Actually they are not so dumb. Once they know you are tracking them or are wounded, they will double back and ambush you. Leopards have been known to do the same thing. Peter Capstick “Death on the Dark Continent “ wrote of this trait. The author Theodore Waldeck(sp?) was treed by one when hunting for meat for his camp. His gun bearer drop his rifle and climbed a tree as did he. It was a great story. Cape Buffalo are not to be trifled with. IMO regards
Well, smarter than some realize, but still overall, a dumb animal.
Peter Hathaway Capstick also wrote “Death in the Tall Grass”. Never forget the description of the power of the cape buffalo’s heart / circulatory system. On one occasion a cape buffalo was shot near the heart. The stream of blood that squirted out was the diameter of your thumb and the pressure shot the stream 30 feet from the animal.