I explained to both of the PH,s I hunted with that I wanted to shoot a buffalo that looked like a buff. I prefered a big old bossed bull to a soft boss with wide horns.

That came back to haunt me on my second Safari when Donza and I crwawled to within 25 yards of two bulls laying down. I had two bulls on quota. They were both at least 43 inches.

I was all keen to get a little bit closer, stand up and bang one with a right, one with a left, do a quick reload and sort it all out....

But he said "No they are too soft" so we crawled away.

I later in the Safari shot a real monster at 42" with a monster boss. A very nice buff.

I go more on how it looks to me than how it fits into any scoring system.

I fell the same way about other horned game as well.