Big buffalo

01 January 2016, 13:23

fairgame

Big buffalo

Researcher Carl Huchzermeyer who resides in the Bangweulu swamps sent me this picture of a young bull with exceptional horns. AR's Faisal and I convinced Carl to remove buffalo from quota for a couple of years to allow such Buffalo to breed and mature. Faisal took a very nice bull in 2015 but they were few and far between.

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01 January 2016, 13:48

fairgame

Faisal's buff. Just a good solid buff and the hunting was very fine indeed.

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01 January 2016, 18:30

Matt Graham

Great!!! Just let me know when you want me to come get 'im!!!

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01 January 2016, 19:05

Jefffive

Andrew,

In a herd like that what is the "usual" breakdown of breeding-age bulls to cows, and how many of those bulls actively breed?

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01 January 2016, 22:38

fairgame

quote:
Originally posted by bwanamrm:
Very nice young bull, indeed. 42"?

Faisal and I had a good look at this one and he looked 45 maybe a tad more.

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01 January 2016, 22:41

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quote:
Originally posted by Jefffive:
Andrew,

In a herd like that what is the "usual" breakdown of breeding-age bulls to cows, and how many of those bulls actively breed?

By all accounts in this herd there are about 6 bulls that are actively breeding but typically the females want the more dominant and bigger bulls.

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01 January 2016, 22:47

Safari2

It sounds like this herd needs to grow exponentially before it really becomes a viable hunting area for buffalo.

I have read however that the black lechwe population has really bounced back?