{"id":3754,"date":"2022-07-06T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/?p=3754"},"modified":"2023-11-29T09:01:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T14:01:15","slug":"five-quotes-about-hunting-cape-buffalo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/?p=3754","title":{"rendered":"Five Quotes About Hunting Cape Buffalo"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3754\" class=\"elementor elementor-3754\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-43ef628 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"43ef628\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d5a63bb\" data-id=\"d5a63bb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b9390f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6b9390f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">By Michael Maynor <\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6105137 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6105137\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It&#8217;s difficult to put into words the appeal of hunting the great buffalo of Africa ,but make no mistake; they demand respect. The following quotes hammer home the reality of hunting Cape Buffalo, but those that have done it and survived will tell you the risk is worth the reward.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb141dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"cb141dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42a051a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42a051a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;It wasn&#8217;t going to be a game, shooting that buffalo. If he charged us in the dark, we couldn&#8217;t suddenly decide we didn&#8217;t like big game hunting and go back to camp. The buffalo would put all his chips in the pot. It would be either his life or ours.&#8221;<\/p><p><strong>-Ralph Hammer\u00a0<br \/><\/strong><\/p><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The unusual aspect of the buff (Cape Buffalo) is that, of the three really big dangerous species, he has no weak spots in his natural defenses. He has the eyesight of a cheetah, the hearing of a hypersensitive elephant, and the smelling ability of a bird dog on a damp morning. In the bush, he can do anything that you can, including running four times your speed through cover so dense that it would make a mole claustrophobic<\/span>&#8216;\u201d<\/p><p><b>\u2015 Peter Capstick &#8221; Death in the Dark Continent&#8221;\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e444c3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e444c3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"802\" height=\"531\" src=\"https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-11-at-11.33.56-AM-1.png\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-4277\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-11-at-11.33.56-AM-1.png 802w, https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-11-at-11.33.56-AM-1-600x397.png 600w, https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-11-at-11.33.56-AM-1-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-11-at-11.33.56-AM-1-768x508.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">\"Turning the Tables\" by Bob Kuhn <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b13ca86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b13ca86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;But it was time to hunt buffalo. The African buffalo is distant kin to the American plains bison, but there the resemblance ends. The African animal is one of the great reasons why so many visitors never get into the wilds at all. He regards it as his duty to keep them out.&#8221;<\/p><p><b>-Harry Syner , Synders Book of Big Game Hunting<\/b><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>&#8220;I lurched up and looked at Mbogo, and Mbogo looked at me. He was 50 to 60 yards off, his head low, his eyes staring right down my soul. He looked at me as if he hated my guts. He looked as if I had despoiled his fiancee, murdered his mother, and burned down his house. He looked at me as if I owed him money. I never saw such malevolence in the eyes of any animal or human being, before or since. So I shot him.<\/p><p>&#8211;<strong>Robert Ruark\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u201cThe Savage disposition of this animal renders it well known about the cape of good hope, and in several other parts of Africa where it is found. It is large and enormously strong..The head hands down and bears a most fierce and malevolent aspect.<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u2015 The Rev. W. Bingley A.M. <br \/><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s difficult to put into words the appeal of hunting the great buffalo of Africa ,but make no mistake; they demand respect. 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