SquirrellyDan said:
Googled "elephant in African brushland" and this popped up.
I see one.
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SquirrellyDan said:
Googled "elephant in African brushland" and this popped up.
japantiger said:
Success....details later...hellava morning...hellava 9 days
There was a book about this… "The Most Dangerous Game"Daddy-O5 said:
I mean….Where do you go from here for hunting adventures?
Awesome.
MAROON said:
Can't wait to read the full stalk and shot story. Six foot tusks. Look really thick. Any idea of pounds?
Congrats - your are the man Bwana!
japantiger said:
The elephant went immediately to the local chiefs village. The parts that I keep will be separated and brought back to camp here.
The main village is about 5km N of this camp There are 4 small villages. He's being butchered today, supervised by the Conservancy Warden (he was in the hunt with us), and the meat will go fresh today to each of the 4 villages. Very little is eaten fresh (the heart is considered a delicacy but that's about it). It is all smoked and dried in varying forms. Apparently it just tastes better that way and it keeps better, of course, in areas with little refrigeration. There was quite the celebration when we rolled up.
japantiger said:
Started North of Pretoria near Botswana border. ...15 ft.
sonnysixkiller said:
Guess this redefines all those post on 40 lb piggies and 8 or 10 point whitetail post going forward. This is the best post I have ever read on texags by far.
Slight derail but how can ANYONE look at an unbelievable, majestic beast like this and still conclude "there is no God"?japantiger said:
He's ~48-50 years old...probably 11k+ pounds. The exposed tusks are ~40 inches...full tusks likely 6ft.
It took 2 hours to get him loaded on the trailer. We had to dig out to get the bed flat with the ground, wench him on and then fill in to get enough traction for the tractor to pull him out. We did not use a truck to pull him as I had thought...it was an old Ford TW-20 tractor with a massive wench.
This is the same bull that got away across the Kaudhum/Botswana border 2 days ago.