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Re: Buffalos : what kind of trophy hunter are You ?
31/05/07 04:13 PM

For myself I like to hunt and the trophy is of lower priority.

I like to take at least representative mature trophies and in the case of cape buffalo that means a hard boss. I think that if a taxidermist needs to add putty (or whatever) to a soft bossed bull to make it look good, that is no different to adding a few inches to a deer antler or some other falsehood.

My one and only cape buffalo I have never measured. It has good hard bosses and is probably only about 34 inches and was probablt eleven to thirteen years old. It was smaller than I wished but I had two on quota, and seeing the problems on that safari with warvet invasions etc I was happy to take him. The second animal never happened.

My trip last year I looked for a cape buffalo again with a minimum of hard bosses, but the main target was elephant. We saw a good number of long soft bossed bulls the PH said he would probably usually get the client to shoot. Looked nice and tempting in the scope but not trophies in my opinion.

I do not have a tape measure to measure horns or antlers. The only lengths I know was if the PH or taxidermist did them unrequested.

I don't mind a worn old warrior but 500grains "scrumcaps" are way too extreme to me, and I would only shoot one as a free cull.

But everyone to their own as long as it is done sportingly. No back of bakkie "shooting" for example.

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Buffalos : what kind of trophy hunter are You ?	Kalunga	27/05/07 11:20 PM
Re: Buffalos : what kind of trophy hunter are You ?	AdamTayler	02/06/07 01:31 AM
Re: Buffalos : what kind of trophy hunter are You ?	9.3x57	06/06/07 11:34 PM
Re: Buffalos : what kind of trophy hunter are You ?	hoppdoc	07/06/07 08:20 AM
Re: Buffalos : what kind of trophy hunter are You ?	Ripp	08/06/07 12:26 PM
Re: Buffalos : what kind of trophy hunter are You ?	hoppdoc	08/06/07 09:18 PM
Re: Buffalos : what kind of trophy hunter are You ?	Ripp	08/06/07 09:41 PM
Re: Buffalos : what kind of trophy hunter are You ?	9.3x57	08/06/07 10:38 PM
Re: Buffalos : what kind of trophy hunter are You ?	Ripp	09/06/07 04:16 AM
Re: Buffalos : what kind of trophy hunter are You ?	Kalunga	09/06/07 03:36 AM
Re: Buffalos : what kind of trophy hunter are You ?	Ripp	09/06/07 04:18 AM
Re: Buffalos : what kind of trophy hunter are You ?	Kalunga	09/06/07 04:47 AM
Re: Buffalos : what kind of trophy hunter are You ?	hoppdoc	09/06/07 09:09 AM
Re: Buffalos : what kind of trophy hunter are You ?	Ripp	10/06/07 01:46 AM
Re: Buffalos : what kind of trophy hunter are You ?	Kalunga	07/06/07 05:08 AM
Re: Buffalos : what kind of trophy hunter are You ?	jorge	07/06/07 05:45 AM
Re: Buffalos : what kind of trophy hunter are You ?	9.3x57	07/06/07 06:16 AM
Re: Buffalos : what kind of trophy hunter are You ?	Ripp	28/05/07 12:03 PM
Re: Buffalos : what kind of trophy hunter are You ?	hoppdoc	28/05/07 08:33 PM
Re: Buffalos : what kind of trophy hunter are You ?	xausa	28/05/07 04:59 AM
Re: Buffalos : what kind of trophy hunter are You ?	hoppdoc	28/05/07 07:45 AM
Re: Buffalos : what kind of trophy hunter are You ?	500grains	28/05/07 11:56 AM
Re: Buffalos : what kind of trophy hunter are You ?	Marty	29/05/07 12:43 AM
Re: Buffalos : what kind of trophy hunter are You ?	Plains99	30/05/07 06:52 AM
Re: Buffalos : what kind of trophy hunter are You ?	Kalunga	30/05/07 08:27 AM
Re: Buffalos : what kind of trophy hunter are You ?	xausa	31/05/07 11:32 AM
Re: Buffalos : what kind of trophy hunter are You ?	NE450No2	31/05/07 03:04 PM
Re: Buffalos : what kind of trophy hunter are You ?	NitroX	31/05/07 04:13 PM
Re: Buffalos : what kind of trophy hunter are You ?	NE450No2	31/05/07 04:58 PM
Re: Buffalos : what kind of trophy hunter are You ?	NitroX	31/05/07 06:19 PM
Re: Buffalos : what kind of trophy hunter are You ?	500grains	29/05/07 12:47 AM
Re: Buffalos : what kind of trophy hunter are You ?	Marty	28/05/07 12:05 AM
Re: Buffalos : what kind of trophy hunter are You ?	shakari	28/05/07 02:08 AM

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