I was just looking through some pictures from my last hunt in SA and thought i would share a few pics





And a picture of the nice African sunset to go wtih it. I hope to see a few in a little over a week. Can't wait for my hunt and a chance to finally get a go at a cape buffalo and a Leopard!!!

Wow, that one in the second pic would look great on my wall. What a magnificent beast. Pics taken in Kruger I presume?

I like the third from the left in the first photo.

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Originally posted by Wink:
I like the third from the left in the first photo.

+1

Very "photogenic"

Looks like the Free State, Nice bulls.

Here's a South African Ranch buffalo trying to tell you something! Not photoshopped.

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Originally posted by Overland:
Wow, that one in the second pic would look great on my wall. What a magnificent beast. Pics taken in Kruger I presume?

Not Kruger. It was the area I hunted last time I was in SA hunting. The herd that you see me videoing was their breeding herd that I drove through to go and do the hunting in the other fenced off areas. All of the buffalo we saw on this trip were about as tame as the ones I took video even on the areas I hunted. I guess that is the reason I don't get all that excited about hunting fenced off area I guess!

Good luck on your hunt, Phil!

Looking forward to seeing your picture with one of those bad boys!

Chris

Thanks Fish, Alistair still doesn't have a confirmed plan on where we will hunt but if it looks like talks are still on going this week and they want to get signed off permission to hunt Arda. They are saying that they will sign it off but I wouldn't put money on it. Plan B which I think is what will happen is we are headed to Nuanetsi. I think it is a pretty good Plan B!! I leave on the 10th!!!!

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Originally posted by nube:
Thanks Fish, Alistair still doesn't have a confirmed plan on where we will hunt but if it looks like talks are still on going this week and they want to get signed off permission to hunt Arda. They are saying that they will sign it off but I wouldn't put money on it. Plan B which I think is what will happen is we are headed to Nuanetsi. I think it is a pretty good Plan B!! I leave on the 10th!!!!

Phil,

Glad you have a week to go.

Hopefully it will give them time to get it all ironed out and you can hunt Arda as originally planned.

Keep me posted and hoping for the best for your trip!

Chris

Phil:

Trust me. Hunting those buff in Zim will bear no relation to the buff you saw in the RSA. There will be brush, often thick and lots of walking unless you are just plain lucky. They won't just stand around looking like those in the RSA.

If you are lucky enough to get on a big one early, take him. You never know. I have seen buff disappear from areas quickly.

Good luck brother. Sorry for all the drama. Africa! What else can I say.

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Originally posted by larryshores:
Phil:

Trust me. Hunting those buff in Zim will bear no relation to the buff you saw in the RSA. There will be brush, often thick and lots of walking unless you are just plain lucky. They won't just stand around looking like those in the RSA.

+100

Have fun.

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Originally posted by Wink:
I like the third from the left in the first photo.

I agree,and maybe the one just him behind to the right, the rest are soft!

In picture #4 the one frathest away frm the camera is best IMO. He has a huge dewlap and a large rough boss, with deep drop and tips the swing far back. The other two look to smoth and may be soft. Hard to tell from the side!
The long horn in the second picture looks wide but young.

The tongue wagger in Todd's picture is a good bull.

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My favortite from Botswana this past June.

I like the look of him. He must be an older bull with all of the chips out of the horn and the tattered ear. Got to love that I am going to run you over look as well.

Nube,
Don't expect the buff you hunt to be that calm. I'll never forget telling my cousin that I was going to hunt cape buffalo. He said why don't you go out and shoot one of your cows? He had been on a photo safari and seen the buff stand around the safari vehicle to get their pictures taken and thought all buffalo acted like that

I don't expect it at all like that and if it was I wouldn't shoot one. I think the area that I got close to them in SA was mostly when we drove through their breeding paddocks to get out to the other areas to hunt. We ran into a couple small batches outside of the breeding areas and they were still tame but you could have shot them easily enough. I think they just didn't have anything to worry about in that area in SA.

In Zim I am sure they are wary. They have lions and people to run from and I am sure it makes a difference. I look forward to following a few tracks!!!

You will have a great time. I envy you going on your first DG hunt.