Nice. Like spiket said great start
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ZIMBABWE: 10 Day Non-Trophy Buffalo Hunt
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Langers, what is the difference between trophy and non trophy in the “SW Lowveld”? Is it anything other than width?
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Awesome hunt. Thanks for sharing
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AH - Well Done Mate! Congratulations on a successful Safari in Zim. Thanks for sharing the report and the photos. I still have to wait a few more weeks and counting...
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Great hunt and report. What made you choose April?
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You can never go wrong spending time with Dave. A wonderful person, besides being a fantastic PH.
Hunting those old Bulls is a fantastic hunt. Especially in the thick stuff with Charity and Thomas working the track sometimes for hours.
Hunting those old Bulls is a fantastic hunt. Especially in the thick stuff with Charity and Thomas working the track sometimes for hours.
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Mostly because that's the dates that lined up for myself with work and the PH. But also I don't mind hunting the thick stuff I am used to it. And the buffalo are alot physically bigger early season just after the wet so it's great to see big bodied heavy animals.
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All three are trophies in my eyes.Old and hard bosses make a trophy for me.
I would think non trophy would be anything under 35 inches
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He has two cost structures of management bulls. 36 to 38 and under 35. Greater than 38 is trophy. Please don’t quote me on the numbers but we chatted this week and that’s what I remember.
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I believe that's correct.
To not make things too complicated on my hunt I just said I am happy with any size non-trophy and to pay which ever non-trophy category it falls into. But you can target specific sizes if you want.
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From memory mine ended up being 36.5" for the first bull, 32" for the second bull and 34" for the third bull. So 2 falling into the bottom category and one falling into the next category up.
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The width of the horns is inversely proportional to the depth of the character.
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@Kevin Peacocke I give you a big amen from the choir on taking old bulls. "The width of the horns is inversely proportional to the depth of the character."
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@Aussie_Hunter Congratulation on your safari. 3 old mature bulls on one hunt I am envious.
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Oh my , this is the trip I want to take, wild all none trophy bull hunt ,heck none trophy everything, just a old wild ass worn out representive type hunter
I rarely take a trophy animal on my ranch or anything else in North America
Sheep hunting would be the one exception
I rarely take a trophy animal on my ranch or anything else in North America
Sheep hunting would be the one exception
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