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Have you ever seen a buff die like this?
23 October 2009, 22:19
larryshoresHave you ever seen a buff die like this?
I just got back from a hunt in Zim.
Early on in the hunt, we were driving and smelled a pretty foul smell. Upon investigation, we found a dead buffalo that had apparently fallen in a washout and dies there. [URL=
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Does anyone have an idea of why I am getting 2 of every picture?
23 October 2009, 22:47
A.Dahlgren Join photobucket.com its easier.
23 October 2009, 22:54
505 gibbsquote:
Have you ever seen a buff die like this?
With that title I was hoping it was going to be someone shooting a buff with an RPG.
23 October 2009, 23:12
larryshoresThat would have been more entertaining!
23 October 2009, 23:35
WannabeBwanaMusta broke a leg or two in the fall. It doesn't look like anything it couldn't have climbed out of.
23 October 2009, 23:37
Idaho Sharpshootersad to see any animal die like that.
I wouldn't wish that on obammy. Well...
Rich
23 October 2009, 23:58
Dave FulsonSorry end for a grand old bull. Great post though. Thanks
Dave Fulson
24 October 2009, 00:14
matt uquote:
I was hoping it was going to be someone shooting a buff with an RPG.
Someone get Brad a RPG before his next safari
24 October 2009, 00:14
TWLNo. But I once found a cow elk and her calf in a similiar fix in a washout on a ranch in New Mexico. Both dead for several days. Very sad sight.
114-R10David
24 October 2009, 01:58
Blacktailer It's either hyenas or lions or...
The only sure thing is something is gonna get you.
Have gun- Will travel
The value of a trophy is computed directly in terms of personal investment in its acquisition. Robert Ruark
24 October 2009, 02:15
FjoldI saw a picture just a week or so ago of a deer dying the same way, falling into a crack in the ground.
Frank
"I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money."
- Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953
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24 October 2009, 04:18
Michael RobinsonDamned tough way for a great old bull to die.
Mike
Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer.
24 October 2009, 04:28
graybirdLooks like the old guy couldn't get out of the hole. It appears to me that the edges of the hole have been worn smooth with his attempts to get out.
You would think he would have avoided the hole in the first place.
Graybird
"Make no mistake, it's not revenge he's after ... it's the reckoning."
24 October 2009, 04:39
craneThere was recently circulated a photo of a bull elk in the Missouri Breaks, MT, that died in the same manner. His rack prevented his front feet from touching. Have also seen a photo of another bull elk that fell into a crack in some boulders and suffered the same fate.
24 October 2009, 05:49
Aspen Hill AdventuresS**t happens? Looks like he was a classic bull.
~Ann
24 October 2009, 06:04
larryshoresThe interesting thing to me when we found him was that nothing had fed on him at all. There were no vultures around either.
25 October 2009, 19:42
safari-lawyerBuff are not so different from their cousins, the domestic cattle. I've seen domestic cattle feeding and walking, and ultimamtely getting their head below a limb, fence, or similar obstruction. Once the head is under the obstruction, the cow / bull lacks the reasoning to lower its head and back out. Instead, unable to raise its head, the animal is completely stuck and will stay there until it is released by man or it dies.
I figure this bull had the physical strength to escape, but he lacked the ability to think his way out.
Will J. Parks, III
25 October 2009, 21:27
Use Enough GunWould've been a great trophy! Too bad, but Mother Nature has her ways too.
26 October 2009, 18:19
kibokolambogoquote:
Originally posted by A.Dahlgren:
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Too deep a hole and the bottle-neck at both ends prevented it from exiting.
Quite likely to have been a source of water which drew the thirsty bull to its downfall.
Bahati mbaya!
26 October 2009, 20:46
darksideLooks like he was in the rut
27 October 2009, 20:47
ghundwanquote:
Originally posted by Idaho Sharpshooter:
I wouldn't wish that on obammy. Well...
Rich
It would be fitting for Julius Malema