Here's My Finished Buffalo Mount
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, Mar 12 2012 08:59 PM
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Posted 12 March 2012 - 08:59 PM
Here's the bull I got in Zimbabwe last summer. The quote from Robert Ruark in his book "Horn of the Hunter" comes immediately to my mind. "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so. Lions and leopards and rhinos excite me but don't frighten me. But that buff is so big and mean and ugly and hard to stop, and vindictive and cruel and surly and ornery. He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money. He looks like he is hunting you...He makes me sick in the stomach, and he makes my hands sweat, and he dries out my throat and my lips." I've been dreaming of this mount on my wall since I was about 9 years old, reading every book in the public library on hunting Africa.
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Posted 12 March 2012 - 09:04 PM
Very cool mount 
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Posted 12 March 2012 - 09:06 PM
Congrats on you mount. I'm no expert but, it looks great to me.
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Posted 12 March 2012 - 09:28 PM
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Posted 12 March 2012 - 09:32 PM
Very nice Frank,It almost looks alive.Tom
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Posted 12 March 2012 - 09:40 PM
Exceptional!!!!
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Posted 13 March 2012 - 03:53 AM
A dream come true. How fortunate you are...Beautiful animal with a deserved reputation....Walt
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Posted 13 March 2012 - 05:24 AM
Incredible! Beautiful!
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Posted 13 March 2012 - 05:56 AM
Congratulations! A magnificent animal.
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Posted 13 March 2012 - 07:33 AM
Congratulations on a very nice mount a and a dream coming true for you.
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Posted 13 March 2012 - 08:43 AM
Awesome looking! Congratulations!He does look like you owe him money!
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Posted 13 March 2012 - 08:54 AM
Outstanding...They are just built for 'mean'!
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Posted 13 March 2012 - 09:04 AM
That is a tremendous looking mount Frank. It is really something to be proud of. You have lots of memories in that guy.
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Posted 13 March 2012 - 09:26 AM
Man, ain't that the truth?! lol AWESOME looking mount, and Congratulations, Frank. Uh, how long it will be before you're back in your own bed again... instead of sleeping with the Buf?He looks like he hates you personally.
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Posted 13 March 2012 - 09:34 AM
Great mount. Even better memories, I'll bet.How about one more photo with something like a rifle or a yardstick so we can get an idea of the size of that beast?
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Posted 13 March 2012 - 03:05 PM
Awesome looking mount! Your Taxi did a great job!
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Posted 13 March 2012 - 03:10 PM
Amazing. It looks soo Alive!
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Posted 13 March 2012 - 03:33 PM
Thanks guys, I keep telling Wifezilla how lucky she is to get this to hang in our house.The taxidermy was done by Anthony of Maxwell Wildlife Artistry in Ceres, California. I can't say enough good things about him, he's a great communicator, fairly priced, fast and a real artist. It took less time to mount this than the whitetail that I had done in Texas, the mounts I had done in Namibia and even some antelope horns plaques that I had done here in Bakersfield.It gets delivered Thursday, these photos were from my tavidermist taxidermist.
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Posted 13 March 2012 - 04:29 PM
Congratulations on the GREAT looking mount Frank!
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Posted 13 March 2012 - 05:27 PM
very very nice!
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Posted 13 March 2012 - 05:53 PM
Hey Frank, that's an awesome looking mount. The only thing scarier than that would be to see a full mount of that thing as you step into your trophy room.
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Posted 13 March 2012 - 06:13 PM
Frank, that buff looks greatYou're right that guy is a good artist, that buff looks alive and ready to chase you down!
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Posted 13 March 2012 - 06:28 PM
Frank,What is a tavidermist. I just couldn't let that one slide by. Because I am a smart a$$Tom
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Posted 13 March 2012 - 06:40 PM
Terrific end to your quest. 
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Posted 13 March 2012 - 08:13 PM
Wow, your taxi did an excellent job. The eyes are perfect. Even in death that buff looks like he could kill a man.
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Posted 13 March 2012 - 08:34 PM
Great mount Frank. Wow! The closest I got to Mbogo was at the Taxidermy shop in RSA. 
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Posted 13 March 2012 - 09:34 PM
Thats a great looking head. Looks like a teacher i had in grade schoole only the buff is nicer looking.
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Posted 15 March 2012 - 04:20 PM
Here's a cell phone picture after we got it mounted in the gun room. You can judge the size (I'm 6' 2")
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Posted 15 March 2012 - 04:48 PM
Holy Cow! That's a monster!
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Posted 15 March 2012 - 05:48 PM
Hi Frank,You sure did a good job-start to finish.A lot of memories..........You have a good weekend.Richard
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