Scrum cap buffalo

[ZANA BOTES SAFARI]

Spotted this Scrum Cap buffalo today. For me they are just special. What is your opinion?

 

[PeteG]

Nice bull.
Nice trophy for someone who likes them.

 

[BourbonTrail]

They have a solid place on my Buffalo bucket list. He’d make hell of a prop (rugby not movie).

 

[John Telford]

I’ll take that trophy all day long!

 

[TOBY458]

Does that always mean they are old bulls? Or is it possible they sometimes just break their horns and become this way?

 

[John Telford]

Mostly broken horned which may happen at anytime in the bulls life.

 

[WAB]

I’ll take an old scrum cap, what a trophy!

 

[Andrew Short]

I’d shoot a scrum over a 40 inch Buffalo any day. They look mean! I’ve told every outfitter that very same thing.

 

[BeeMaa]

Does that always mean they are old bulls? Or is it possible they sometimes just break their horns and become this way?

I believe it's one factor in determining age. Looking for things like hair slip, scrum cap/remaining horn tips being worn smooth, damage to the ears, weight loss and overall health of the animal. Also, if the bull has been kicked out of the herd and is in a group of all old Dugga Boys. Lastly, once the bull is harvested, looking at the palate to see how worn it is.

Hard to tell from just one picture, but being a scrum cap would make me look that much closer. I do really hope for the opportunity to hunt a scrum cap next year. An old, past his prime, worn down warrior bull is my idea of a real trophy. And I don't give a crap about the measurements.

 

[CJW]

I couldn't really care less how wide a bull is. I prefer an old and/or or battered animal with stories to tell over any photogenic animal. So my opinion is obvious.

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

Yes, I would take a scrum cap, or just a very old bull like the one Bayley Sippel posted today. The older the better.

 

[meigsbucks]

After I took a couple of full horned buff, I’d take a scrum cap.

 

[Graham Hunter]

Not my cup of tea.

 

[Newboomer]

I'll pass. I like old beat up dugga boys with broken worn down horn tips, scarred up faces and bodies. But he's gotta have some curl in the horns.

 

[Gemsbok45]

I’m in ! A great Buff hunt.Meat to the locals. Snap a bunch of Pics and away you go. Now time to look for a Tuskless!

 

[R.M.C.]

Maybe I'd shoot him as some sort of cull hunt but its not quite my idea of a classic cape buffalo. I'd have to pass and look for something with some curve to his horns. To each his own though

 

[Ryan]

Maybe if those bosses were worn smooth, then I know he was a very old worthy bull that had lost them over time . But as I see them they're pretty rough so they broke more because he had some weak head gear and he doesn't have quite the cred in my view. So in this case I'd pass.

 

[Jfet]

I am a fan!

 

[CM McKenzie]

Beggars can’t be choosers. Speaking for my own situation.

 

[Graham Hunter]

Beggars can’t be choosers. Speaking for my own situation.

Could you explain.