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How big is this Sable?
20 July 2006, 10:20
Jeff AlexanderHow big is this Sable?
This is one of two big sables at the San Diego Zoo. How big do you think it is? 
20 July 2006, 10:32
Safari-HuntVery nice I'm not an expert on sable but my guess would be 42"
Frederik Cocquyt
I always try to use enough gun but then sometimes a brainshot works just as good.
20 July 2006, 10:39
ForrestBBig enough that's for sure. He's an old boy. 42" looks like a good guess, he might go 43" but he's broomed off quite a bit.
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20 July 2006, 10:40
BwanahileNot sure, but I hope to find his twin in Zim next May!
20 July 2006, 14:15
DB BillI think the estimates are a little "short". I shot this one a few years back in Zim and it measured 42+" and the one at the zoo looks to be a couple of inches longer.
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20 July 2006, 15:36
Safari-HuntWhatever the measurement end up to be I doubt that anyone will say no to take him !
Frederik Cocquyt
I always try to use enough gun but then sometimes a brainshot works just as good.
20 July 2006, 17:49
bwanamrmI agree with DB Bill. My sable was 42" and that bull sweeps back more and has good height... I am guessing 44" to 45"...
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20 July 2006, 18:04
Widowmaker416I'm going to say, 46 inches, maybe 47
he has great height and they sweep back far
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20 July 2006, 18:37
Jaco HumanAt least 46", it can easily be longer. Not many of them left in the wild.
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kayaker45" ??
21 July 2006, 00:44
Jeff Alexander
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21 July 2006, 00:46
samwiseI'd be damm good-shoot him and we'll measure him in the PU.
Bob Clark
21 July 2006, 00:54
bulldog56347.5"
I'll be in San Diego on the 29th of this month, do you want me to check?
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21 July 2006, 02:43
NickuduHis sweep back is rather abrupt but, with his head held fully upright, those tips are still quite near his back. I'd be surprised if he was under 46".
21 July 2006, 04:02
Balla Balla
This one taken in ZAMBIA at the ranch some years ago now ran at 46.75 ....
So I would think that ZOO sable was approaching 45"
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21 July 2006, 05:48
billrquimbyI agree with those who said 42-43 inches.
21 July 2006, 06:40
Eland SlayerI'd say 43-44".
21 July 2006, 08:01
Jeff Alexander
21 July 2006, 08:24
Widowmaker416Hey Jeff, does this mean I'm PH material!
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21 July 2006, 08:41
Jeff Alexanderquote:
Originally posted by Widowmaker416:
Hey Jeff, does this mean I'm PH material!
Sure Ron - I'd hunt with you
25 July 2006, 17:23
billrquimby"One doesn't hunt to kill. Rather one kills to have hunted. Peter H. Capstick"
Isn't this quote from "Meditations on Hunting" by the Spanish philosopher Jose Ortega y Gassett?
25 July 2006, 20:18
Michael RobinsonBill,
That is a paraphrase, or a rough translation from the Spanish, but yes, it is Ortega, and it is from Meditations on Hunting.
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