I'm ready for one now....it's just my wallet that's not quite ready.

What rifles are laying next to that buffalo?

Nice photo by the way, Waidmannsheil!

Heym 470 Nitro, and a 505 Gibbs.

Do it before you find Mrs Eland Slayer, love my wife and kids but I was able to do a lot more big expensive hunts before I got married and we started having kids.

That or find a mildly attractive female doctor that hunts. If she's too attractive that Lincoln beard might cost you down the road.

[I'm ready for one now....it's just my wallet that's not quite ready. [/quote]

I have killed 8, and it gets better with each one. This was my biggest, at 46 Inches.

Another good bull, this one from South Africa, next to Kruger park.

Fine old bull!!

Hi All

I rep a ranch outside of Bloemfontein SA...trust me these ranches are huge!!! The last time i hunted there was in 11 and in the 9 days i was there i never saw the end of the low fence boundary. This is safari style hunting...driving in a truck or walking until you spot the game your after and then the stalk begins. No kill is guaranteed , but trust me, if your willing to work and hunt hard you WILL get your game- this is real hunting, not a canned hunt. I love the pic of that cape buffalo- all scarred up..he looks like a real monster. I have a ton of pics, but have no idea how to post. Anyway if ya ever get a chance to go to SA to hunt...GO...trust me it will be a trip of a lifetime!!!

No man can understand hunting until you have hunted and taken a Cape Buffalo.

I have done all kinds of hunts in Africa. But the "wildest" was in Zambia. No fences of any type. Cape Buffalo, Hippo, Leopard and Lion were seen in daytime, all casually walking about. I know those animals had never seen a white man before.

We walked along the Luangwa River.

Nothing can compare. Dale O'Neal

Lot's of good info here. I am also planning my first trip to Africa next year. According to Dan Donarski's book, the key is to avoid package hunts. That way you are paying for the hunt, and don't pay the trophy fee until you actually kill something.

You are paying for the experience of hunting Africa. I have never heard or read about anyone being completely skunked; maybe it has happened, I dunno. But if all you want to do is harvest,you can stay here in Texas and do it a lot cheaper. Just my .02.

I've been to Africa a couple of times. Both times archery hunting only. Sitting over a waterhole isn't the same as spot and stalk, although I did some of that as well. But what's so cool about Africa and sitting a water hole is, you just never, ever know what's going to walk up. It could be just about anything, if you're hunting the right ranch or concession, that is. You could be specifically looking for a Red Hartebeest but you may never see one, but you're pretty much guaranteed to see some very interesting game coming to get a drink. It's up to you if you take them or not.

On my final evening at one location, back in 2010, I had two giraffe come to water. There I am in a tiny little blind, sitting 20 yards away, and these HUGE giraffe's come in for a drink. Turns out they hung around for almost an hour until it was dark. I got to observe them, take pictures, video, watch them squat to drink, they spooked a few times and ran off but came right back. It was just the coolest thing ever to see these magnificent animals in their natural state.

You just never know what's going to walk up and that's what makes Africa so exciting. From the birds, to the mongooses, to the plains game or baboons to the dangerous game and even cats and hyenas. Gotta love it! Can't wait to go back...soon as I have the $$$'s.