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Title: Calling Cape Buffalo??!!!!
Post by: Kenneth on August 09, 2007, 10:57:00 AM

http://www.yahoo.com/s/647525      copy and paste this link in your browser for some awesome video footage.

So who want's to be the first to use a bleat call for Buff??!!  :scared:

Title: Re: Calling Cape Buffalo??!!!!
Post by: Tim Fishell on August 09, 2007, 11:22:00 AM

Wow that is some great footage.

Title: Re: Calling Cape Buffalo??!!!!
Post by: Rick McGowan on August 09, 2007, 01:15:00 PM

I have actually called in dozens of water buffalo, it dosn't always work, but it works TO well some of the time. In fact if you see the photo of Cory and his water buff at the top of this page we did a LOT of calling on it, not to get it any closer, but to get it to turn broadside to Cory instead of staring him down at 17 yards!

Title: Re: Calling Cape Buffalo??!!!!
Post by: Kenneth on August 11, 2007, 06:09:00 PM

Rick,  I didn't think that anyone actually did that;  that's an awesome story!  here I thought I was making a joke and it turns out the joke is on me.  :)   I'm not sure I would have liked to been there; I'll stick with calling turkeys, and other critters that can't crush me with one foot!  :)

Title: Re: Calling Cape Buffalo??!!!!
Post by: Rick McGowan on August 12, 2007, 05:11:00 PM

Kenneth, I don't know that anyone does it as much as me and I found a few tricks to throw in to try to get that shot for bowhunters. Once I called in a pack of dingos by accident while working on a bull!

Title: Re: Calling Cape Buffalo??!!!!
Post by: robertson on August 13, 2007, 11:54:00 AM

Hello everybody

As a guide in Tanzania

I can tell you that it works also with the caffer caffer

Title: Re: Calling Cape Buffalo??!!!!
Post by: Rick McGowan on August 13, 2007, 01:09:00 PM

I would think it would and they sound exactly the same to me.

Title: Re: Calling Cape Buffalo??!!!!
Post by: robertson on August 14, 2007, 07:19:00 AM

I have never heard a water buffalo but

It must be pretty similar

We try to make the sound of a young in detress

and sometimes it works

Title: Re: Calling Cape Buffalo??!!!!
Post by: Rick McGowan on August 14, 2007, 09:53:00 AM

Thats what I do also.