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Live weight for Mt. Nyala
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The outfit weighed the 2 mt nyala taken in Odo Bulo in early April. Surprizingly (at least to me) the two bulls were within a few pounds of each other and a bit over 770 lbs. That's about 150 lbs more than I anticipated. The Mt. Nyala we used to take in the high heather were more like the weight I was guessing.
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That really suprises me. I'd always thought of them as 500-600 lb. animals. At 770, that puts them up there with the biggest of the antelopes, save eland. Also, they are cheaper by the pound now.
 
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Aprox. 370 kilos each !!! Eeker
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Rich, were those two Mt. Nyala extraordinarily large-bodied, above average or just average?

Those weights seem huge to me, too, but what do I know?

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Nope, they are just like the rest we've been taking. Here's one from the same area........



It's lying at a bit of an angle but you can still see that it's a beefy critter.

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Beautiful Animal. What did that one tape out to?
 
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As I recall, it's 38" and a bit.
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My, oh, My. What a magnificent animal!
 
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