has any one shot one ? if so please post some pics. and what is the general feeling about it

thx.
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What is an "off horn buff"????????????????????

Please elaborate.

That is not a term I am familiar with.

one horn broken off or damaged

Do a search for "Scrum cap bull" or "scrum cap".

You'll find at least one in the hunt report forum.

500 grains shot one, if memory serves me correctly ... which sometimes it doesn't.

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Originally posted by Wendell Reich:
500 grains shot one, if memory serves me correctly ...

You are correct sir!

I saw someone pass one up on one of the African hunting shows, might have been Tracks Across Africa.

Edit:

Here is the buff:

And here is the report.

Of course this is not a "one-off" but a "scrum cap" with both broken off.

Charles,

That must be a very old animal. Any guess as to age? What a boss!

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Originally posted by Texas Hunter:
Charles,

That must be a very old animal. Any guess as to age? What a boss!

Sorry, I guess I was not clear -- that is 500grains buff pictured in his report that I gave the link to. Maybe he can tell us how old he thinks it was. Personally I think it makes a very interesting trophy and I do wish it was mine!

I do not have any idea how old that buff was, although my impression is that it is not as old as another scrum cap I saw a few years ago. His horns were worn down to little nubs with a gnarly boss in between.

A scrum cap bull from Mana Pools, Zimbabwe. Both sides were the same as you see here.

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Originally posted by ErikD:
A scrum cap bull from Mana Pools, Zimbabwe. Both sides were the same as you see here.

I think I remember that picture from your hunt report. Looks like he is not far from becoming lion food there.

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Originally posted by Charles_Helm:
Looks like he is not far from becoming lion food there.

That's why I was facinated by him. A real old emaciated old bugger. He's clearly on his last legs (he didn't even bother to get up, even though I was in a canoe only meters from him). He was out on a small island, presumably to avoid predators. Which was a good thing, because a pride of lions passed right by his little island that very night (and continued on thru our camp).