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I will be headed to Burkina Faso in Feb. for Savannah Buffalo. Since the PHs there do not necessarily have the same level of qualification as some. I want to make sure I know how to judge them for myself. Anyone have any tips to tell maturity etc. ? Pics would be great! I have walked in the foot prints of the elephant, listened to lion roar and met the buffalo on his turf. I shall never be the same. | ||
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This evening I will try to post a mature and immature buff I shot a few years ago. DRSS Searcy 470 NE | |||
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 JudgeG ... just counting time 'til I am again finding balm in Gilead chilled out somewhere in the Selous. | |||
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JudgeG I assume your buffalo was very old by looking at the horns. Do they get white faced with age just like a cape? I have walked in the foot prints of the elephant, listened to lion roar and met the buffalo on his turf. I shall never be the same. | |||
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Yes! Like TH, I also would appreciate photos of shooters and other buffalo. I will be there in February also. Biebs posted his buff here on ar-I would assume that is a shooter? Tom ...I say that hunters go into Paradise when they die, and live in this world more joyfully than any other men. -Edward, duke of York ". . . when a man has shot an elephant his life is full." ~John Alfred Jordan "The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance." Cicero - 55 BC "The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." - Ayn Rand Cogito ergo venor- KPete “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages.” ― Adam Smith - “Wealth of Nations” | |||
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This buff was the heaviest killed (up to that time, 1999) in the Nazinga Concession. He weighed 50 kilos more than the prior record. One reason that he go so big and old, I guess, is that he was black instead of the brown bulls that Frenchmen seem to favor? In my experience, the bosses never touch, but their size (the bosses) and the thickness and worn character of the horns are important to the Europeans who hunt Burkina. I know that several hunters came over from Sissili Concession to see this old dude so it must have been a good one???? JudgeG ... just counting time 'til I am again finding balm in Gilead chilled out somewhere in the Selous. | |||
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I hunted Burkina with Arjun a few years ago. I had trouble telling the difference between a bull and a cow. I was used to hunting Cape Buffalo, which are a lot easier to differentiate than the Savannah buffalo. The one tip that I have given a bunch of people heading over there is to use a much higher powered scope than normal. I'd go with a 3x9 at least. (most PH's suggest DG rifles carry a 1x4 or similar). I suggest this for two reasons. 1. My shots were at lest 100 yards. 2. The higher powered scope lets you judge the buffalo without having to switch back and forth with your binos. Obviously, looking at pics will help but we all know things are different when you get in the field. | |||
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[URL=  ]Immature [/URL]Immature DRSS Searcy 470 NE | |||
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[URL=  ]Mature[/URL]Mature DRSS Searcy 470 NE | |||
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samir- Very nice! Thank you. JudgeG-As usual-You the Man! Great photo. The only easy day is yesterday! | |||
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Twoseventy, I have been doing image searches for "savannah buffalo" on different search engines. As your going thru them it appears that the width of the boss and the overall mass are the easiest indicators of a big bull. I have walked in the foot prints of the elephant, listened to lion roar and met the buffalo on his turf. I shall never be the same. | |||
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Here is an old bull I shot in Benin in 2008 for comparison. Right across the Pendjari River from Burkina Faso...  Perchance you wouldn't be hunting with Tim in February, would you? 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. | |||
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Yes I'm going with Tim and several others I have walked in the foot prints of the elephant, listened to lion roar and met the buffalo on his turf. I shall never be the same. | |||
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Bwanajay and I will see you there... 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. | |||
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