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This Buffalo Cow had a huge spread of horns just near the Picnic spot at Pafuri

You are absolutely right the No 1 in Rowland Wards Records of Big Game is that cow you talked about WTM I think her spread was 60" plus from outside curl to outside curl . Ive seen an old black and white pic of the cow you mentioned and it looks almost like a freak with her 5ft wide horns going straight out. The no 1 from South Africa was taken on our neighbours farm "Dudley" and its spread was 49" and he is a Brute!!

Here's another pic of a young family from that same Pafuri Herd just outside the Picnic spot early in the morning...some of them are really curious...probably have never seen a Nikon!!!

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@ Lower Sabie,on my doorstep,Keartland.
sheer neck muscle and that thick boss...dont mess with him!!!


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I was told that Buffalo are very inquisitive animals and if one is charging you just drop something from the car and it will stop to inspect what you have dropped. Is that true

Buffalo dont charge cars. If one approaches you can drive slowly right into a herd

This is a youngish Bull as his boss is just started to thicken and get heavy. in a few years he will be a big daddy

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Under normal circumstances, no, buff should not charge cars, especially Kruger buff. One should understand that hunted buff act far more different then their normal game reserve cousies.

But in saying this I can also tell you that we were once charged by a bull as we watched a herd of about 50 head. This was between Letaba and Olifants.

It had its nose poked in the air to get our smell and it came straight for us right thru a bush. I was very fortunate to see the intentions of this buff and made a quick get away in time. A passing Uno had a really close call as the bull went for it too.

Was funny to see the reverse lights coming on with the bull towering over the lil car.

EricExSA,

On foot, it is said by big game hunters that one thing you could try to prevent from getting your complexion mixed with african soil is to remove a piece of clothing and chuck it on the ground as a time saving factor.

I am sure many folks never found out whether it had worked or not. There are very few things that will stop a buffalo when he has your name in his black book.

When you are in a car, as Boulder had said, you won't easily be charged by buff. But to waste time to drop something out of the window is also not exactly the optimum thing to try. Rather leave that left foot on the clutch and "drop" it when the buff "gets big on you".

A tip with rhino, seeing that they don't see(pardon the unintentional pun) all to well, they sometimes confuse a car as an intruding bull into their territory. When the thing with the horn on the snout comes your way, it is best to bang lighty on your car's roof or on the side of the door to expunge any confusion in the matter @ hand(or is it horn?) and signal to the rhino that you don't have any non-natural conjugal interested in his cows.

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Seen this morning at Addo

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The future of the buffalo is secure


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This guy looks like he's been in a few wars, one horn broken and now a fresh wound. He had a few scratches down the side too, must have been lion attack