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Re: Bowhunting Elephant?
29/08/08 12:04 AM

Very interesting post.

RIPP:

I was actually going to PM you and ask you to wade in!

Your experience ID's the lethality, at least on the game the size you mention. I am not a bowhunter but I know from friends that are that the bow is not the pingpong ball many rifle shooters think it is.

I guess after reading this thread again, I now have 2 problems with bowhunting elephant, one being as I've stated earlier, merely a personal preference issue.

The second is different, however. From what I read here {and I'm sorry to say, it jibes with what I've read elsewhere}, ELEPHANT hunting with a bow in actuality, as it plays out for most {virtually all?} that do it, is more akin to hunting trophy deer with a .22 Magnum, shooting it as best you can and then letting your buddy dump it with a .30-06 if all doesn't pan out nice.

As some have stated, more of a stunt with a good chance of the stunt being played out at the animal's expense?

I do certainly acknowledge that it COULD be done properly, just as a fellow COULD {and some do...} successfully and without backup kill trophy deer or elk with a .22 Magnum.

Is this a legitimate view? Please recognise that I am "bow-challenged" and thus have to put things in "gun lingo".

{And before we get too technical, go with a .22 Hornet if you like, my point being a round that is fully capable of killing but is not the same as a normal deer caliber.}

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Edited by 9ThreeXFifty7 (29/08/08 06:15 AM)

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Bowhunting Elephant?	AspenHill	27/02/07 03:45 AM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	Scott	05/03/07 10:55 AM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	Bramble	25/08/08 07:59 AM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	ArcherIII	27/04/07 03:56 AM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	EricD	01/05/07 05:28 AM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	ArcherIII	01/05/07 09:29 AM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	AspenHill	01/05/07 10:50 AM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	Ben	24/08/08 09:58 AM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	Bramble	24/08/08 11:05 AM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	500grains	25/08/08 04:11 PM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	Ben	25/08/08 04:31 PM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	Bramble	25/08/08 09:12 PM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	Omnivorous_Bob	27/08/08 03:20 PM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	Ben	27/08/08 05:28 PM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	Bramble	28/08/08 07:27 AM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	9.3x57	28/08/08 08:03 AM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	rscott	28/08/08 01:08 PM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	Mike_Bailey	28/08/08 05:20 PM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	Bramble	28/08/08 10:50 PM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	Ripp	28/08/08 11:21 PM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	9.3x57	29/08/08 12:04 AM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	JabaliHunter	29/08/08 04:20 AM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	rscott	29/08/08 01:31 PM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	JabaliHunter	29/08/08 07:29 PM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	bigger_is_best	29/08/08 05:56 PM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	Ben	29/08/08 07:29 AM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	9.3x57	29/08/08 08:23 AM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	Ben	01/09/08 07:13 AM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	9.3x57	01/09/08 07:35 AM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	Ben	28/08/08 05:19 PM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	Ben	26/08/08 07:14 AM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	Ben	24/08/08 11:36 AM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	JabaliHunter	25/08/08 12:26 AM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	larcher	01/05/07 04:26 AM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	Double_Trouble	27/02/07 04:22 AM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	larcher	27/02/07 06:56 AM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	Marrakai	27/02/07 09:34 PM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	500grains	01/03/07 05:43 AM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	9.3x57	25/08/08 09:55 AM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	larcher	02/03/07 07:12 AM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	John303	04/03/07 12:09 AM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	AspenHill	04/03/07 01:15 AM
Re: Bowhunting Elephant?	Marrakai	04/03/07 02:58 PM

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