What about hunting cape buffalo cows. I noticed they are priced much lower than the bulls. You could add a cow buffalo to your bag for less than the price of a kudu. Does anyone ever do this. Shoot 1 bull and 1 cow or is it not so much fun or sporting.

BigB

Get inside a big herd, sort out a mature cow (without a calf), shoot and watch all hell break loose? That strikes me as being just about as thrilling as shooting a bull.

Shoot an individual buffalo cow on a game farm hunt? That doesn't interest me.

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[This message has been edited by Will (edited 04-17-2002).]

I hunted a cow for the Park's meat allotment. It turned out to be pregnant and watched as the near term calf was flopped out on the ground. I admit I'm too big a wuss to ever do that again.

I also know I'm a hypocrite about this, but no more buff cows.

Aren't the cape buffalo cow quotas usually saved for lion bait?

Will how was the calf? How much did it dress out to? What! you didn't eat the most delicate of veal? I just don't know what to make of such. Oh, well.... I guess it takes all kinds to make a world. Good hunting and next time pass the veal! "D"

I have shot a lot of Buffalo cows for cull and various reasons, they can be very agressive...

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Ray Atkinson

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C'mon D Hunter, you know the trackers were fighting over the calf back at camp!

I have eaten some things in Africa that I am sure God did not intend to be food for humans.

This calf was a bonus for these guys!

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Wendell Reich
Hunter's Quest International
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BigB,

Last year our PH had a cow left on quota, and he said we should shoot it.

The trouble was we could not find one on its own, and he really wanted to avoid disturbing the large herds we normally find.

One morning someone saw a cow by a waterhole at the edge of a valley overgrown with long grass.

We thought this was a perfect opportunity, and went after her. When we got closer, we found that she was part of an enormous herd - all hidden in the grass.

While glassing them, my good friend the late Gerhard saw this very old cow looking at us, and he insisted that we should try to shoot it.

We had the usual argument who should go after it. I was telling him to go shoot it, and he was telling I should go shoot it.

Roy, our PH, put an end to our discussion by saying there was no way we could shoot it then, but we should come back in the afternoon and try again.

In the afternoon we went back, and found them feeding. There must have been several hundreds there, and spread over a large area.

We got downwind of them, and started to look for our cow, which by now was named the "Gerty" cow, in honor of Gerhard!

Eventually we found our Gerty cow. They were feeding towards a fork in the valley that split it into two. We sat on a hillside, and hoped she would pass in the closer valley rather the further one. If that happened, we would need to scarmble down and up again to get close to them.

As luck would have it, they all took the further valley, and we did a very good immitation of Speedy Gonzales.

The fun part was a storm was brewing, and it was quite windy, with a few dropps of rain falling. We could hear lions roaring, and elehants screaming not very far from us.

We got to about 60 yards from our cow, and gave her a bullet. She ran about 10 yards and dropped. All the rest of the buffalo gathered next to her, and would not leave.

They stayed there for quite a while. Roy went to get the truck, while Alan, his son, and myself waiting by our cow.

As soon as they saw the truck coming, they left.

That was a pretty exciting and enjoyable buffalo hunt.

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saeed@ emirates.net.ae

www.accuratereloading.com

So who shot the cow, Gerhard or Saeed?

Nice story. A new genre is born. Saeed's "Reality Africana" recollections interspersed with slapstick comedy and current events and technical info. I shall stay tuned for the next installment. Thanks for the edification/education/entertainment. And boy howdy do we forumni have fun amongst ourselves!

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RAB

RAB,

"Grandad" Gerhard did not want to shoot the cow, so I ended up doing it.

In our hunts - or in everything else we do for that matter - everyone is at pains to make the lives all others as bad as possible.

If you have read any of the Astrix books, life in Gaul is very similar to ours.

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saeed@ emirates.net.ae

www.accuratereloading.com

Saeed,
I searched New Haven, Connecticut for those books after I learned of them here last summer. I found them in a little book shop bordering the campus of Yale, our President's alma mater. How is that for higher education in the ivy league? I only brought three of them home in my luggage, but gotta save something for later. They are hilarious. A fitting comparison to the antics of S&W of Dubai.

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RAB

Saeed, if your group is like life in Gaul, I assume you must be Asterix, and Walter is Obelix - the big guy who sells menhirs?

After all, he is addicted to wild boar!!

Rick.

But who is Cacaphonix?

1894,

Cacaphonix?

Walter fullfils many different personalities, including Cacophonix, Geriatrics, Vital Statistix and the fishmonger - I forgot his name.

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saeed@ emirates.net.ae

www.accuratereloading.com