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470Nitro
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Loc: Madrid - Spain

Nice Elephant
#6988 - 15/01/04 11:20 PM

In 1999 a spanish hunter took this pretty elephant while hunting in the Selous. I was there same year, at the same time but in other area close to him.
I also shooted that elephant before, but it was late night and I missed a brain shot (but enough to get some blood). Next dayt I tracked it 'till the end of the concession

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Next year I meet the hunter and saw the elephant in the SCI show in Las Vegas. The PH told me: "here is your elephant" and the hunter talked me about a high bloody shot on his head

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Everytime I see this picture, I think he was mine and I'd loose my "once in a life time trophy".

Have you ever seen a elephant like this???

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Will
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Re: Nice Elephant [Re: 470Nitro]
#6993 - 16/01/04 01:05 AM

Excellent and beautiful elephant. So how much did the tusks weigh?

The bottonline on big lions and big buff and big elephant is that they usually match big budgets. Which leaves me out!

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NitroX
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Re: Nice Elephant [Re: 470Nitro]
#7009 - 16/01/04 01:14 PM

In reply to:

Next dayt I tracked it 'till the end of the concession

Did you still have to pay for the trophy ? If so, ouch!

Amazing ivory.

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Hauptjäger
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Re: Nice Elephant [Re: 470Nitro]
#7023 - 16/01/04 04:01 PM

That is the best / worst “one that got away story I have ever heard!

I feel you pain! Try to think of you shot as an assist.

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470Nitro
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Loc: Madrid - Spain

Re: Nice Elephant [Re: NitroX]
#7118 - 19/01/04 08:56 PM

En respuesta a:

Did you still have to pay for the trophy ? If so, ouch!

No, I didn't pay for it. The elephant wasn't enough wounded and the "askari" forgive to me to pay

The ivory weight is more than hundred pounds each(I don't know exactly) and the longest tusk is 2.46 meters (the other one is 2.35 m). A big bull

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Boghossian
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Reged: 23/01/04
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Re: Nice Elephant [Re: 470Nitro]
#7318 - 24/01/04 01:12 AM

WOW, now that my friend is an elephant worth shooting!
Was the block you were in famous for big bulls, or was it just a freak? I know that Tanzanian ivory is meant to be long and light, but the length on those things is great, and the animal looks like a real old age pensioner too!
What caliber was used?
BTW when the elephant didn't drop from the head shot, did he give you a chance to shoot again?
...I remember Craig Boddington's advice to aim for the heart/lungs, not as spectacular but reliable...

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