Nitrox,

Thanks. I'm sure you and others, including me, dislike repost after repost and it can seem like tooting one's horn a bit too much.

450NE No2,

Thanks.

Yea, good reloading - that wouldn't have been nessecary if I'd made the first or second shot right! But her head was very low, you can see it in the second photo. I needed to have been over the eye line rather than below it. I believe I focused on the prominent forward bulge of the zygomatic arch rather than finding the less distinct end of the arch. I have a LONG way to go to "seeing" the suspended brain like Richard Harland describes.

The day prior to this charge, a bull came from maybe 75yds, on sight or smell again. Ears back, eyes malevolent. He checked at maybe 12yds, but only after a shot over his head. After a long standoff, ears spread and eyes more curious than malevolent, a second shot over his head got him to leave and he just ambled away. This wasn't his first go it seems since he had a nice bullet hole in his right ear.

We were in the Save, where the elephants are fierce. 500 Grains has had to stop one or two there.

Looks like I will be returning to Zim for more elephant hunting this year, perhaps as early as May. Only enough time available for a two week hunt. Thankfully, I have a couple hundred of Mike Brady's solids. Any plans?

JPK