Cape Buffalo pictures

[Hunting Hitman]

Zambia, Botswana, and Tanzania.

HH

 

[joker2400]

Nice buff. Is that an iron will broadhead?

Sure is. Almost indistinguishable from the other 5 I have

 

[Dewald]

3 of our bulls too date.

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Pretty wood on that double.

 

[Phil Giordano]

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Anything here of interest?

I would try this one...

 

[Altitude sickness]

I just read my post above. I hope it didn’t come off as a bow hunting snob. I am not an archery purist or snob.

In fact, I look forward to the next trip with a single shot and new to me double rifle.
I enjoy the process of dialing in equipment and the prep in total. I’m not married to one particular tool.

 

[WAB]

I would try this one...View attachment 545840

We looked long and hard at him. Ultimately made the right decision and kept moving.

 

[VertigoBE]

And my son’s ‘last minute’ Mbogo, Maswa North, Tanzania, December ‘19.

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Love the look of this one, well broomed-off tips

 

[Rare Breed]

Beautiful old bull!

 

[Rem280]

75# Matthews 1028 grain arrow Iron Will 250 grain head
Crawled into 25 yards. One arrow. He went 150 ish yards no rifle follow up needed. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

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Badass!

 

[Piet Brood]

Bwabwata East with Ndumo.

Sobbe Conservancy with Ndumo.

 

[godwincp]

SA ( 375 )Zambia ( 458 ) Zimbabwe ( 458 ). The first shot at the Zim bull was point blank range as we surprised him ( and us) in the thick brush on a river bank!!
Good luck

 

[Green Chile]

Last week with 375 H&H and 300 TSX...one shot plus insurance.

 

[Doug3006]

I took him in 2021 in the Dande concession in the Zambezi Valley of Zimbabwe. Used a Kimber Caprivi in 458 Lott. Just a shade under 44 inches.

 

[sestoppelman]

My first, 1985 Tanzania, near Mto wa Mbu. PH Kurt Zeigler with Windrose Safaris. My avatar bull is from Botswana 5 years later.

 

[Ryeboy86]

Speaking of Ironwill.. I have their 125gr broadheads! Can't wait to see how the broadheads you have perform on a Buffalo!

 

[Tundra Tiger]

I am two cows in, and someday there WILL be a bull... and it'll be a lever gun that kills him.

My two... The first was a frontal shot at a pissed off cow. It only took a single shot and she was down in about 20 or so yards. (2021) The second was a month ago. She was trotting by right to left, and the shot hit her behind the shoulder and took out her heart. She went down in about 30ish yards.

Both were shot with a Marlin GBL (.45-70) shooting handloads utilizing Cutting Edge 325 grain brass solids.

I want a bull. But on this most recent trip I wasn't willing to give up on a number of plains games species to afford the bull. I am 56 - not a spring chicken, but I have time; a bull will happen (maybe more than one!)

P.S. I blame my recent one on @PARA45 ... He shared photos of his cow, and I decided I wanted another buffalo; I was originally going to forego buffalo completely on this trip.

 

[sestoppelman]

You sure you got your age right? That beard you're sporting looks older than 56 years!

 

[Tundra Tiger]

@sestoppelman

I live in a town of 2400. They try to give me the senior discount at the store every damned time I am there. I get it. I LOOK old.

Truth? Chronologically I am 56, but I feel 23 and I have an 8 year old inside me I let out from time to time. I honestly feel the best I have since college. Don't be fooled by the packaging.

 

[sestoppelman]

@sestoppelman

I live in a town of 2400. They try to give me the senior discount at the store every damned time I am there. I get it. I LOOK old.

Truth? Chronologically I am 56, but I feel 23 and I have an 8 year old inside me I let out from time to time. I honestly feel the best I have since college. Don't be fooled by the packaging.

You must live right. I will be 70 in about 3 weeks and I dont feel a day over 83!

 

[Tundra Tiger]

True story... A few weeks back, I was having breakfast with my PH, Don Laaks. It was his daughter's 10th birthday. He was face timing her, and he invited me over to his phone to sing Happy Birthday with him. As we looked at the screen and his daughter's cherubic face, I heard him say "Look who I have with me! It's Father Christmas!"