Hello all,

I had the great pleasure to spend most of July in Zambia on safari. I went as a non-hunter on a 21 day hunting safari. My friends, the hunters, had tags for all sorts of critters, and the bagged quite a few. More on that later. I took a lot of photos.

I would be interested to hear some studied evaluations of this buffalo. I have three photos of the same buff.

Here in the first photo he's right in the center with his head facing just to the right of the pic.

Here in the next photo he's looking a bit straighter on to the camera, but he's a bit obscured by the immature buff in front.

The third photo is interesting, as it presents a broadside of this bull. With his head facing to the left, he gives a good view of how heavy his bosses are and how the tips of his horns curve toward the rear.

I think he's a really nice buff, but having no real experience or knowledge, I'm not qualified to say. I sure would have liked to have the chance to try him with my .500NE, but that was not to happen. My trophy is in digital format.

Curl