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Big enough!!! He is a keeper for sure!!! Graybird "Make no mistake, it's not revenge he's after ... it's the reckoning." | |||
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31,65739303030 Inch  Nec Timor Nec Temeritas | |||
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Mine is 29 1/2", and this one looks like it would top that. | |||
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I think 32 inches. Whatever, a heck of a bull. Dave Fulson | |||
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That bull is a first 5 minutes on Day 1 shooter. "You only gotta do one thing well to make it in this world" - J Joplin | |||
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Perfect, go get him! ~Ann   | |||
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His horns are too big and are probably causing his neck to cramp under the strain of their weight. You should shoot him IMMEDIATELY so he doesn't suffer any longer. ____________________________ If you died tomorrow, what would you have done today ... 2018 Zimbabwe - Tuskless w/ Nengasha Safaris 2011 Mozambique - Buffalo w/ Mashambanzou Safaris | |||
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I'd say he's getting close to world record potential, in the 33-35 inch range I would say. One more year with high protein feed and bingo. LDK Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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Wow!  Having shot three very good nyala bulls before, I would definitely shoot a fourth if that one came into range! | |||
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I'll guess 31-32. Will J. Parks, III | |||
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Many seem to reach the 29" mark without turning out too much. This one is turning out a mile. Just a guess but I would have to agree with L. David Keith on this one, pushing 35". | |||
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I have never been to Africa an know nothing of these animals. If I saw that I would have passed on it as an immature Kudu! "When the wind stops....start rowing. When the wind starts, get the sail up quick." | |||
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Big enough you wouldn't have a chance to ask that question if we were hunting.  I'd put him in the 33-35" area. Yes it's cocked, and it has bullets too!!! | |||
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Hmmm..Why dont you send me a private Message on exactly where he is and I will go inspect him at closer range to see if all the estimates are correct.  | |||
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Just as a reference, here's a pic of the world record, taken by a lady:  Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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Andrew, let me guess.. THIS was the bull I was suppossed to be on the lookout for down by the river??!! If so, man did I mess up! Great bull, bud! | |||
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Until I read on this post (and viewed a nyala on the tape)I aloways had thought that no trip to Africa was worthwhile for anything except DG. I have lived to learn (as a one time hunter for DG)that there can be some pretty magnificent trophies besides DG. (I thought of the picture of the nyala like a magnified version of suddenly confronting a white tail deer in woods -both of us surprised - and the deer recovering first! I was particularly glad to read the comments of experienced hunters in that part of the world that it was a magnificent nyala - and I never saw a nyala in my life -but recognized him as a trophy when I saw the tape. I guess that hunters -the world over are the same in their instincts. | |||
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JESUS!! Big enough.....  _______________________________________________________ Hunt Report - South Africa 2022 Wade Abadie - Wild Shot Photography Website | Facebook | Instagram | |||
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Scotty that bull was there ,but your bull is a nice one at that,well done , | |||
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Andrew, I'm no expert on nyala, having hunted very few with clients so far, but would it not be wise to also see this bull from the side before making any guesses? I have seen nyala with outsplaying tips, but very shallow bend back, which propably did not measure that much then. Karl Stumpfe Ndumo Hunting Safaris www.huntingsafaris.net karl@huntingsafaris.net P.O. Box 1667, Katima Mulilo, Namibia Cell: +264 81 1285 416 Fax: +264 61 254 328 Sat. phone: +88 163 166 9264 | |||
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BANG  Hunting is not a matter of life or death....It's much more important | |||
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Is that Eilene Hansen? I met here in Luangwa, that woman can shoot my friend!!! Steve Formerly "Nganga" | |||
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For me there's more to consider than just length when it comes to Nyala (and I've never shot one) and that's shape and thickness but mostly shape. DB Bill aka Bill George | |||
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Steve, it is Anne Dodgson who took this #1 with a rifle. Score was 84 5/8ths. DB, I couldn't agree more. Nyala come in a variety of shapes. Here's few we took last year:      Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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There is more than one shape to consider besides the typical lyre shape. Another is the bell shape. I have two great lyre shaped nyala trophies and one very nice bell shaped trophy. Both shapes of horns are beautiful in their own right. This is one of the lyre shaped trophies: This is the bell shaped trophy:  | |||
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only one way to find out my friend and that is to go a hunt it.meassure it onthe ground | |||
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30" | |||
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I have 29 7/8's on the wall taken with a handgun @ Zulu Nyala back in 1995... this one pictured appears to somewhat bigger!   Member NRA, SCI- Life #358 28+ years now! DRSS, double owner-shooter since 1983, O/U .30-06 Browning Continental set. | |||
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That is an over the top good bull mid 30's I'd say. | |||
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