Bigger than a buffalo

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaur#/media/File:Indian_Gaur_from_anaimalai_hills_JEG5290.jpg
 

yowza, I bet it would have some awesome steaks, yeah they are “endangered”.

[Sixgun Seamus]

I had an acquaintance years ago through Boy Scouting that was a big game hunter. He owned a local Chevrolet dealership which gave him the means to hunt on every continent. He invited myself and a couple friends to his house to see his trophy room. (WOW, but that is another story). In conversation, I asked what was the most dangerous game he had ever hunted. Without hesitation he said "Indian Gaur". I had never heard of one. He told us about his hunt for one and described them as "being pissed even when they are in a good mood". 

Edited December 26, 2024 by Sixgun Seamus
Otto again

[Pat Riot]

“A wild ox” is one definition of a Gaur. Tame oxen can be intimidating. I have been up close (100 feet is close enough) to Bison, Water Buffalo and American Oxen and can’t imagine having to contend with a 4000 pound angry gaur. 

[Cypress Sun]

3 hours ago, Pat Riot said:

“A wild ox” is one definition of a Gaur. Tame oxen can be intimidating. I have been up close (100 feet is close enough) to Bison, Water Buffalo and American Oxen and can’t imagine having to contend with a 4000 pound angry gaur. 

 

A 140 lb pi**ed off wife is more than I want to handle....let alone that thing.

 

Now I wonder what they taste like.

Edit - The Gaur.

Edited December 26, 2024 by Cypress Sun

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

Looks tougher than whang leather.  

[Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103]

FOUR THOUSAND POUND???

Two ton of beef on the hoof!!

File that under "S" for "Scares me and I'm fearless!"

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

Helluva rib roast!

[Texas Lizard]

2 hours ago, Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 said:

FOUR THOUSAND POUND???

Two ton of beef on the hoof!!

File that under "S" for "Scares me and I'm fearless!"

I think you left out a word or two....But the point is made....

 

Texas Lizard

[Pat Riot]

Twice when I was a kid I was chased by bulls.  The first was a big brown bull. Not sure of breed. I was 6 and just barely beat him to the electric fence.

The second was a black angus bull, I think. I was 11 at the time. The bull followed me into the barn. I had made it up a short ladder into the lower hayloft. The bull knocked the support post from under the loft but the loft stayed. 
In both instances I went into the bull’s territory. First, was a field. Second, was a fenced area the bull was to have been moved from before we started work. 
A Gaur can run 30 miles per hour. An American Bull can do 15-20 miles per hour. 
Supposedly Tigers can run 40 mph. But tigers aren’t stupid. 

Edited December 26, 2024 by Pat Riot

[Trailrider #896]

8 hours ago, Sixgun Seamus said:

I had an acquaintance years ago through Boy Scouting that was a big game hunter. He owned a local Chevrolet dealership which gave him the means to hunt on every continent. He invited myself and a couple friends to his house to see his trophy room. (WOW, but that is another story). In conversation, I asked what was the most dangerous game he had ever hunted. Without hesitation he said "Indian Gaur". I had never heard of one. He told us about his hunt for one and described them as "being pissed even when they are in a good mood". 

And what did your friend do to take a gaur? Something larger than a .22rf I would imagine!  Friend of mine who used to hunt Cape Buffalo in Africa used a .500 Nitro Express and one time a .577 Nitro Express! He had taken a number buffs at the request of the local game managers to feed the local population.

[Stump Water]

You can't "hunt" them in Texas.

 

If you do take one and decide you want a life-size mount, just the mannikin is over $4,000.

 

https://www.mckenzietaxidermy.com/GUR-7-P4355.aspx

 

[Pat Riot]

4 hours ago, Stump Water said:

You can't "hunt" them in Texas.

 

If you do take one and decide you want a life-size mount, just the mannikin is over $4,000.

 

https://www.mckenzietaxidermy.com/GUR-7-P4355.aspx

 

I like the “hunt” in quotation marks. I was offered an opportunity to go on a canned “hunt” in Texas by a relative of my wife’s. I politely declined.