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Some historical tusker photos
      #1536 - 09/02/03 03:17 AM




I believe the hunter is Italo Balbo with a 120 pound tusker taken in Somalia






Another image showing Italo Balbo with the tusks

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Re: Some historical tusker photos [Re: NitroX]
      #1537 - 09/02/03 03:19 AM

John

Thanks for sharing those great photos.

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Re: Some historical tusker photos [Re: cchunter]
      #1544 - 09/02/03 04:17 AM

That is an amazing tusker! What time period are the photos from?

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Re: Some historical tusker photos [Re: IronBuck]
      #1546 - 09/02/03 06:34 AM

At a guess the `50`s,how about trying to walk in those boots and joddies?

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Re: Some historical tusker photos [Re: NitroX]
      #1547 - 09/02/03 01:35 PM

What an ancient elephant. Look at those wrinkles.

Thanks for the photos.

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Re: Some historical tusker photos [Re: Will]
      #1550 - 09/02/03 05:52 PM

Italo Balbo was a famous Italian pilot pre-WW2. In fact a flight of 24 planes in formation is called a "Balbo" in aurfaring terms. One of his exploits was to lead a flight of 24 seaplanes on Lake Michigan in front of 100,000 people for the 1933 Chicago World Fair. Later he went on to become the Marshall of the Italian Air Force.

The elephant was hunted in Jubaland of Italian Somalialand in 1938.

What a magnificent beast. I also was amazed at how ancient the old tusker looked in the first photo.

A grand old man of the bush.


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Re: Some historical tusker photos [Re: NitroX]
      #1555 - 09/02/03 07:23 PM

Wow. That elephant is huge.

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Re: Some historical tusker photos [Re: NitroX]
      #1560 - 09/02/03 10:14 PM

Gone are the good all days

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Re: Some historical tusker photos [Re: SafariHunt]
      #176474 - 03/03/11 02:24 AM

BTTT

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Re: Some historical tusker photos [Re: NitroX]
      #176476 - 03/03/11 02:40 AM

interesting that there was a time when the somali's dont had kill anything

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Re: Some historical tusker photos [Re: lancaster]
      #176489 - 03/03/11 06:47 AM

Congratulations to Balbo, then!

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Re: Some historical tusker photos [Re: Ben]
      #176585 - 04/03/11 10:24 AM

I wonder what elephant meat tastes like?

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Re: Some historical tusker photos [Re: crkennedy1]
      #176615 - 05/03/11 05:02 AM



Thanks for sharing.
Great to look at old photos like these.




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Re: Some historical tusker photos [Re: crkennedy1]
      #176650 - 05/03/11 08:48 PM

Quote:

I wonder what elephant meat tastes like?



I've only had it as a spicy biltong.

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