50.5" buffalo and 81/80lb elephant

04 December 2012, 04:28

reddy375

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

Arjun Reddy
www.huntersnetworks.com
30 Ivy Hill Road
Brewster, NY 10509
Tel: 845 259 3628
email: arjun@huntersnetworks.com

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.

04 December 2012, 04:46

pagosawingnut

Great trophies both! Hopefully, some day.........
Congratulations.

04 December 2012, 05:10

TrophyShotPrints

Wow!!!
Congrats to your hunters

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.

04 December 2012, 09:12

Buzz Charlton

Serious trophies there! Well done to the hunter!

04 December 2012, 09:50

cjfoster

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!!!

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.

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.

04 December 2012, 11:14

huntzam

BEAUTIFUL TROPHIES!

04 December 2012, 11:20

470EDDY

WOW!! FANTASTIC TROPHIES!!

What caliber was the Ruger??

Cheers

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

04 December 2012, 16:09

Anders

Amazing trophies!!

Congrats to everyone involved.

04 December 2012, 17:13

bwanamrm

A buffalo of two lifetimes and a superb elephant. Kudos to the hunters and Nixon.

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.

04 December 2012, 18:45

Peter Barnard

Well done,Fantastic

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!!!

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!