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Hey y'all, I just wanted to throw some pics up of the watusi my dad shot last January. We have friends near Atkinson, NE that had this bull in their Elk enclosure and wanted to get rid of it quickly because he was just plain mean and would charge the truck. My dad was more than happy to take of the bull and also "practice for cape buffalo" in the process. ENJOY!    Erik "Conservation through Hunting" | ||
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That Bull would make a nice european mount. | |||
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Dang, now that's a set of horns! I never even knew such a beast existed. What are its origins and history, please? ______________________ Hunting: I'd kill to participate. | |||
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They are domestic African Ankole Watusi cattle from East Africa. I have never been around one that wouldn't love you to death to get a bucket of grain. Nice photos, nice bull, interesting situation. They are on the small side as cattle go, a 1000 pound one is huge. | |||
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Thanks for the info, D99. ______________________ Hunting: I'd kill to participate. | |||
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I would not want to get nailed with one of those! Very impressive horns. | |||
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Yes they are like attack puppies, whatchout! | |||
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Well FYI.....they're not all like "puppies", trust me. I have seen several that would charge you without hesitation if you were on foot. Also, there was a female on a place I hunted last year that would start running away when the truck was 300-400 yards away. She would have been nearly impossible to kill without getting lucky by ambushing her from a stand. She was SUPER wild!! I just don't want everyone on here to think that ALL Watusi are tame, because they're not. _______________________________________________________ Hunt Report - South Africa 2022 Wade Abadie - Wild Shot Photography Website | Facebook | Instagram | |||
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Ok only 99% of them are attack puppies. "without hesitation" meaning for no reason? Maybe if a guy was wearing a red shirt, with a pro beef campaign logo on it. Any range cattle are wild, especially if they are on a 2000 or 3000 acre plus pasture and never get handled. If you had spent your entire life growing up around livestock and every ankole watusi cow you saw would lick you to death for a sugar cube and a belly rub, you would feel the same way. Even bison bulls in Yellowstone national park, grizzly bear sows with cubs, and cape buffalo will show hesitation. These watusis you speak of in texas must be the most dangerous animal in the world! | |||
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I always enjoyed giving Eland Slayer a hard time, he gets pretty spun up on stuff! When you turn 21 let me know so I can send you $10 to buy a beer and a lap dance on me. | |||
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Well I turn 21 on May 21 actually.....2 weeks from today, when should I expect Mr. Hamilton in the mail? _______________________________________________________ Hunt Report - South Africa 2022 Wade Abadie - Wild Shot Photography Website | Facebook | Instagram | |||
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Seriously though.....I didn't mean for it to sound like I was suggesting all Watusi are wild. I'll admit that most are relatively timid.....but I was just saying I've seen a few that are absolutely viscious. And yes, I've grown up around cows and farm critters quite a bit. There's some angus bulls out there I wouldn't mess with either. haha _______________________________________________________ Hunt Report - South Africa 2022 Wade Abadie - Wild Shot Photography Website | Facebook | Instagram | |||
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I'd hold him to that offer of $10, if I were you, Eland Slayer. $10 should buy you a six pack of decent beer, but I wouldn't expect it to go very far in a decent (or indecent) strip club.  analog_peninsula ----------------------- It takes character to withstand the rigors of indolence. | |||
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Amen, if you're gonna buy him a lap dance, buy him a good one. I can suggest a few studios of the performing arts in Houston, near Eland Slayer. The Hunt goes on forever, the season never ends. I didn't learn this by reading about it or seeing it on TV. I learned it by doing it. | |||
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Frequently, cattle that have been raised with frequent contact with modern Western Humans lose all fear of man, and a few of them can occasionally become ornery or down-right mean and dangerous. The ones that haven't seen many humans usually run like any wild animal would. The worst I ever had was a Simbra (Simmental-Brahma cross) bull that I had raised as a pet at the home place-- separate from the farm-- and then turned out with the cows when he was two. He developed the bad habit of wanting to butt the vehicles that came into the pasture. He was just playing, but any attempt to correct the behavior of a 1500 pound two year old bull is gonna be difficult, and their "play" is not benign stuff for humans. We never had any Watusi/Ankole. Steve "He wins the most, who honour saves. Success is not the test." Ryan "Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Stalin Tanzania 06 Argentina08 Argentina Australia06 Argentina 07 Namibia Arnhemland10 Belize2011 Moz04 Moz 09 | |||
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Great Watusi  Congratulations. What are your ideas regarding taxidermy. Thanks MD | |||
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WHOAH there!!, They say everone has a double! give me a good shave & replace my missing teeth, I'm lookin in the mirror, even the cammo , the bino's, the bino's sling, Spooky!  | |||
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That is too cool! That hide would make a good rug I bet. LDK Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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