| Ripp |
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| 10/02/09 06:23 AM |
Re: Largest elephant ever shot.........
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whats interesting is there are still elephants that size roaming around Wankie NP in Zimbabwe.
after four moves in the past six years and a burglary, i'm unable to find pictures i took there
Per the PH's I have visited with, the ele are much larger in that area..southern Zim and into Botswana..in several books I have read it discusses that as well..
Lynn, one of the PH's in my camp last year who has hunted that area stated he suggested mv to be in the 2300 fps or better as to penetrate the skull from any angle on those larger bulls..Ian Gibson, Ivan Carter and Boddington have all stated the same thing..said those bulls can run as much as 20% larger...
I was there in '04 and '05--the bulls around the Gonarezhou park area are huge in body size..
Ripp