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31 August 2012, 19:37

larryshores

elephant hunt video clips

31 August 2012, 19:58

PSmith

Larry, thanks for posting. Nice shooting!

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31 August 2012, 20:07

cjfoster

Great shooting!

31 August 2012, 20:21

HBH

Larry

It looks to me like you may just have the hang of it.

Enjoyed watching!

Many Thanks
Brett

31 August 2012, 20:26

Biebs

The 500NE Round Body finally speaks!

31 August 2012, 20:48

D R Hunter

I'm sure you'll relive it happily till your last day!

D/R Hunter

Correct bullet placement, combined with the required depth of bullet penetration, results in an anchored animal...

31 August 2012, 20:53

FishN4Eyes

Nice work, Larry.

Cool vids, looking forward to seeing the full length production!

31 August 2012, 21:16

A.Dahlgren

Great shooting by you and great filming by Lauri! You guys did good!

31 August 2012, 21:22

srose

Great shooting Larry!

31 August 2012, 21:26

touchdown88

Just awesome!

Great Shooting Larry.

31 August 2012, 21:26

els

GOD HOW I LOVE ELEPHANT HUNTING. I wish I had not looked at that. May be next year.

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31 August 2012, 22:25

MANDLAZIM

Nice Larry - Makorokoto.

Cheers,
Brent

01 September 2012, 00:04

ivan carter

well done larry !

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01 September 2012, 00:18

Patricio Gaudiano

Love it, little bit of hands shaking when reloading thats awesome......

01 September 2012, 00:31

Todd Williams

Great shooting Larry. As you said, the 500NE is BAD MEDICINE for eles!!!

01 September 2012, 00:38

JCS271

Very well done, let us know when you get your video finished!

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01 September 2012, 01:10

bcolyer

Great job Larry !! Great shooting....good filming. You should be proud. Congratulations.

01 September 2012, 02:41

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01 September 2012, 02:53

LionHunter

Larry -

Nicely done!

01 September 2012, 05:03

Nakihunter

Great hunt Larry. Thanks for sharing.

01 September 2012, 09:00

MacD37

Larry my boy you've got a double rifle heart! You'll never be totally sattisfied with any other type rifle again when ele or buffalo are on license! They are truley addicting

Some damn fine shooting Hoss!

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01 September 2012, 11:08

Esskay

Wonderful. Thank you very much

02 September 2012, 04:05

Orvar

Awesome Larry, thanks for sharing!

03 September 2012, 05:19

Paul Reed

Larry,

Excellent shooting with the double. Thank you for sharing with us!

04 September 2012, 19:25

daleW

Larry,

great video!

Question on double rifle technique:

I shoot a .458 Winchester bolt action. I noticed on the second elephant video, it was obviously a well placed shot and the bull went down. When you ran up to the elephant...you fired the second barrel, thus emptying the both barrels.

Would it be better to reload immediately after the first shot as you ran to the elephant just in case you knocked out the elephant and not actually hit the brain? Or the nearby elephants charged?

What is the proper protocol for double rifles ....if there is any?

thanks,

dale

04 September 2012, 20:19

larryshores

Thanks.

I thought about the same thing. I would have reloaded had the other elephants not been high tailing it out of there. I would have reloaded if there was the slightest doubt about the elephant getting up.

In retrospect, I probably should have reloaded.

04 September 2012, 21:32

fujotupu

DaleW:

I guess replacing the spent cartridge would classify as an "unwritten rule" if only one shot was fired, as in Larry's case.

Larry though cannot really be faulted either because as evidenced by the footage, the elephant was truly down and out from the first shot and given the unfolding sequence of events, felt secure enough that the single remaining shot sealing the deal was sufficient.

04 September 2012, 21:35

fujotupu

Nice shooting Larry!

Seeing you have acquired the taste of the pudding, how would you rate double v bolt?

We "double" freaks would like to hear your views.

04 September 2012, 22:02

larryshores

The other elephants took off at high speed. The elephant I shot was down for the count. There was no doubt in my mind. The PH had a 500 NE double as well. I thought about reloading as I ran up but didn't. In retrospect, I should have.

As far as which type of gun I like, I generally prefer the bolt guns. However, for elephants, DG in extremely thick areas or follow up of wounded DG, I would definitely prefer the double.