Frank,

Excellent story. Great old bull also.

Did you head up North for some fishing?

Congratulations Frank! That'sa great trophy photo too!

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Originally posted by Mike70560:
Frank,

Excellent story. Great old bull also.

Did you head up North for some fishing?

Yep, we took a day off after I got my buff because of some heavy drinking (I had a beer Saturday night to celebrate) and then Monday we took off for the Ume Camp for some fishing and to look for bushbuck.

Mike,

Is this one yours?

Great Story, Great Report,Great Bull, congrats.

Congrats man, great story too!

That one would be mine, Frank.

Tell us a little about your fishing trip.

Great report Frank,must be time for a bigger rifle

Great report ,Frank and CONGRATS for a great trophy !
I hunt with Pierre since 2008 and your story made me relive every moment of my dagga boy hunt in 2009.
I left Chifudze on May 11'th , after my associate shot a really nice elephant bull with Pierre. I know you guys had a great time in Ume as well ..
What's next for you ? I would reccomend a hippo and an elephant hunt with Pierre (i know my buff&hippo hunt was by far the best hunt i ever did ).Me,for sure, i will be back next year for a tuskless and a croc .

Congratulations Frank,
Great bull and story. Nothing like those old dagga boys with their bosses polished like mahogany.

Great story and an exciting hunt!

Thanks again all.

I'll try to get the rest of the hunt report out soon but it'll read more like a tour guide after this experience.

I think that I'll hunt Buffalo again before trying anything else although Pierre tells me that tuskless hunting can get the adreneline pump working in overtime as well.

Now I just have to figure out how to get past Wifezilla's three year rule for Africa.

Great and well done on a very fine trophy.

Great report that filled in the gaps. We were in Mackenzie camp chasing tuskless with bows and arrows and heard confirmation of your successful hunt via the camp grapevine (jungle drums??). We saw a magnificent bushbuck on the day we went to Charara which would have been a sitting duck for a rifle shot but there was no shot opportunity with my heavy poundage elephant rig and it's slow(relatively speaking) arrows. Your report has prompted me to get busy with mine. I'll have to ask the missus for help with typing!
JCHB

If you dont write for a living, perhaps you should consider it.
Great story, I was starting to sweat.
Nice Bull, very nice.

Cheers, John

Frank: Really appreciate you sharing the excitement of that hunt. What a fine bull! I don't mean in any way to disparage DRT one-shot kills, but the drama of a well-hit buffalo waiting on his back trail to kill you certainly enriches the experience, doesn't it?

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Originally posted by Fjold:


Now I just have to figure out how to get past Wifezilla's three year rule for Africa.

Take her with you. It's is still better than waiting.

Congrats on a fine bull.

Congratulations on a great trophy and a well written story. I only have to wait another 425 days for my first buff hunt.

Congratulations Frank, what a fantastic hunt and a beautiful trophy indeed!

Way to go Frank. Congratulations on a fine hunt and story well told. I know that you were looking forward to the hunt and it sounds like it met your expectations.

awsome report I wish they could all be this entertaining.

Fantastic report Frank, congratulations on a great hunt.

Well done!

Congratulations on a wonderful trophy and thank you for sharing your experience with the story and photos.

My kind of buffalo. Great report and hunt.

Frank,

There is no finer experience than a running gun battle with a cranky old buffalo bull. I've had two gun battles like you described with buff one ended with one very nice charge in the Dande North back in 2004. The other was buff that soaked up a pile of .458 lott rounds in Tanzania before calling it quits.

When you get a bang-flop on a buff it's almost a let down..