Hunting wild cattle/bovines...

[Green Chile]

It never ceases to amaze me how something roughly the size of a 1972 VW beetle can simply vanish in the blink of an eye.

It has to be observed to be believed...it is amazing. I'm still stunned how quickly a group of elephant can leave without making much if any sound. They are incredibly loud sometimes...and then they whisper around on their padded feet with their tails and trunks up as big as a semi truck. Normally you are at ground level and it's hard to see what's going on but on my ele hunt in Oct, I was on a hillside and watched them move out and over the hill like that in a group of 4 bulls. It's spooky.

 

[grand veneur]

There are also various subspecies of the Banteng and the Gaur. When it comes to trophies, it is sometimes very difficult to differentiate between them.

I once had a conversation about this with the author of the book HORNED GIANTS-Hunting Eurasian Wild Cattle-by Capt. John H.Brant. I can recommend the book to anyone who is interested in hunting Eurasian buffaloes.

The famous picture of a Kouprey shot in Indochina, if I remember well, with a rifle MAS Fournier caliber 10,75x68 Mauser. A buffalo species of appearance extinct.

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@Hunter-Habib

Unfortunately, too many Kouprey were shot in the past, allegedly for scientific reasons. The species, if it really existed as a separate species, appears to be extinct.

 

[Foxi]

I don't know anyone who has hunted with Josch. I've sent a few emails that didn't get a reply. Perhaps he is retired now.

I was told that he now lives with his wife in Vienna.
He specialized in mountain buffalo at Mt Loosingmoor in Tanzania.
Everyone I spoke to who hunted with him up there, told me it was the ultimate hunt or never again.
The area was then leased by Robin Hurt/Sons and as always fabulous prices.
If you want to see a lot of game up there, you are at the wrong address, you need good knees, nothing for flatlanders, a preference for humid rainforests and a deep wallet that is twice as big as for a normal buffalo hunt.
Chances 40:60 or less



His videos are all great and this is the best

 

[eswan68587]

I’ve taken all of the African buffalo, banteng, australian buff, south american water buff, and barren ground muskox. Also took a scrub bull in australia.

I am always ready to head to new destinations to hunt additional species!

 

[cwpayton]

I have the Southern Cape buffalo, the Nile buffalo, Western Savannah buffalo and Central Savannah buffalo... just need a Dwarf Forest buff I think to finish out the African bovine. Shot buff and banteng in Oz. Just didn't have the heart to shoot buff in Argentina, just stood and looked at me. And did get a muskox in Greenland... love hunting the wild bovine!

There is a buffalo they call "park buffalo" a cross breed , they are utterly enormous, Gigantic. Ive seen a mount and it was over 6' tall chest to head. they are from far north Yukon or Canada territories. worth looking into if you want a buffalo slam.

 

[grand veneur]

I’ve taken all of the African buffalo, banteng, australian buff, south american water buff, and barren ground muskox. Also took a scrub bull in australia.

I am always ready to head to new destinations to hunt additional species!

I would not classify the Muskox as a buffalo, it is a Bovidae but rather related to the goats and sheep, but that is right, its herd behavior and its ability to stay standing when threatened, remind rather of buffalo behavior.

 

[grand veneur]

There is a buffalo they call "park buffalo" a cross breed , they are utterly enormous, Gigantic. Ive seen a mount and it was over 6' tall chest to head. they are from far north Yukon or Canada territories. worth looking into if you want a buffalo slam.

You mean the Beefalo, the cross breed between bison and domestic cattle, I suppose. There are some more or less successful cross breed's between various cattle species worldwide, particularly in Asia.

 

[Green Chile]

I’ve taken all of the African buffalo, banteng, australian buff, south american water buff, and barren ground muskox. Also took a scrub bull in australia.

I am always ready to head to new destinations to hunt additional species!

Which of the Australia species were your favorite? I’ve been told the banteng is the most interesting of the 3.