Baker

That fella in your first picture is Ivan Carter, a Zimbabwe PH, with a lot of elephant experience and a friend of mine.

Many people, me included call him CRAZY IVAN.

He is known for getting close to elephants. He has stopped many a false charge by showing the elephant the butt stock of his gun.

I can say it does work, as I have done the same thing many times while hunting in Zim.

It usually stops them at 12 to 15 yards... at least it has worked so far.

Some of your frontal shots look a little high to me, but that may be just because I have shot most of my elephants at 6 yards or less, where the entry angle would be lower of course.

IMHO it is better to hit a little low than a little high.

There is NOTHING like elephant hunting.