White streaks on old cape Buffalo face?

Great pics.
Amazing buffalo you guys got.
 
I think a grey, bald face is the greatest feature of an old Dugga Boy. I’ve noticed that some folks opt to have the taxidermist darken the face and shoulder. To make them look pretty, I suppose. I prefer to see them as they were.

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Old scars, hair loss because of mites and ox pecker poop :)
 
Insects, rubbing and age all contribute to this in old buffalo.
 
Seeing these pictures, it occurs to I me that we're not hunting for beauty, we're hunting for the beast. Full patch biker gang honcho covered with tattoos, carrying a broken sawed-off single-shot 12 gauge, missing most of one hand and all of one eye. Cape Buffalo are awesome! I'm currently sitting on a collection of one, but I spend wayyy too much time worrying about when I can go after another one. Ugly, and noble, and as unimpressed by me and my 416 as the last. He's the champ. I'm a pain in the ass. Nothing of my life matters when I square off with him. It's irrelevant. As am I. Awesome post all! You're my heroes!
 
Very nice. I had assumed he was either on his own or off in a group of big mature duggaboys. The more and more I read/see, seems like Zim is one of, if not the, place to be for big cape buffalo.
Zim is a great place to buffalo hunt, and is my favorite country to date. I think it’s also one of the best values for dangerous game hunting (especially buffalo) BUT if one wanted a “BIG” Cape Buffalo I’d probably look at Tanzania first. You can take 4 on a 21 Day License and I think you’d be hard pressed to find somewhere outside of South Africa that produces as many 45”+ heads. If “Wild” was a requirement and you couldn’t afford Tanzania, I’d look at either Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, or Uganda since all have areas known to produce a lot of big wide bulls. Zimbabwe and Mozambique produce a lot of great buffalo, but the number of 40” or 42”+ bulls compared to the number shot isn’t nearly as high as other places.

For the hunter who wants to be assured of a specific minimum width, South Africa is likely the answer (Tanzania too). For RSA You’ve got two different options, excluding game farms and breeding operations (these make up a lot, but not all RSA buffalo hunts)
1) Kruger adjacent areas. My only experience is the Klasseri and despite it being open it’s a little too settled for me to call it wild.
2). A large, well run high fence with known genetics and a sizeable self sustaining herd.
Some Kruger Adjacent areas are only taking management bulls and/or have very limited numbers of trophy’s.

You also need to take into account hunting style. Do you want to hunt herds, lone Duggaboys /groups of Duggaboys? Find tracks and follow said tracks all day until you catch up? Drive around in a truck glassing bulls from a distance? Hunt in the croc/hippo invested swamps? Hunt in the smoke and fires you’ve started?

There’s no right answer it’s all personal and again I’m basing my opinion/comment off the numbers of buffalo shot vs the number that go 40”+, never mind the number that go 44” or 45”+.
 
I think a grey, bald face is the greatest feature of an old Dugga Boy. I’ve noticed that some folks opt to have the taxidermist darken the face and shoulder. To make them look pretty, I suppose. I prefer to see them as they were.

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Look at the drop on that old boy. He is magnificent!! I agree with the greying. Leave it as is.
 
I actually enjoy the Roman nose, the dewlap, saggy jowls, and grey face as much as the horn configurations.

Some get old and are not broken or worn much. But still have the old face and body. Some have it all. Like some photos above. That’s why each hunt is unique.

As posted above. Each bull is unique just as each country provides a different environment to hunt them in. For me it’s the all day tracking in the Jess. The next morning, while loading up the truck I’m happy I didn’t fill the quota the day before so I get to do it again.
 
@SpikeT This one would win the Rigby Daggaboy competition if they made me the judge!
Absolutely stunning!
 

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