Cape Buffalo Heads

15 October 2011, 14:29

cpaer

Cape Buffalo Heads

Lads:

For those who have taken mulitable buffalo, if you take home the horns and cape, after two trophy's, what are you doing with the mounts?

I have two nice buffalo mounts in the house at the present time. Next summer I will return to Zimbabwe for buffalo and tuskless elephant. Frankly, I can not forsee the need to bring another buffalo cape and horns home.

At the present time, the selection of a buffalo cow seems like the best idea.

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15 October 2011, 17:54

bwanamrm

Euro mounts... if you have the chance have your buff done by Taxidermy Enterprises. My buff euro mounts on an African hardwood plaque cost me less than $150! You can hang them or just line em up on the floor in your trophy room...

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15 October 2011, 20:10

NitroX

I've only got one cape buffalo and it is mounted. Have a fair number of water buff heads, and only mounted the first, the biggest. So with either of them, if I got a bigger one, or for some reason it was different or spectacular, then I would shoulder mount it, otherwise just the horns and skull or skull cap for a Euro mount. I like the Euro mounts too. I wouldn't mind a dozen Euro mounts.

I know one guy also had some gun slips made from the buffalo hide as a "trophy".

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15 October 2011, 20:55

Todd Williams

Got 1 Bull shoulder mounted. European mounts on the others. I've done the cow thing a few times as well. Just about as much fun without the high costs. I would mount another however if I can get one over 40". The one I have mounted now is about 35".

15 October 2011, 21:10

AnotherAZWriter

I have one mounted and the rest skulls laying around my trophy room. One sits on top of my bookshelf; another one is tipped against my lion pedestal, which looks cool. I have a carved wooded chair with a hyena skin covering it; I have another skull at the base of that. One sits near an end table. Another one sit behind a grizzly bear rug in front of a moose skull mount.

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15 October 2011, 22:52

376 steyr

I've only taken one cape buffalo and that was 2010. He's quite good, heavy bosses and all, and there was no way I wasn't going to mount him. He looks great on the wall! I got an excellent old grandaddy water buffalo bull with no front teeth this year in the Arnhem land and he too will be shoulder mounted. If you shoot something really good then preserve it with a shoulder mount, otherwise go the euro way.

16 October 2011, 02:37

armorer

A Cape buffalo hunt can be an excellent hunt. Selecting a good cow without a dependant calf while working a herd can be a challenge. As mentioned, the skull and horns is an interesting trophy room addition even unmounted. A good photograph is a nice companion piece to recount the context of taking the trophy.

16 October 2011, 04:21

kudu56

I was in a taxidermy shop last Saturday and he had some european mounts, deer, a cape, and a bison, that the skull had been dipped in a camo pattern film, similar to how they do stocks. It gave a nice, even, shiney coat. They actually looked great. I wish I had taken a picture.

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18 October 2011, 06:17

gunny

Eight buffalo bulls, one shoulder mount, four cleaned sculls and three left in Africa. Now I would only ship one home if I was shipping ivory or a big leopard. Shipping costs from Zim to california equals round trip airfare for the next hunt.