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A very very nice Buff #12073646 06/05/17 Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 10,344 Poetry, Texas B butchlambert1 OP Campfire Outfitter OP butchlambert1 Campfire Outfitter B Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 10,344 Poetry, Texas A friend sent photos of his Buff. I think he said he was south of Kruger on the border of Mozambique. He was shooting a mod70 with a glass stock and aftermarket barrel in 300 H&H. Rick used Swift AFrames. Hit the shoulder and passed through. He said it went about 150 yards and was dead. His PH carried a CZ in 458 Lott as backup. The boss measured 18" front to rear and a 42" spread. Last edited by butchlambert1; 06/05/17.

Re: A very very nice Buff butchlambert1 #12073688 06/05/17 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 45,097 North East Urth Valsdad Campfire 'Bwana Valsdad Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 45,097 North East Urth Yeah buddy. I'm personally not "into" trophies but that head might have had to follow me home if I had taken it. We had a big old buffalo head on the wall at the University I went to and I touched his nose for luck every time I passed on the way to an exam. I'd consider that one ^^^ even BIGGER luck. Congrats to your friend, Geno The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni) member of the cabal of dysfunctional squirrels?

Re: A very very nice Buff Valsdad #12073705 06/05/17 Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 10,344 Poetry, Texas B butchlambert1 OP Campfire Outfitter OP butchlambert1 Campfire Outfitter B Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 10,344 Poetry, Texas Rick has gone over there for years. I think his thoughts are like mine. The camaraderie and friendships are the best part of a hunt. He said he was lucky to be in the right place at the right time.

Re: A very very nice Buff butchlambert1 #12073711 06/05/17 Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 1,114 W Winchestermodel70 Campfire Regular Winchestermodel70 Campfire Regular W Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 1,114 Great buff. Awesome bosses. Congrats!

Re: A very very nice Buff butchlambert1 #12074138 06/05/17 Joined: May 2007 Posts: 4,451 Texas BMD Campfire Tracker BMD Campfire Tracker Joined: May 2007 Posts: 4,451 Texas Great buff Scott

Re: A very very nice Buff butchlambert1 #12074164 06/05/17 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 1,468 Kansas southwind Campfire Regular southwind Campfire Regular Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 1,468 Kansas Holy bosses, great buff

Re: A very very nice Buff butchlambert1 #12075421 06/06/17 Joined: May 2005 Posts: 3,428 Colorado T test1328 Campfire Tracker test1328 Campfire Tracker T Joined: May 2005 Posts: 3,428 Colorado Awesome buff! Doesn't your friend know that you can't kill a buff with less than a 500 NE??? Speaks volumes to the effectiveness of Swift A-frames.

Re: A very very nice Buff test1328 #12076645 06/07/17 Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 3,851 Back home in Dixie W Wildcatter264 Campfire Tracker Wildcatter264 Campfire Tracker W Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 3,851 Back home in Dixie Originally Posted by test1328 Awesome buff! Doesn't your friend know that you can't kill a buff with less than a 500 NE??? Speaks volumes to the effectiveness of Swift A-frames. A-Frames are perfect for buff, especially in a medium caliber cartridge. 300H&H is sufficient in ideal circumstances, as shown here, but not ideal if the buff doesn't know he's dead after the first shot and decides he wants to fight. A very nice mature bull, hard bosses. Great trophy! Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty of give me death! P. Henry Deus vult! Rhodesians all now

Re: A very very nice Buff butchlambert1 #12076650 06/07/17 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,359 VA kid0917 Campfire Outfitter kid0917 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,359 VA Very nice!! I like the .300 H&H, but never owned one.

Re: A very very nice Buff butchlambert1 #12076697 06/07/17 Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,041 Southern New Mexico E elkhunternm Campfire Oracle elkhunternm Campfire Oracle E Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,041 Southern New Mexico Very nice bull! Life Member SCI Life Member DSC Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard Ken

Re: A very very nice Buff butchlambert1 #12076709 06/07/17 Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 2,411 Georgia B BlackHunter Campfire Regular BlackHunter Campfire Regular B Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 2,411 Georgia Great buffalo. Congratulations to your friend. SCI Life Member DAV Life Member NRA Life Member North American Hunt Club Life Member Your true character shows in your conduct You cannot solve a problem at the same level of awareness that created it - Einstein

Re: A very very nice Buff butchlambert1 #12077231 06/07/17 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 29,837 Burns/Hines, Oregon, USA 1minute Campfire Ranger 1minute Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 29,837 Burns/Hines, Oregon, USA Looks good. A little critical though of the photo angle and lens used. 1Minute

Re: A very very nice Buff butchlambert1 #12077244 06/07/17 Joined: Sep 2015 Posts: 10,206 nampa,ID persiandog Campfire Outfitter persiandog Campfire Outfitter Joined: Sep 2015 Posts: 10,206 nampa,ID Congratulations and a question : what do you do with meat ? do you donate to locals ? P.

Re: A very very nice Buff 1minute #12077725 06/07/17 Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 10,344 Poetry, Texas B butchlambert1 OP Campfire Outfitter OP butchlambert1 Campfire Outfitter B Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 10,344 Poetry, Texas Originally Posted by 1minute Looks good. A little critical though of the photo angle and lens used. I guess He should have taken the photo from the tail end. Not much that you can do about a Brownie Hawkeye.

Re: A very very nice Buff persiandog #12077727 06/07/17 Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 10,344 Poetry, Texas B butchlambert1 OP Campfire Outfitter OP butchlambert1 Campfire Outfitter B Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 10,344 Poetry, Texas Originally Posted by persiandog Congratulations and a question : what do you do with meat ? do you donate to locals ? P. Have not a clue about the meat. I didn't think to ask.

Re: A very very nice Buff butchlambert1 #12077748 06/07/17 Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,041 Southern New Mexico E elkhunternm Campfire Oracle elkhunternm Campfire Oracle E Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,041 Southern New Mexico It is eaten by locals and the hunting crew,as well as the hunter. Life Member SCI Life Member DSC Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard Ken

Re: A very very nice Buff Winchestermodel70 #12077955 06/07/17 Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 8,158 Western Pennsylvania D donsm70 Campfire Outfitter donsm70 Campfire Outfitter D Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 8,158 Western Pennsylvania Originally Posted by Winchestermodel70 Great buff. Awesome bosses. Congrats! I agree. That is one awesome Cape Buffalo. Those bosses are great.I didn't even know that you could hunt buffalo with anything less than 375 H&H. Congratulation and nice job. donsm70 Life Member...Safari Club International Life Member...Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Life Member...Keystone Country Elk Alliance Life Member...National Rifle Association

Re: A very very nice Buff donsm70 #12078088 06/07/17 Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 437 Phoenix,Arizona Z Zengela Campfire Member Zengela Campfire Member Z Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 437 Phoenix,Arizona Originally Posted by donsm70 Originally Posted by Winchestermodel70 Great buff. Awesome bosses. Congrats! I agree. That is one awesome Cape Buffalo. Those bosses are great.I didn't even know that you could hunt buffalo with anything less than 375 H&H. Congratulation and nice job. donsm70 My Zim buddy uses a 30-06 with Rem Core-Lokt 220gr. Waits for a behind the shoulder shot.(got a 458 Lott in case things turn ugly).

Re: A very very nice Buff butchlambert1 #12078203 06/07/17 Joined: Jan 2017 Posts: 146 Missouri L Lazrbeam Campfire Member Lazrbeam Campfire Member L Joined: Jan 2017 Posts: 146 Missouri Nice spread and monster bosses.Great bull.

Re: A very very nice Buff elkhunternm #12078323 06/07/17 Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,822 Alaska/Texas A APDDSN0864 Campfire Ranger APDDSN0864 Campfire Ranger A Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,822 Alaska/Texas Originally Posted by elkhunternm It is eaten by locals and the hunting crew,as well as the hunter. They eat the hunter, too? Butch, please pass on my congratulations to the hunter. Great buffalo! Ed "Not in an open forum, where truth has less value than opinions, where all opinions are equally welcome regardless of their origins, rationale, inanity, or truth, where opinions are neither of equal value nor decisive." Ken Howell

Re: A very very nice Buff butchlambert1 #12078461 06/08/17 Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 27,091 Colorado Rocky Mountains mtnsnake Campfire Ranger mtnsnake Campfire Ranger Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 27,091 Colorado Rocky Mountains Awesome bull.

Re: A very very nice Buff APDDSN0864 #12078516 06/08/17 Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,041 Southern New Mexico E elkhunternm Campfire Oracle elkhunternm Campfire Oracle E Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,041 Southern New Mexico Originally Posted by APDDSN0864 Originally Posted by elkhunternm It is eaten by locals and the hunting crew,as well as the hunter. They eat the hunter, too? Butch, please pass on my congratulations to the hunter. Great buffalo! Ed Depends,if he misses a lot or not. Life Member SCI Life Member DSC Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard Ken

Re: A very very nice Buff butchlambert1 #12079152 06/08/17 Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 28,172 Here Or There luv2safari Campfire Ranger luv2safari Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 28,172 Here Or There You won't see many like that guy! Rates a Two-Cool... Hunt with Class and Classics Religion: A founder of The Church of Spray and Pray Acquit v. t. To render a judgment in a murder case in San Francisco... EQUAL, adj. As bad as something else. Ambrose Bierce “The Devil's Dictionary”

Re: A very very nice Buff donsm70 #12088389 06/13/17 Joined: May 2005 Posts: 3,428 Colorado T test1328 Campfire Tracker test1328 Campfire Tracker T Joined: May 2005 Posts: 3,428 Colorado Originally Posted by donsm70 Originally Posted by Winchestermodel70 Great buff. Awesome bosses. Congrats! I agree. That is one awesome Cape Buffalo. Those bosses are great.I didn't even know that you could hunt buffalo with anything less than 375 H&H. Congratulation and nice job. donsm70 Don, Technically, you are not supposed to, but as a target of opportunity while carrying another rifle, the PH may allow you to take the shot. Also, sometimes if the hunter has a disability, such as a messed up shoulder and can't shoot the big boomers, they may let you hunt with what you can handle. Not much policing of these "rules" in Africa typically.

Re: A very very nice Buff butchlambert1 #12088913 06/13/17 Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,173 Washington - dry side G GuyM Campfire Tracker GuyM Campfire Tracker G Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,173 Washington - dry side I'd shoot it. Dang! That's quite a bull! Guy

Re: A very very nice Buff butchlambert1 #12088918 06/13/17 Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 46,245 Oklahoma G gunner500 Campfire 'Bwana gunner500 Campfire 'Bwana G Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 46,245 Oklahoma Bulls that dreams are made of there, Congrats to your friend Butch. Trump Won!

Re: A very very nice Buff butchlambert1 #12089685 06/14/17 Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 10,344 Poetry, Texas B butchlambert1 OP Campfire Outfitter OP butchlambert1 Campfire Outfitter B Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 10,344 Poetry, Texas Rick is real proud of it.He has hunted Africa many times. He knew that is was special.

Re: A very very nice Buff butchlambert1 #12090936 06/14/17 Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 5,729 North Carolina C colodog Campfire Tracker colodog Campfire Tracker C Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 5,729 North Carolina That's a beautiful bull, Congratulations to your buddy! The PH seems to have a look of "That went smoother than expected!" "Camping places fix themselves in your mind as if you had spent long periods of your life in them. You will remember a curve of your wagon track in the grass of the plain like the features of a friend." Isak Dinesen

Re: A very very nice Buff butchlambert1 #12100443 06/19/17 Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 32,074 Kenai Peninsula, AK L las Campfire 'Bwana las Campfire 'Bwana L Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 32,074 Kenai Peninsula, AK Wow! You sure he didn't use a .270?. The only true cost of having a dog is its death.

Re: A very very nice Buff las #12100526 06/20/17 Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 27,692 Western NC hillbillybear Campfire Ranger hillbillybear Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 27,692 Western NC Great buffalo with a grand old cartridge. Good stuff all around. Member: Clan of the Turdlike People. Courage is Fear that has said its Prayers �If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.� Ronald Reagan.

Re: A very very nice Buff butchlambert1 #12101006 06/20/17 Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 18,005 Gone To Texas D DocRocket Campfire Ranger DocRocket Campfire Ranger D Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 18,005 Gone To Texas Originally Posted by butchlambert1 The boss measured 18" front to rear and a 42" spread. That is something moly a superb bull!! "I'm gonna have to science the schit out of this." Mark Watney, Sol 59, Mars

Re: A very very nice Buff butchlambert1 #12101804 06/20/17 Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 4,481 Flagstaff AZ huntinaz Campfire Tracker huntinaz Campfire Tracker Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 4,481 Flagstaff AZ Awesome. I want to hunt a buff.