In my 10 days in Mozambique I think I saw 2 maybe 3 bulls of 40+”s. They were younger and still soft. We were in buffalo maybe 5 days of the 10 days I was there. But a caveat to this is Mozambique flood plain buffalo are extremely visible unlike the thick jess where they are tracked.
I spent one month on safari looking for a deep curl 40”+ buff in an area that Boddington recommended to me. Never saw one and never fired a shot at Mbogo. Did see a very flat bull that was very close if not 40, he was beautiful, but not the trophy I was looking for. I left Africa without a buff that time. I had explained to the Outfitter and PH my position well ahead of booking but still no PH wants to see a sportsman leave without a trophy. I was perfectly fine with the outcome. I had a fabulous time on that safari as it was over my birthday and our 25th wedding anniversary.
I disagree. A 10,000 acre farm (which would be larger than average) you will never exceed 2 miles from a fence. The animals will not either. In a concession area, the game may concentrate on a particular area for a period of time until fire comes through, better rains occur in a different area, lions come through. The game will cover a huge distance in a year and in their lifetimes. Conditions change in concession areas. Conditions are relatively constant inside a game farm especially in absence of predators. I’m not against hunting behind a high fence as long as it’s not put and take, but there is a significant difference hunting a concession area. There’s also a significant difference in the value of the trophy to me knowing that animal potentially crossed country boundaries, survives poachers, predators, droughts, and other conditions.
Getting a 40” buffalo from a wild area is like trying to get a 150” buck. You might hunt forever in west Virginia trying to get one but not an uncommon occurrence at all in Kansas. It really depends on the location. I took my first buffalo adjacent Kruger. The 40”+ genetics are common there. I took a huge bull. Every inch after 40” I’d put in a new class of bull. There also a lot of value in visibility, if you are hunting thick brush in Zimbabwe it’s much more difficult to selectively look for big bulls compared to areas with open plains you can look over a large number of animals.
Just to clarify. There are several methods used rto measure depending on the recordkeeping org.
Wow! The stories he could tell. Amazing!
At long last...a properly measured example.
THIS...
Agree 100%. Its how and where you hunt them, not what the tape measure says.
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I’m not being a jerk, just trying to add a little humor. Figured the tape measure inference over a 2” difference in relation to dick size might get a laugh
