Safari Magazine - The Bullet & The Buffalo

[DWB]

Even if you believe all the tales my friends tell about me, not even I can put enough lead in a buff to make it weigh 3000lb

 

[Foxi]

You will probably have to search in vain to find a wild cape buffalo that weighs 3,000 pounds.
Although sometimes they seem to, especially when the rainy season has ended and they look extremely impressive with their body mass.
In the old times,not so long ago, there was a project in Tanzania where the gamekeeper Eric Balson had to pick out the strongest buffalo from thousands and then shoot it. It weighed 970 kg ( weighed in a helicopter with the wag )and was physically an exception, as he wrote.

I like to go to the one or other agricultural show in our country.
The weight of the bulls and oxen is always stated exactly.
Anyone who has an eye for it can see the difference without any problems.
A Cape buffalo simply cannot compete with the bull of a farmer who weighs 1,200 kg (the bull, not the farmer

an award-winning breeding bull with exactly 1,100 kg

 

[BeeMaa]

FYI - 1200 kg = 2646 lbs...because I had to look it up.

 

[BeeMaa]

Definately a 350gr bullet......not only is their scale fu.....but they also have a steel tape measure that starts at 10".....an average sable of 36" magically measures 46 1/2" on the short horn.......

LOL, I was thinking the same thing about the sable. LOL!

What @IvW is talking about is this photo from the same article that has a caption reading "The hunterst set out to get a sable with character, and a good story. They got a lot more than that after a tape showed 46 1/2 inches when stretched over the shorter of the two horns." This measurement is also referenced in the body of the article, so it's not an accident. Another blatant lie that sets expectations of those who don't know better.

Please feel free to judge for yourself...

Just for reference, here is my sable that measures 38 1/2 inches on the longer of the two horns.

 

[PerH]

This is a bull that reaches 3000 lbs with ease ,and one sees it good .

 

[BeeMaa]

@PerH - Guar is definitely at the top of the heap when it comes to bovine size.

For those who are unfamiliar with @Major Kahn, here is an excellent article he wrote a couple of years ago about hunting Guar in India.
https://www.africahunting.com/threa...-the-mighty-gaur-a-comprehensive-guide.55027/

 

[fourfive8]

That phenomenon seems to apply across the board - bison, Buffalo, elk, bears, deer, etc. The “facts” in any story are left to the discretion of the story teller. The sable is an excellent example. Another common one, naturally, is kudu.

 

[Newboomer]

That phenomenon seems to apply across the board - bison, Buffalo, elk, bears, deer, etc. The “facts” in any story are left to the discretion of the story teller. The sable is an excellent example. Another common one, naturally, is kudu.

Eveyone wants the biggest and bestest of any species and the tape doesn't always tell the tale. Like the old saying, "Close enough for govt work."

 

[BeeMaa]

Just for comparison sake, here is the world record sable measuring 64 7/8 inches. Taken in 1949 in Angola by Eduardo de Figueroa y Alonso-Martínez, 8th Count of Yebes.

 

[AES]

Swap the first 2 numbers of the stats. Maybe just an honest error.

 

[IvW]

Which two numbers of which stats would that be?

 

[375Fox]

LOL, I was thinking the same thing about the sable. LOL!

What @IvW is talking about is this photo from the same article that has a caption reading "The hunterst set out to get a sable with character, and a good story. They got a lot more than that after a tape showed 46 1/2 inches when stretched over the shorter of the two horns." This measurement is also referenced in the body of the article, so it's not an accident. Another blatant lie that sets expectations of those who don't know better.

Please feel free to judge for yourself...
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Just for reference, here is my sable that measures 38 1/2 inches on the longer of the two horns.
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I think 46.5 is an embellishment, but photo angles can do a lot in sable. I have a 36 inch sable that appears 10 inches shorter than your 38. I also have a 41 that your 38 appears much more impressive than because of photo angle and height of your sable’s horns. The sable from article has a deep curve and height that could add inches. The good thing on sable is there is no special way to measure to add inches. What really bothers me (and it occurs often here with a particular outfitter) is a clearly sub-50 inch kudu (usually 46-48) is somehow rounded up to 52 inches every single time.

 

[503]

"Don't believe everything you see on the internet." - Abraham Lincoln.

 

[93marlin]

Well, I did see where a 450lb whitetail was taken in far North Canada.
I saw it on the Interwebs, so you know it's an irrefutable fact!!

 

[Fixfire]

Just for comparison sake, here is the world record sable measuring 64 7/8 inches. Taken in 1949 in Angola by Eduardo de Figueroa y Alonso-Martínez, 8th Count of Yebes.
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Looks like the sable in my Avatar!!! Lol!!
That is one hell of a specimen!!

 

[BeeMaa]

"Don't believe everything you see on the internet." - Abraham Lincoln.

Classic...

 

[503]

Looks like the 235 is the lightest .375 bullet barnes makes anyway.

 

[Tanks]

This one @spike.t was 47.5". Seems a lot longer than an inch and a half that is on themagazine.