This beautiful old Dagga boy was taken 2 days ago in the APNR.

My hunter , Horst , a German gentleman , had hunted many buffalo before , but insisted he wanted a very old , worn down Buffalo with lots of " you owe me money " Character.

After tracking and looking over a number of Bulls we found this old warrior lying up under a palm tree in a dry river bed. The setting was beautiful , with us standing up on the ridge spotting him , and below us the long winding dry river dotted with green vegetation , rocks and pools of water. The old Dagga boy obviously also approved of the place.
a Lengthy stalk put us within 40 yards of the Bull when suddenly he sensed we were there , jumped up and started running up the embankment. A deep Buffalo call came from Calvin , my tracker , and the Bull stopped in his tracks and turned side on , giving us the look. Just enough time for me to get the shooting sticks into new position and for Horst to take his shot. He did good, he had his Bull and realized a life time dream.





This is where he was hiding in. We spotted him from the top of the ridge.






Who knows how many battles this old Warrior had fought in his life , with other Bulls and Lions alike.
I was reminded again of how privileged we are to still be able to hunt Buffalo in a beautiful and natural big 5 areas like this.

Now that's a buffalo!

A proper buffalo. The hunter should be well pleased with that trophy.

That is about as good as it gets!!

Fantastic old buff!

What a great trophy.

That is my dream buffalo, congratulations!

Awesome bull - congratulations!

Congratulations great Bull

An outstanding old bull.

Congratulations.

Well done Jan on another awesome buffalo bull in one of the best areas for buffalo in SA !!!

Thanks for posting!

Well done to you and your hunter.
A fine old bull.
Thanks for posting.

A great old bull! Who could want a better experience?

Excellent bull...

Nice!

Outstanding!

Perfect buff!!

Well done Jan - what a lovely old bull taken in a fantastic area. Is there any chance you can get me his two first molar teeth? These are the third ones from the back of the lower jaw. If this is a hassel, then the whole lower jawbone would be great. I age the bull to be in his 12 th yr but this is always a bit of a thumb suck. Being able to measure his 1 st molars will give me a more accurate estimation. Give me a call sometime 0766519836 Doctari

Congratulations to the hunter.

Jan,

I might have to come visit you one of these days..

That bull is something, congrats to all involved!!

Nice story and congradulations to the hunter. That little hidey hole looks like a buffalo's version of heaven.

Fabulous bull. Congratulations.

Lovely.

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Proper old buff. Congrats!

Super bogo!! Well done !!

Waidmansheil Horst.

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Originally posted by doctari505:
Well done Jan - what a lovely old bull taken in a fantastic area. Is there any chance you can get me his two first molar teeth? These are the third ones from the back of the lower jaw. If this is a hassel, then the whole lower jawbone would be great. I age the bull to be in his 12 th yr but this is always a bit of a thumb suck. Being able to measure his 1 st molars will give me a more accurate estimation. Give me a call sometime 0766519836 Doctari

Thanks Kevin , The reserve keeps the lower jaw for their records as you know. I'm sure once they're done with it I can make a plan to get it to you. Might cost you a beer though

Cheers

A fine Muddy Boy


Morten

That's another fantastic Dagga Boy, Jan.

Congrats to the Hunter!

Nice!!

Nice Bull Congratulations

A gret buffalo, too many hunters are killing immature bufflo

Thanks everyone. The really cool part of these Buffalo hunts are that the majority of the funds generated are used by the reserve for anti poaching. In this case mainly Rhino anti poaching. This war , just like all wars are fought with money , and the reserves need every cent they can get.
I've been contacted by some hunters to put together a dagga boy hunt for a group of hunters , like 4 x 2 , or 2 x 1 over 10 days. If there's any interest in this from AR members , I'll gladly put an affordable AR package together. PM or e mail me.

Hunting regards

That is a real trophy!

Eat your hearts out SCI tape carriers

What a lovely old bull!

Best,
jpj3

I have always enjoyed those older animals.

Great bull!

Character.

Wow, that old boy has much character. Congrats on a wonderful trophy.