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xausa
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Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)
26/09/08 01:30 AM

The last two elephants I shot were both rear quartering shots, where I was off to the left of the animal and he was moving to the left. Both shots produced typical brain shot symptoms, but both collapsed on their right side, leaving the "armpit" on the left side exposed. By "armpit" I mean a triangular patch of skin which appears darker than the surrounging area, and which is covered by the foreleg when the leg is extended to the rear in walking. I have been told that this is a reliable aiming point for a heart shot, and a second shot went into this area as quickly as I could work the action and aim at it.

One shot kills are all very well, but if an animal can bite you, claw you, or dismember you, better safe than sorry, and ammunition is cheap compared to a funeral.

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Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	bakerb	18/09/08 02:55 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	NE450No2	18/09/08 08:55 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	Ripp	18/09/08 10:27 PM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	bigmaxx	18/09/08 11:10 PM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	JPK	19/09/08 05:33 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	bakerb	19/09/08 05:56 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	ozhunter	18/09/08 11:38 PM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	larcher	19/09/08 01:22 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	JPK	19/09/08 05:50 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	bakerb	19/09/08 04:25 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	gryphon	19/09/08 05:02 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	xausa	19/09/08 05:50 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	Ripp	19/09/08 10:35 PM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	bigmaxx	19/09/08 10:47 PM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	Indy	22/09/08 10:32 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	JPK	22/09/08 10:50 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	bigmaxx	22/09/08 11:02 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	bigmaxx	22/09/08 10:41 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	Ripp	22/09/08 12:47 PM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	bakerb	23/09/08 01:49 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	JPK	23/09/08 03:53 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	93mouse	26/09/08 05:36 PM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	bakerb	27/09/08 02:12 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	bakerb	27/09/08 03:53 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	bigmaxx	27/09/08 06:11 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	hoppdoc	27/09/08 06:28 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	NitroX	27/09/08 12:12 PM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	xausa	27/09/08 06:54 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	hoppdoc	27/09/08 08:41 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	hoppdoc	27/09/08 09:06 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	hoppdoc	27/09/08 06:41 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	Ripp	23/09/08 04:47 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	xausa	23/09/08 03:44 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	Ripp	23/09/08 04:53 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	Charles_Helm	26/09/08 10:54 AM
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Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	Ripp	23/09/08 10:55 PM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	JPK	23/09/08 11:22 PM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	Ripp	24/09/08 10:14 PM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	bigmaxx	23/09/08 12:17 PM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	Ripp	23/09/08 10:37 PM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	poprivit	23/09/08 06:18 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	9.3x57	24/09/08 10:34 PM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	xausa	26/09/08 01:30 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	9.3x57	26/09/08 01:48 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	Ripp	25/09/08 01:45 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	bigmaxx	25/09/08 02:33 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	JPK	25/09/08 10:28 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	Ripp	25/09/08 10:48 PM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	bigmaxx	25/09/08 11:00 PM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	JPK	26/09/08 02:26 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	Ripp	26/09/08 04:52 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	bigmaxx	26/09/08 05:02 AM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	9.3x57	26/09/08 02:43 AM
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Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	bigmaxx	25/09/08 12:25 PM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	9.3x57	24/09/08 11:23 PM
Re: Elephant brain shot placement (with pics)	bigmaxx	18/09/08 10:07 AM

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