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Hi Sorry this is a belated posting from Buffalo taken a year or so ago by Don Hanks in our NG 47 Botswana area. Don and his wife Rena were on a 7 day buffalo package hunt and on day 4 after looking at a lot of Buffalo as you do in Botswana, we saw a small group and edged around the front to ambush them , when they never appeared we walked towards the point of the group and at about 15 yards saw this bull lying down chewing the cud , as we were only 15 yards we could not move and slowly lowered ourselfes to the ground. We sat and looked at the bull from the corner of our eyes and did not move till we felt he was settled, the only shooting path we had was straight on and he was lying down , the thick bush would not allow any movement and we did not want to risk scareing him off. I whispered to Don how he felt about a frontal brain shot. Don said at this range he was very comfortable and the fact it was from a lying down posistion with a steady rest, he was good to go. His .375 barked and the bull never even moved , it was stone dead not even a muscle shake reflex !. We knew it was big but only the tape measure told us just how good the bull was. At 47.5 inches he was truly a trophy of a lifetime. We took pictures of the bull in the shed with another trophy bull inside its horns to show the scale of how big it was. Don is a vet and ages cattle and put this Bull at 14 years old. Don and Rena had hunted with us in the Kalahari in the late 1990's on one of the first dog/tracking leopard hunts ever. (This was Gary Miles and Warrick Evans first leopard hunt at the time) with John Abraham's Madubula Safaris. Don took a monster Leopard and had to do field surgery on one of the dogs that the leopard tore up,. I apologize for size of photos but still trying to get the hang of it . .    | ||
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What a magnificiant beastie!! Jeff | |||
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Wonderful and up close and personal. Mike  | |||
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Great Buff. Congratulations! | |||
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BC - hope you are well , have you shown this to Billy and Linda ? , there is this opening for April for 2 elephant...... | |||
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WOW!!! | |||
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Truly amazing!!!! Best regards, D. Nelson | |||
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What a buff!!!!!!!! | |||
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Great looking animal. ROYAL KAFUE LTD Email - kafueroyal@gmail.com Tel/Whatsapp (00260) 975315144 Instagram - kafueroyal | |||
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That's pretty spectacular! | |||
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Yikes! _________________________________ AR, where the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history become the nattering nabobs of negativisim. | |||
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The trophy of a lifetime indeed | |||
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Outstanding! | |||
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Truly wonderful. As Buffalo is my favorite DG animal, this warms my heart! Well done Graham! Charl van Rooyen Owner Infinito Travel Group www.infinito-safaris.com charl@infinito-safaris.com Cell: +27 78 444 7661 Tel: +27 13 262 4077 Fax:+27 13 262 3845 Hereford Street 28A Groblersdal 0470 Limpopo R.S.A. "For the Infinite adventure" Plains Game Dangerous Game Bucket List Specialists Wing-Shooting In House Taxidermy Studio In House Dip and Pack Facility In House Shipping Service Non-Hunting Tours and Safaris Flight bookings "I promise every hunter visiting us our personal attention from the moment we meet you, until your trophies hang on your wall. Our all inclusive service chain means you work with one person (me) taking responsibility during the whole process. Affordable and reputable Hunting Safaris is our game! With a our all inclusive door to door service, who else do you want to have fun with?" South Africa Tanzania Uganda | |||
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That is a helluva buff!! Congratulations!!! | |||
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Unbelievable. I am surprised that his tips are not broomed off at that age! "When the wind stops....start rowing. When the wind starts, get the sail up quick." | |||
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Congratulations. That if a buffalo of a lifetime. Good work. | |||
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Fantastic!! Good Hunting, Tim Herald Worldwide Trophy Adventures tim@trophyadventures.com | |||
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Ripper head, well done. Previously 500N with many thousands of posts ! | |||
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Wow! | |||
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Gorgeous buff!! Congratulations... _______________________________________________________ Hunt Report - South Africa 2022 Wade Abadie - Wild Shot Photography Website | Facebook | Instagram | |||
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Great Buffalo, thanks for sharing PH 47/2015 EC HC 16/2015 EC Ferdi Venter ferdiventer@gmail.com http://www.ferdiventerhunting.com Nature at your doorstep | |||
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A trophy of a life time. Great Cape Buffalo.. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> "You've got the strongest hand in the world. That's right. Your hand. The hand that marks the ballot. The hand that pulls the voting lever. Use it, will you" John Wayne | |||
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Superb buffs! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition” ― Rudyard Kipling | |||
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