| dok |
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| 07/11/07 10:11 PM |
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I haven't quite worked out how to get the photos to come up but here is the link anyway.
http://www.hunt101.com/watermark.php?file=500/36144me_and_trophy-med.jpg
The rifle is a BRNO 602 ZKK in 458wm. I like the Woodleigh (550grn soft nose and solids) projectiles. I missed out on my main annual shoot this year due to work commitments but maybe next year...
The buffalo was taken in November 2004 and I had the horns mounted and they now hang up outside and are a great topic over a few beers.
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| gryphon |
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| 09/11/07 08:44 AM |
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good onya for posting your pic mate,bit of a shame eh in that with 28 views so far and not one post in reply especially for a sweeper like your bull is too.
| Matt_Graham |
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| 09/11/07 11:01 AM |
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Yes it is a very fine bull - no question about that!!
Top job...
I didnt know he was asking for a reply Gryphon??
| dok |
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| 09/11/07 02:52 PM |
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Thanks,
I just thought i'd like to share the photograph with the other forum viewers after finally deciding to have a real go at posting photographs. Now that I have it worked out (view the other post), i'll post a few more. I
| Marrakai |
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| 09/11/07 11:42 PM |
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Standing by. Never tire of looking at good trophy buff photos!
| 9.3x57 |
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| 10/11/07 01:41 AM |
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Dok:
Keep'em coming!
| gryphon |
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| 10/11/07 06:28 AM |
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| Marrakai |
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| 10/11/07 01:01 PM |
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Dok:
Unfortunately posts like the above tend to put an end to a thread, no matter how interesting the subject may have been.
Please post more trophy buff photos regardless of the attempts of the above poster to derail this thread with his own wretched insecurities.
...or start a new thread if need be.
Thanks mate.
| gryphon |
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| 10/11/07 04:06 PM |
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standing in your buddies corner again ...i thought that you for one had finished sniping too...aah not so as shown...oh well stick to it you are nearly as good too!
NitroX
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| 10/11/07 04:06 PM |
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I tried to get the photo to post on the actual thread, and saw it was a very nice beast, very much worth displaying.
DOK
Can you post or PM me the actual folder address you use at the photo hosting site? I think there is another web address that would display your photos on the net.
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| 10/11/07 04:18 PM |
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Well one way or another, here it is! Though Gryphon beat me to it.
| Matt_Graham |
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| 11/11/07 11:04 AM |
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| gryphon |
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| 12/11/07 05:20 AM |
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| 500Nitro |
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| 12/11/07 05:29 AM |
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dok
Top Trophy, and thanks for posting.
Keep them coming, I love seeing pictures of Buff
so welcome anytime.
| Matt_Graham |
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| 12/11/07 08:26 PM |
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NitroX
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| 12/11/07 09:38 PM |
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I'd love to have a 4WD like that!
Gentlemen, lets enjoy the excellent buffalo trophy above and forget the crap.
| Matt_Graham |
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| 12/11/07 09:54 PM |
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So would I JH!! I sold that wild rig about 8 years ago and have regretted it ever since..
Man that truck and I went some crazy places!! That photo was taken at the bottom of the Macleay Gorge NSW - my favourite place in the world (so far). That is 2x 15ft canoes on the roof of that truck. I could carry me and three clients plus 2 canoes and about 350 kg of gear in it .... the world was our oyster.....oh they were the days!!!
It was the best promotional item ever too...
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| 12/11/07 10:08 PM |
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I can see my white Landcruiser getting black stripes right now, with a nice NitroExpress.com logo in black white and silver on the door panels.
Should help me get noticed and probably 'committed' as well.
Seriously did you ever get any reaction from crazies and extreme greenies, especially dents and scratches?
| Matt_Graham |
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| 13/11/07 01:02 AM |
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No JH never ....not until now
No I always had good comments ...but then again I live in a small rural city, where it is not uncommon to see utes (pickups) driving around with dead things on them, so it is rare to get bad comments about any such thing.
I dont think the zebra stripes really spell 'hunting' to many people anyhow. It was just a safari vehicle and everyone called it the 'zebra truck'...
Cost me about $300 worth of good quality auto paint and a couple hours with a spray kit. I spent about a day rubbing it back and put on a coat of primer and then 2 coats of white. Then I taped it up and sprayed the stripes onto it....easy. My missus helped me spray it and that was just after we were married...I guess she was really wondering at that point what the hell she had gotten herself into...
If you have the white rig already then you're halfway there mate!!
| ALAN_MCKENZIE |
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| 13/11/07 01:33 AM |
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Dok,real nice buff.
Looks like it would go close to the magic 100 SCI.
I noticed that the tips aint broomed which makes it even more spectacular considering its size.
Well done.
Al
| Matt_Graham |
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| 13/11/07 01:44 AM |
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Quote:Oh I put so many of my own dents and scratches in it I would never know!!
especially dents and scratches?
I once got stuck on a mountain pass in a bush fire, where a huge eucalypt had fallen completely over the road . A one way road - and I was on the wrong side. I decided to sleep in the truck and wait till the 'fire-ies' opened the road up in the morning. After 2 hours I was freezing and the truck was starting to fill up with smoke, so I fired up the beast and backed down the road a way, revved it up and took a flying jump at the head of the tree. The truck was jumping over branches 12 inches round - there was wood breaking and all sorts of shit flying but the old girl came out the other side with but a few scratches and I was on my way home to bed... Gotta love a Land Cruiser!!!
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| 13/11/07 02:27 PM |
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Off topic post moved to the "Politics" forum.
| AkMike |
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| 13/11/07 07:08 PM |
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A very nice buffalo DOK! Congratulations. Can you tell us about the hunt?
| BillfromOregon |
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| 11/01/08 07:47 AM |
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DOK: Very, very fine bull. I wish Australia weren't such an expensive destination for a destitute newspaper copy editor ...
| JabaliHunter |
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| 14/01/08 10:15 PM |
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A real beauty! I'd love to hunt one like that!
| Anonymous |
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| 17/01/08 07:04 AM |
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Dok,
Nice Buff!
Those horns would look nice on a big Cadillac.
| BillfromOregon |
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| 18/01/08 03:09 AM |
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Sinner: You must be a Texan at heart ...
DOK: Just how wide ARE those horns?
| reflex264 |
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| 15/02/08 11:20 AM |
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Forgive me for posting so late as I am pretty new here but that is one more nice bull. reflex264
| dok |
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| 16/02/08 01:23 PM |
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Thanks for the replies.
The buffalo had a spread of 51.5" (131cm) from tip to tip.
the measurement of the horns were
17.75" around the bases
and 32.5" curve.
(biggest side)
Unfortunately, the story behind the hunt does not do the animal justice.
It was coming to late afternoon, after driving for most of the day, when my mate and i were driving to our camp where we normally set up at. The buffalo were coming out onto the flood plains when my mate pointed out the buffalo with a small herd of about 7 cows, some 3 hundred metres away. We drove closer to to within about 80 metres before the bull started to chase it's small herd up. In fact if the bull didn't come behind the herd and just kept trotting ahead i would never had the opportunity to take the shot.
My first shot was a poor one. I struck the animal about half way along his rib cage. I wasn't very happy about the shot and followed up with a quick shot this time hitting the animal just behind the shoulder, although maybe a little hight for a "boiler room" shot. The two 550 grain woodleighs appeared to have very little effect, so i knew my shots were poor.
The Third shot, I made sure and was a good hit and the bull stumbled and began to walk. He only walked for another 30 metres with his head down, before turning to face us. As we got in close, the bull lifted his head high to have a sniff and i took the opportunity to put him down with another 550 grain to the head.
I was a little disappointed with my shooting but you can't(well I can't) be dead eye dick 100% of the time. I guess if the buffalo were a soft animal and fell over, first shot everytime, it wouldn't be as much fun.
The woodleighs are a great bullet (IMO) and it was only my shooting that let the bullet down, not the other way around
It was a good size animal.
I am (or was) very fortunate to have been living in Arnhem Land for a few years to enable me to do this hunting.
I still have some of the contacts (Traditional owners) but my family and working life make it hard to get out to those same areas as i now reside in Darwin (hopefully that might change in the next 12 months or so).
Cheers
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| 26/02/10 05:13 AM |
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Photo added to the Water Buffalo thread.