!
04 December 2012, 10:03
npd345
what country/area were these taken in?
04 December 2012, 10:07
Use Enough Gun
Very nice!!! tu2
04 December 2012, 10:14
G D F
All trophies are great! Congrats! Last one is real dagga boy ! Going to Malapaty Apr 2013
04 December 2012, 10:25
NitroX
Congratulations to the hunter. Bloody good trophies.


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04 December 2012, 10:36
tendrams
50" buff taken with a $500 Ruger....I LOVE IT! Funny how it's always the kid with the $10 Wal-mart purchased Snoopy rod and reel combo who ends up catching the biggest fish.

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04 December 2012, 11:14
huntzam
BEAUTIFUL TROPHIES!
04 December 2012, 11:20
470EDDY
WOW!! FANTASTIC TROPHIES!!

What caliber was the Ruger??

Cheers


470EDDY
04 December 2012, 15:56
Thunder Head
quote:
Originally posted by npd345:
what country/area were these taken in?


SSG safaris operates out of Malapati and Sengwe II safari areas in southern Zimbabwe


I have walked in the foot prints of the elephant, listened to lion roar and met the buffalo on his turf. I shall never be the same.
04 December 2012, 16:09
Anders
Amazing trophies!! Smiler Congrats to everyone involved.


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04 December 2012, 17:13
bwanamrm
A buffalo of two lifetimes and a superb elephant. Kudos to the hunters and Nixon.


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Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch...
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04 December 2012, 18:45
Peter Barnard
Well done,Fantastic


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04 December 2012, 18:57
Todd Williams
Awesome!
04 December 2012, 20:11
jeff h
quote:
Originally posted by Orvar:
Wow! Dreams come true for the hunters I'm sure

Orvar


What he said WOW! Congrats!!!


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04 December 2012, 20:44
MJines
Two exceptional trophies for sure. Sort of tough to decide, if you could only get one, which one of the two would you take. I would probably take the elephant but it feels like six of one, half dozen of the other at some level. Congrats!


Mike
04 December 2012, 21:38
Hunting For Adventure
What a fantastic hunt.



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04 December 2012, 22:27
MANDLAZIM
World Class....congrats to all involved!
05 December 2012, 04:44
Fjold
Wow! Very impressive! I'd have to quit hunting after those. How woud you top that?


Frank



"I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money."
- Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953

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