Buffalo hunt....

[KenP]

Originally Posted by Big Dad

...she...well...you know how women are!

Yep.

[KenP]

Originally Posted by Big Dad

You mean one of these? They don't taste that great and only make a decent rug if they are taken in spring. I believe the last moose I shot, I called in to about 25 feet. It was more dangerous after the head shot than any bear I've ever encountered. While I'd love to harvest a Polar bear -- I've actually been about 200 yards away from one, they are illegal to harvest. You know something, hunting and harvesting animals isn't about balls. Well maybe down in Florida? It's about food. Plain and simple.

BTW Jessie, that's freaking crazy huge!!!

[Big Dad]

Originally Posted by kenp

Originally Posted by KenP
BTW Jessie, that's freaking crazy huge!!!

Ken, that's not my bear, my name is Jeff.

Pics are from a friend back home in Alaska. I just wanted to prove to RYD that hanging out in a tree stand with a bow isn't as "ballsy" as it may seem. You're sure as fuk not going to stalk a BROWN bear with a bow and not have a backup gun.

Brown bear heartbeat is what, 12 bpm, you could shoot it in the heart and it could "hypothetically" still have enough time to take your a$$ out!

I've been in a tree stand over a bait station waiting on a black bear to show up (I didn't have a brown bear tag) only to observe a brown bear tear up the bait station and look up at me every once in a while. It's pretty fricken scary (not ballsy) knowing that it could take the tree I was in down, and, have it's way with me at any given moment.

Even if I shot it, it would most likely live long enough to leave a lasting impression.

You are right though and I agree that it is a good size bear!

I just can't imagine poking it with arrows in order to acquire a nickname of "Balls."

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

OLD MAN...

I didn't mean to start such a HUFF... was only kidding with you , SOME...!

BUT

BISON just don't seem like game to me, food yes...

my only time real hunting was Africa and then "we went hunting", we didn't bait...

I realize the vast difference in the landscape between the two and of course the variety of large game...

[Big Dad]

Originally Posted by RubHer Yellow Ducky

OLD MAN...

I didn't mean to start such a HUFF... was only kidding with you , SOME...!

BUT

BISON just don't seem like game to me, food yes...

my only time real hunting was Africa and then "we went hunting", we didn't bait...

I realize the vast difference in the landscape between the two and of course the variety of large game...

No huff here!

What did you hunt in Africa?

It is legal to bait bears in Alaska = overabundance. In some areas you're allowed to harvest 1 per day, not that you could.

[3Hummer]

I hunt the most dangerous thing of all....food in a grocery store

[Mr. I - Man]

Trust me, there's nothing more dangerous than hunting split-tail at 4:00am.



Especially if you are married and you come home smelling from a successful hunt.

RYD if you are split-tail hunting in Africa make sure you bring protection.

The HIV is a killer

[mikejr]

Originally Posted by Big Dad

I can see this thread is going absolutely nowhere....

I'll take this advice and check on the Cabelas forum....

Thanks

Might be a place to start...never looked at Cabela's site other than to buy gear. They might have an outiftter link. Maybe give a call to the state game commission that you are looking at going to and they might be able to direct you.

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

Originally Posted by Big Dad

No huff here!

What did you hunt in Africa?

It is legal to bait bears in Alaska = overabundance. In some areas you're allowed to harvest 1 per day, not that you could.

Capes only...

the rest was photographing the animals...

[Big Dad]

Originally Posted by RubHer Yellow Ducky

Capes only...

the rest was photographing the animals...

Cape Buffalo...kind of like a Musk Ox right?

My buddy Jack got a Musk Ox.

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

Originally Posted by Big Dad

Cape Buffalo...kind of like a Musk Ox right?

My buddy Jack got a Musk Ox.

NOT QUITE !!!


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia





The African Buffalo or Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is a bovid from the family of the Bovidae. It is up to 1.7 meters high, 2.8 meters long. On average, an adult male stands about 1.35 - 1.45 m high at the shoulder and weighs 600?750 kg, while a female is 10?15 cm shorter and weighs between 400 and 550 kg.[1] Bulls at ten years of age or older can reach or exceed 900 kg. The African Buffalo is not closely related to the slightly larger Wild Asian Water Buffalo, but its ancestry remains unclear.[2] Owing to its unpredictable nature which makes it highly dangerous to humans, it has not been domesticated, unlike its Asian counterpart, the Domestic Asian Water Buffalo.
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[edit] Overview

The Cape Buffalo is a very powerful creature, demanding respect from even a pride of lionswhen paths cross. Other than humans, they have few natural predators and are capable of defending themselves against (and sometimes killing) lions.[3] Lions do kill and eat buffalo regularly, but it typically takes multiple lions to bring down a single adult buffalo; only large male lions have been known to take down adult buffalo on their own. The leopard and spotted hyena are a threat only to newborn calves. The African Buffalo has never been domesticated.
Known as one of the "big five" in Africa, the African Buffalo is widely regarded as a very dangerous animal, as it gores and kills several people every year.[4] Buffalo are sometimes reported to kill more people in Africa than any other animal, although the same claim is sometimes made of Hippopotami or Crocodiles.[5] Buffalo are notorious among big game hunters as very dangerous animals, with wounded animals reported to ambush and attack pursuers.[6]

[edit] Range and habitat

Cape Buffalo occur from open savannah to thickly wooded country, and wallow when the opportunity presents itself. They are found in Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Kenya and Tanzania.

An African Buffalo Bull.



[edit] Social behavior and reproduction

The main herd consists of females and their offspring. Males will form bachelor groups with dominance hierarchies. Old males normally live alone. A male is recognizable by the thickness of his horns, and is called the "Boss." During the mating season the bachelor groups stay with the herd and fight among each other for females.
Cows first calve at five years of age, after a gestation period of 11.5 months. Newly born calves remain hidden in vegetation for the first few weeks while being nursed occasionally by the mother before joining the main herd. Calves are held in the centre of the herd for safety. [7] Males leave their mothers when they are two years old and join the bachelor groups.

[edit] Status

The current status of African cape buffalo is dependant on the existence of the animals value to both trophy hunters and tourist paying the wave for conservation efforts through anti-poaching patrols, village crop damage payouts, and CAMPFIRE payback programs to local areas.
The current total number of cape buffalo is spread throughout non-desert southern Africa from the Egypt in the North to South Africa in the South. The cape buffalo are estimated to number around a million, but quality counts are not possible with the lack of research funding in places like Sudan, Chad, Zaire, and Benin. Most professional hunters, safari outfitters, and wildlife professionals believe the number to be only representing the actual Cape subspecies, and not counting the Nile, North-East, or Forest buffalo.

[Big Dad]

I guess I should have "quantified" the question for you. Genetically speaking, the Cape buffalo appears more like an Oxen, than a Bison e.g. Cape Buffalo looks like Musk Ox.

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

Originally Posted by Big Dad

I guess I should have "quantified" the question for you. Genetically speaking, the Cape buffalo appears more like an Oxen, than a Bison e.g. Cape Buffalo looks like Musk Ox.

yes they do...