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    Posted: March/14/2011 at 07:56
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That thing is enormous!! Shocked
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The blog says it is just short of the record, but it does not say which, so it means nothing.
 
The world record is somewhere around 74 inches, this does look close.
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i dont want to shoot kudu, i need  to shoot oneBig Grin

Edited by pyro6999 - March/14/2011 at 11:56
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Originally posted by 8shots 8shots wrote:

 
Did the dude in the yellow lose something, like his head?
 
 
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Rowland Ward record is 73 7/8" inches and was picked up by Dr C Caldesi not sure where though.

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Wouter, that's a big animal, what do you think he weighed?
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looks like he stuck it up the Kudu's arss!
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The guy has his head down to be out of the pic...not doing a good job.
 
The article says it dressed out 268kg or 590 lbs. So double that for live weight. The average meat kudu weighs around 130-150 kg(300lbs). The big boys go 190 to 205 kg. (around 400lbs). So it is a monster by all accounts.
 
Biggest I have shot dressed out to 198 kgs. Biggest I have seen 205 kgs.
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  I just read where you live judge one using the ears at 12".  Not being able to see the full length of a horn I can't measure it but I get AT LEAST 60+ on what I do see.  WHAT A HOSS!!!!
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That's a big boy! ....I think the dude in yellow just couldnt wait for the tenderloins to come off that monster, so he went in after them!
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Knowing Southern Africa he has probably stolen have the hind quart by now.

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Wouter,is most of the meat on those hunts donated to the local tribes?
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No the hunter pays X amount per animal meat and trophy are his, depends from farm to farm what amount he pays. Some farms we pay a flat rate whether the animal is considered trophy or not( farms I like), on others the farm owner has a meat price and a trophy price. Most farm owners consider Rowland Ward minimum as a trophy. And then you get a few greedy buggers who charge you per inch on the horns, this can get expensive though. We once got a price from a farmer that worked out too R25000 for a 60 inch Kudu, thats $3500. Thats steep either way you look at it. Most of the meat shot by an international hunter, will end up being taken to the nearest butcher and sold to him. Farm owners make money twice from one hunter, it's only in country's north of South Africa and Namibia that the meat will given to local villages.

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Originally posted by Glock Glock wrote:

No the hunter pays X amount per animal meat and trophy are his, depends from farm to farm what amount he pays. Some farms we pay a flat rate whether the animal is considered trophy or not( farms I like), on others the farm owner has a meat price and a trophy price. Most farm owners consider Rowland Ward minimum as a trophy. And then you get a few greedy buggers who charge you per inch on the horns, this can get expensive though. We once got a price from a farmer that worked out too R25000 for a 60 inch Kudu, thats $3500. Thats steep either way you look at it. Most of the meat shot by an international hunter, will end up being taken to the nearest butcher and sold to him. Farm owners make money twice from one hunter, it's only in country's north of South Africa and Namibia that the meat will given to local villages.

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Sounds like local knowledge I'll bookmark!  In case I start planning a trip to your continent, perhaps I'll PM you :)
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Originally posted by pyro6999 pyro6999 wrote:

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That and a Gemsbock/Oryx are at the top of my list....
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