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pato
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Loc: Katherine NT

early morning hunt ....
#195696 - 04/12/11 12:18 PM

early morning hunt .....

father ?

son ?

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Altamaha
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Loc: Washington State USA

Re: early morning hunt .... [Re: pato]
#195697 - 04/12/11 01:06 PM

Those scrub bulls look meaner than the buffalo!

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500Nitro
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Loc: Victoria, Australia

Re: early morning hunt .... [Re: Altamaha]
#195700 - 04/12/11 02:39 PM

Pato
Great photos and hunt by the looks of things.

Altamaha
They are. I am a far more wary of Scrub Bulls than Buffalo, even when not wounded.

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AkMike
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Re: early morning hunt .... [Re: 500Nitro]
#195703 - 04/12/11 03:45 PM

That second to the last looks like it was crossed with a holstein cow. I thought they were all black...
Great pics Pato!

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FATBOY404
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Re: early morning hunt .... [Re: AkMike]
#195707 - 04/12/11 04:20 PM

Great work Pato.................wish I was there !!

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pato
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Loc: Katherine NT

Re: early morning hunt .... [Re: FATBOY404]
#195714 - 04/12/11 04:51 PM

SIMPSON SXS 318

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NitroX
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Re: early morning hunt .... [Re: Altamaha]
#195722 - 04/12/11 05:49 PM

Quote:

Those scrub bulls look meaner than the buffalo!

They often are, and will charge more often than buffalo.

Alan Moon whom used to run guided hunts in Far North Queensland for pigs and scrub bulls, said the scrub bulls were often tooey. And someone else I forget whom, said scrub bulls are more likely to charge than either water or cape buffalo. They are probably a bit less heavy etc though.

I've had two scrub bull encounters which were "near" charges and one "near" charge of a water buffalo. "Near" charge as in not a full one confirmed charge (eg in one case it was charging but didn't now where I was

), or close to one, ie a part one, before I backed out.

Pato, I wish I had early morning walks like that!

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Edited by NitroX (04/12/11 05:49 PM)

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pato
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Re: early morning hunt .... [Re: NitroX]
#195727 - 04/12/11 06:15 PM

SEE THE WHITE IN THE YOUNG BUFFS HORNES

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NitroX
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Re: early morning hunt .... [Re: pato]
#195730 - 04/12/11 07:12 PM

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SEE THE WHITE IN THE YOUNG BUFFS HORNES

I would have thought that is dried mud. So the horns were actually white in places?

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Altamaha
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Re: early morning hunt .... [Re: NitroX]
#195782 - 05/12/11 06:54 AM

Pato is truly fortunate in having such outstanding game territory so near his home!

If I were younger I would find a way to move from the US to Pato's area.

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Rigby350
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Reged: 11/11/08
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Loc: NSW,Australia

Re: early morning hunt .... [Re: Altamaha]
#195820 - 05/12/11 06:39 PM

Got to love the territory, great photos Pato.

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NitroX
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Re: early morning hunt .... [Re: Altamaha]
#195821 - 05/12/11 06:48 PM

I wonder if the white on water buffalo is a new phenomenon or always been in the population?

Many wild species when they are domesticated start to "whiten" or even become completely white. Such as turkeys, peacocks, guinea fowl. Obviously birds might be different to buffalo! But goats, sheep etc as well.

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Rule303
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Re: early morning hunt .... [Re: pato]
#195833 - 05/12/11 09:22 PM

Pato, What a walk. I think I could handle a walk or 3 like that.

Well done.

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Matt_Graham
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Loc: Australia

Re: early morning hunt .... [Re: Rule303]
#195889 - 06/12/11 09:59 AM

Good going Pato...

The white is a natural phenomenon... and it does come through to their horns in places.

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pato
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Loc: Katherine NT

Re: early morning hunt .... [Re: Matt_Graham]
#196037 - 07/12/11 08:22 PM

same area as previous .... came across this awesome scrub bull that couldnt be passed up ..... 318 simpson

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Rigby350
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Loc: NSW,Australia

Re: early morning hunt .... [Re: pato]
#196039 - 07/12/11 08:35 PM

Awesome scrub bull Pato well done, also good to see my mate George in the background.

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FATBOY404
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Re: early morning hunt .... [Re: Rigby350]
#196040 - 07/12/11 08:42 PM

Pato...............thats it you win...........hands down.............all over.

Love it.

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Altamaha
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Re: early morning hunt .... [Re: FATBOY404]
#196053 - 08/12/11 01:48 AM

Interesting horns on the scrubs. From the tips growing towards each other, to a nice sweeping curl, to almost flat out like buffalo.

A neat genetics project for a doctoral candidate: "Horn Structure in Feral Bovines caused by Genetic Intermixing of various Domestic Stock".

Edited by Altamaha (08/12/11 01:56 AM)

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Altamaha
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Re: early morning hunt .... [Re: Altamaha]
#196054 - 08/12/11 01:54 AM

Back in Georgia USA there were wild cattle in the private coastal areas with a good bit of Brahma bloodlines. In the 60's I hunted a few, they were wilder than deer and the bulls put me up a tree more than once!

The meat from the hump was extremely tender and tasty. Do you gents in OZ use meat from the scrub bulls for table fare?

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pato
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Re: early morning hunt .... [Re: Altamaha]
#196097 - 08/12/11 01:37 PM

horns 1.350 tip to tip

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DarylS
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Re: early morning hunt .... [Re: pato]
#196098 - 08/12/11 01:44 PM

1.35 = 53" (52.9875)

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Taylor416
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Re: early morning hunt .... [Re: pato]
#196452 - 11/12/11 09:55 PM

Pato, looks like the tame bullock from the Katherine abattoirs!!!

lol

Chris B

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Sville
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Re: early morning hunt .... [Re: Taylor416]
#196463 - 11/12/11 10:44 PM

Nice bull. Fantastic to see you in shorts, when we now have several layers of clothes while hunting!! Thanks for sharing. /Staffan

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Matt_Graham
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Loc: Australia

Re: early morning hunt .... [Re: Sville]
#196494 - 12/12/11 01:14 PM

Awesome bull Pato!!

hehe - I know that wild lookin fella you are with!!

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Cinghiale
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Loc: Northern Territory

Re: early morning hunt .... [Re: pato]
#198446 - 02/01/12 04:57 PM

Super hunt there, great photos,

Regards,

MOG

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