Got the HuntingReport today with news that one hunter and one tracker were killed by elephants this month in separate incidents.

The tracker was killed by a bull elephant that smelled the hunting party from 150 yards (!) and came straight to them.

The PH sent everybody to the back, got the only gun available (the female client had a 30-06 with expanding bullets) and shot over the bull.

The bull stopped but charged again and was turned at 10 yards by the PH with the 30-06 and soft points.

Unfortunately the tracker was in the exact direction the bull turned to.

It seems John Hunter was right stating the elephant as the easier of the big 5 to turn away when shot at.

For that fact John Hunter listed the elephant as the least dangerous of the big 5! My personal feelings are that the statistics today would disagree with that assessement. Maybe the game has changed from those older times in Kenya.

Dante