Why you shouldn't provoke a Cape buffalo.

[ProfessorWes]

A particularly stupid crocodile in an African game preserve tried to bite a steak off a Cape buffalo. Bad move. Especially since the intended victim had backup.

http://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2016/07/he-picked-on-wrong-buffalo.html

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Fox Mike]

I have noticed that not much of ANYTHING messes with a Cape Buffalo. They are bad news!

 

[rugerjunkie]

Cool video! In an old hunting magazine years ago was an article about the dangerous 5 of Africa. The comment made on Cape Buffalo was to have plenty of ammo because if you wounded one and happened to be forced up a tree , the buffalo was ornery enough to wait by said tree until either it died or you fell out of the tree for a proper stomping!

 

[ProfessorWes]

Cool video! In an old hunting magazine years ago was an article about the dangerous 5 of Africa. The comment made on Cape Buffalo was to have plenty of ammo because if you wounded one and happened to be forced up a tree , the buffalo was ornery enough to wait by said tree until either it died or you fell out of the tree for a proper stomping!

Peter Capstick, and others, have told stories of Cape buffalo turning the tables on hunters and stalking them. Which sounds to me like another good reason not to go on safari. :wink:

 

[Mobuck]

I've read quite a few African hunting books and have noted the comments about the Cape buff. I've never faced one but I do wonder if the perception of bad attitude is partially due to the writers being city types who don't have any idea of facing a belligerent large animal. I've faced off with PO'd bovines as big as a Cape buff many times with nothing more than a stick(been chased up the fence lots of times and got pounded a few times). While I'm absolutely sure the buff is meaner, quicker, and more likely to carry through with a charge, ANY charge would be far more intimidating if you've never been confronted by such a big, aggressive animal.

 

[Colonialgirl]

I'd say that Croc Bit on MORE than he could chew; Eyes BIGGER than stomach.

 

[mikewriter]

My favorite Cape Buffalo comment was from Robert Ruark - who (unlike the phjoney Capstick) had a lot of experience with them -

"A buffalo always looks at you like you owe him money!"

 

[coach]

While I've read hippos kill the most people in Africa, universally I've read that Cape buffalo are about the toughest and meanest of the game there. That croc might have thought he had a gazelle by the leg, but found out different. If he lived he might remember for the next time.

 

[gramps]

Yep, that croc didn't know when to quit!
gramps

 

[Pierow]

I give credit to anyone who hunts Africa. Doesn't matter how many professional hunters you have with you. You are meat in the grinder. A cape buffalo, as ornery as they are cannot match the fury of an elephant on walkabout. Walkabout happens when a male elephant basically looses out on mating season. They get pissed, start walking in one direction and destroy anything and everyone in it's path. They'll work on a home, a tree for as long as it takes to knock it down then move on to the next scene of destruction. These elephants absolutely have to go. When a buddy got his elephant tag it was issued for one such beast which destroyed two villages and would have destroyed more had they not culled the animal.

One of the professional hunters told my buddy of one such elephant which essentially made a 200 yard grease-slick out of a Cape when on walkabout. The elephant grinded the buffalo into the ground, continually moving forward until there was nothing left of the buffalo to mash. The P.H. said there was witnesses to the event though none were needed. The forensic evidence told the whole story. Amazing the complexities and brutalities of nature.

Pierow

Ps Wow, that crocodile got flung in the air. Imagine if it were a human?

 

[powder smoke]

Years ago I was watching a safari on a hunting show.
The guide referred to the Buffalo as Black Death to the hunter.
Encouraging him to make a good shot. ps