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dok
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Aussie buffalo
      #88713 - 11/11/07 03:55 PM

Here's another buff. This one was actually shot for meat. The rifle is a Vanguard in 338wm. I would not normally use the 338 for buff but as I was purely hunting one for meat and a lot of the buff were on the flood plains, a nice long distance shot using 225 gr Failsafe projectiles... The buff had a smaller body but the horns weren't too bad in the end



I no longer have the 338wm (i had to sell it to finance another rifle)although I miss the calibre as it's a great calibre for those long distance shots for big boars.

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Re: Aussie buffalo [Re: dok]
      #88791 - 12/11/07 09:43 PM

Quote:

... buff but as I was purely hunting one for meat and a lot of the buff were on the flood plains ...



OK I would be happy to cull that "meat animal" for meat too.

What did this one measure out to? I ask to further educate myself on size, though I never carry a tape measure myself.

He is a fine trophy indeed.

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dok
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Re: Aussie buffalo [Re: NitroX]
      #88795 - 12/11/07 10:26 PM

I think it was about after this hunt that I decided to make sure I carried a tape measure with me (or at least had one in camp). I honestly wouldn't know what size they were, maybe high eighties / low ninties ??? (Douglas Points is all I know).

Perhaps someone can explain to me how to score buff points in the SCI scale .

Here is another photo angle of the same buff. It goes to show that angles and distances from the camera lense can make the difference.


cheers

Edited by dok (13/12/07 07:33 PM)

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Marrakai
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Re: Aussie buffalo [Re: dok]
      #88826 - 13/11/07 12:25 AM

Mate, that's still a fine trophy bull no matter how you photograph it!

Looks pretty close to a hundred-pointer to me.

Regarding scoring, the Douglas System penalises the trophy for asymetry, so you double the smallest measurement each time. With SCI, you add everything!

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Matt_Graham
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Re: Aussie buffalo [Re: Marrakai]
      #88831 - 13/11/07 12:51 AM

I concur - looks like a high nineties bull to me ...by any scoring system.. noice one...

Bit tough in the frypan??

In answer to your question here is the different scoring info. In my laziness I just cut it from a post I made recently concerning the same thing on another website...

"SCI system - length of each horn (from point near forehead to the horn tip around the curve) added together
plus circumference of horn bases added together
A 100SCI buff might go (32"+32") + (17.5"+18.5")

Douglas System length of the shortest horn doubled...plus
shortest circumference doublee
So the same example above example 32x2 + 17.5x2 = 99DP

SCI credits the animal with the horn that it grew/has while Douglas penalises for 'unevenness'. So if a bull is missing half a horn it is severely penalised in Douglas but not in SCI.

Neither system gives credit to the mass that a buffalo has, away from the horn bases (ie. if it is heavy all the way out to the end).

What does it all mean? Not much ..... but it is interesting for making comparisons between different animals. "

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lapua
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Re: Aussie buffalo [Re: dok]
      #89017 - 15/11/07 10:05 AM

Dok mate it's a shame you sold your 338wm I have one in the sako delux
it's a great long distance shooter and great on pig's nice bull too.

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ALAN_MCKENZIE
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Re: Aussie buffalo [Re: lapua]
      #89061 - 16/11/07 12:57 AM

What Matt neglected to point out is that you measure the outside curve of each horn.
338 wm is a good round on buff loaded with woodleigh 300gn round noses.
Very good BC as well.
Al
P.S. Nice bull,would make great biltong.

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