Just made it back from the Karamojo region of Uganda and had a tremendous hunt. Nigel Theisen was my ph and I could not have been more pleased. There is so much to tell and so much work I need to do.

I just hunted the far north of the area and really just a fraction of it. The hunting is good and the potential is tremendous! Nobody knows what is really available and Nigel and I made new discoveries every other day.

I took 2 cape buffalo and could have taken other species but was really not interested. ledvm will post a couple pictures for me on this topic and I will try and get a complete report soon. My buff are 40" and 43" but we saw on several occasions 100-150 yards inside Kidepo Park a bull that Nigel and I both think is 48-50. The bull has massive bosses and a deep drop, a bull of several lifetimes.

Welcome home and well done.

Looking forward to seeing the pictures and reading the report.

Hey Lindsay,

Welcome back, I am eager to hear more about your hunt. Congratulations buddy

Welcome back,
Welcome to group the few the proud who have hunted Karamoja since it opened. I think I have pictures of the monster bull that old devil stays just inside the park all the time. It is a wonderful area I can't wait for your report! Nigel is a great PH to. Did you get to meet Philip?? he is also a great guy. there are some record book animals in that north area and the south too.

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bull that Nigel and I both think is 48-50. The bull has massive bosses and a deep drop, a bull of several lifetimes.

Did you happen to get photo's of this bull? Would be great if you did and could post them.
Sounds like you had a great hunt. Congratulations.

There's some stunning bulls in that area and they often cross between the areas.

Here's just a few of 'em and excuse the graffiti but I'm sick to death of bloody image thieves.

Glad to be back. I do not have a picture of the bull, Nigel is going to try and get one. He is tremendous!

Shakari,

2nd photo down, buff on the left, cow or bull? Can't get a good look at bosses.
Me likey bull in last photo.

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Originally posted by 375fan:
Shakari,

2nd photo down, buff on the left, cow or bull? Can't get a good look at bosses.
Me likey bull in last photo.

It's a bull and by the looks of the unusual horns and not much by way of bosses, I'd expect it to have suffered testicular damage at some time in it's youth.

FWIW, he's also unusually big in the body. ..... actually, he's mucking fassive!

STEVE
he looks like the Bull we got pictures of when I was there. he was with some other bulls under a tree just inside the park. the picture I got at the time did not turn out to well. I think we talked about the unusual horns on a bull at the time

is it just me or do these buffalo have great body mass as well as horn mass

Very nice Dagga Boys

Very much looking forward to your report and pictures -- congrats on the hunt.

Pics posted for Mike.





DDR,

Yes,a fair percentage of Uganda buffalo strike me as being very big bodied.

Truly spectacular and no doubt that the best is yet to come out of Uganda.

Steve,

Have you never used the herding technique when animals such as these are standing just inside a protected park.

It works like this. You secure a Park Entry permit under the pretense that you are a photographic tourist. Advance the timing on your car engine so it back fires ... never mind I will call you.

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Originally posted by fairgame:

Steve,

Have you never used the herding technique when animals such as these are standing just inside a protected park.

It works like this. You secure a Park Entry permit under the pretense that you are a photographic tourist. Advance the timing on your car engine so it back fires ... never mind I will call you.

you Zambians are damn cunning!

Just wait till DDRHOOK sees that one. He'll be be giving me shit for not trying it!

fairgame
Steve,

Have you never used the herding technique when animals such as these are standing just inside a protected park.

It works like this. You secure a Park Entry permit under the pretense that you are a photographic tourist. Advance the timing on your car engine so it back fires ... never mind I will call you.[/QUOTE]

HHHhhhmmmmMM!!! Was there not a moan [rightly so] when a certain S A ph baited lions out the Kruger. Now driving caffers out a park??? MMMmmmhhhHHH

one word "Salt"

Dam we where in a rover to. The way they run you would not have had to advance the timing!!!! I would not tease STEVE never never never OK OK so I would tease him at every opportunity. He did teach me how far out of the hunting car you had to before it to be ethical. With me being handy capped and from the south I did get to hear him screaming the sticks are ready a time or two. NOW I'm not saying he thought I was standing to close to the truck But he did seam to think I needed to walk a few miles to shoot something ANYTHING AND yes I have has a few friend tell me we need to right a book about his hunt is was way to much fun

Mike, welcome back to reality. Very nice buf love the deep drop in the first and the worn bosses and broomed tips on the second.

Mike

Great buffs Mike. I look forward to reading your full report. Sounds like a great trip. Congratulations.

George

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Originally posted by Jorge400:
Great buffs Mike. I look forward to reading your full report. Sounds like a great trip. Congratulations.

George

This.

both of those buff are amazing.

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Originally posted by shakari:
There's some stunning bulls in that area and they often cross between the areas.

Here's just a few of 'em and excuse the graffiti but I'm sick to death of bloody image thieves.

yea, but are you sure they don't have soft bosses?

jdollar, only way to check for soft bosses is to have aubs458 check the scrotum for ticks while you "knuckle tap test" the boss.

OHHHH thats an ugly thought!! Now I will not be able to get the image of Aubrey petting a bulls scrotum out of my head all day. I think I'm going to be ill

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Yes,a fair percentage of Uganda buffalo strike me as being very big bodied.

Working from my IPhone...will elaborate more when I have better computer access...but...my opinion is that cape buff in Kidepo Valley are slightly smaller in body size than lower Zambezi Valley buff.

Not to mean that there is not GREAT trophy potential...but...that photos must be evaluated with that in mind.

Lane,

I was referring to their often being larger in body size than Selous buffalo, not Valley buffalo.

Frankly, it's been bloody years since I set foot in the Zambezi Valley and I don't remember how they compare after so long.

I have to agree with Lane, I believe my bulls weighed 1400 to 1500 lbs.

Congrats Mike, my friend! Two excellent bulls and I can't wait to hear the stories first hand in Dallas! Or sooner...

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Originally posted by MLindsay:
I have to agree with Lane, I believe my bulls weighed 1400 to 1500 lbs.

I think the bulls in Kidepo Valley (northern extent of Karamoja) would average around 1300-1400 lbs. with a range of 1200 - 1500.

And...a great big congrats to Mike and Nigel on their success!

I am jealous. What a great hunt. Why didn't you invite me? How rude.

That is the same torn up shirt you wore in 2004 on our Lion hunt! A feller who can afford a Uganda Buffalo hunt can surely afford a new shirt!

I am happy for you. That is a fantastic pair of Buff.

Congrats my friend.

Terrific bulls, Mike!

Congratulations!

Wendell, you are right it is the same shirt!!!

Another Karamoja buff. See Mike the this buff has wide flat horns as well.

That bull was a smidge over 39" and I promise...that he did not weigh over 1300 lbs.

Lane,tremendous bull. To me it seems many of the bulls have the wide flat horn style in the Karamojo and they are for sure smaller than the Zim buffs I have shot and seen.

you defiantly get a mixed bag oh horn shapes in Karamoja. we looked at some really wide flat ones some with nice deep curls you name it at it's there. Lot of very old bulls with lots of character as you can see in Steve's pictures. If memory serves me Lane got his bull and one day later I got the scum cap I was looking for.

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Originally posted by MLindsay:
Wendell, you are right it is the same shirt!!!

Same stinkin' hat too!

Wendell, I have you know that hat does not stink