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TX, USA
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Posted: 9/13/2011 12:31:30 AM EDT
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Buff are what excite me but I wouldn't say "no" to an ele if the fee was minimal. I could live without the tusks or other trophies as long as I got the eleephant hair bracelet made from the tail.
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Posted: 9/24/2011 2:10:15 AM EDT
[Last Edit: BravoSector1]
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I've been there...armed with a camera for Kilimanjaro. I'll go back some day with other armament. If you have the means, go get you some. I saw first hand what the predators do there...it's like nothing I can exlain. If you get a chance...go!!!
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Posted: 10/7/2011 2:04:34 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Sslous]
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I would not kill an elephant for sport. It just feels weird to me but I do support hunting and anyone that wants to!
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IN, USA
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Posted: 3/13/2012 4:43:20 PM EDT
[Last Edit: TheiMightySeth]
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I would kill an elephant but not like that. I would do it in a more sportsman like manner. I wouldn't have a guide lead me strait to it. I would try to track it myself with minor guidance. I definitely wouldn't shoot it with it staring at me like that. That was kind of cold blooded. I would also have some meat harvested just to say I ate an elephant.
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Posted: 3/13/2012 6:19:23 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By TheiMightySeth:
I would kill an elephant but not like that. I would do it in a more sportsman like manner. I wouldn't have a guide lead me strait to it. I would try to track it myself with minor guidance. I definitely wouldn't shoot it with it staring at me like that. That was kind of cold blooded. I would also have some meat harvested just to say I ate an elephant. Welcome to the site. I doubt you will find any place on Earth that will allow you to just go hunt an elephant without a guide. None of them are going to allow you to do it on your own. It is a great way to let their client get killed which is pretty bad for business honestly. As far as the meat, none of it was wasted and you probably could have it for dinner if you requested. In fact I would almost bet that happens every time an elephant is killed. Unfortunately, we aren't allowed to bring wild game meat back to the US from any foreign country. Not even the jerky they sell in the airport as you are leaving Johannesburg but it goes to feed the locals. As as just a reminder to everyone, legal means of hunting and the ethics involved aren't open for debate in the hunting forums. If it is legal, criticism won't be tolerated. Someone somewhere will not like the way you think is appropriate to make a kill and will want to stop what you like. It is certainly true that united we stand and divided we fall. |
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Posted: 3/14/2012 4:08:45 PM EDT
[Last Edit: eracer]
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No way. That type of hunting serves only two purposes - culling and ego gratification. I don't care about the latter, and don't need the former (at least not on that scale.)
Carry on, though, if you're into trophy hunting. It's your life, and none of my business. |
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OH, USA
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Posted: 8/14/2012 4:49:24 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By myitinaw:
Only in self defense... I'm not a hunter, however I am pro-hunter. Just my choice...  +1. Great statement. |
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Posted: 8/22/2012 12:31:12 PM EDT
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Yeah, hitting a target 4 feet in diameter from 30 yards. That is what I call a challenge. Granted, that target can charge and stomp you into a crimson mud hole, but you have guides who will get a shot off to prevent that.
Had to respond to stupid PETA - like response. Failed elephant anatomy did ya? The brain inside that 4' circle is about the size of a small loaf of bread. There is an incredible amount of non-vital area in the head of an elephant. It does take skill whether you want to believe it or not. If elephant hunting is not your thing, don't do it, but it certainly has legitimate purpose. People need to read and learn more about how much one elephant hunt can support the surrounding villages with money from licenses, meat from the animal, employment of villagers for the hunt., not to mention the thinning of the herds for the animals general well being. I can't afford it or I probably would myself. |
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Posted: 1/20/2013 11:28:14 PM EDT
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Elephant hunting is not my thing. But I have nothing against it. I see no different between this video and shooting a wolf that is trying to eat a cow. Dead is dead and meat is meat.
Now if the question is....is it hunting. It looks like it is. It is not as if he shot them from a helicopter. The animal did die quickly. What more must happen for it to be "good". |
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NH, USA
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Posted: 4/15/2013 7:26:47 AM EDT
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Was involved in the cull of a problem bull in a park in Zimbabwe. I wasn't supposed to be the shooter, but the elephant didn't follow the plan. It turned into an insane ten seconds and he absorbed five rounds of .458 Win mag (the last two from me) while he tried to tusk me. I wish I had a dollar for everyone who's told me that "shooting an elephant is like shooting a bus" or the like. I just say, "try it". I've hunted buff and bears and been treed by rhinos. Elephants are a whole different category.
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Posted: 4/15/2013 7:43:57 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By SevenMaryThree: You kill an elephant with your legs. The rifle is an incidental tool to finalize the reason you are there. The gunshot is anti-climactic, but a video of a hunting party walking around staring into the sand for 11 days wouldn't have the same production appeal. It takes 11 days to find an elephant? I thought there were so many of them that they need to kill them for population control. |
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Posted: 5/13/2013 5:58:12 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By eracer:
Originally Posted By SevenMaryThree:
You kill an elephant with your legs. The rifle is an incidental tool to finalize the reason you are there. The gunshot is anti-climactic, but a video of a hunting party walking around staring into the sand for 11 days wouldn't have the same production appeal. It takes 11 days to find an elephant? I thought there were so many of them that they need to kill them for population control. I suspect you are just trolling. If you are not, you may be the most obtuse person on ARFCOM. |
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