It doesn't say whether it was a cow or bull hunt? It does say trophies, but the price sounds like either a PAC or cow hunt. Nor how many days the hunt was for? Nor the area that was hunted? That alone would tell many a lot of whether there was elephant there or not.

Amazing that no elephant were sighted. Nor does it actually say or not whether any sign, spoor, dung etc was actually found.