new 100 pounder from ZIM

Greg Brownlee
Neal and Brownlee, LLC
Quality Worldwide Big Game Hunts Since 1975
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Hunt reports:

Botswana 2010

Alaska 2011

Bezoar Ibex, Turkey 2012

Mid Asian Ibex, Kyrgyzstan 2014

24 June 2014, 21:59

jeff h

Pretty sure it's Thys De Vries
He is a great guy and this is a well deserved 100 pounder

24 June 2014, 22:15

larryshores

Correct. I have a picture but have been asked to not post it.

24 June 2014, 22:21

gunslinger55

Is it a US Client?

24 June 2014, 22:33

larryshores

I think so.

24 June 2014, 23:14

jeff h

us hunter with home abroad

24 June 2014, 23:31

Leopardtrack

Larry why wouldn't he want his pic posted with once in 10 lifetimes Elephant?

It think that Thys has taken several 100lb'ers

That's probably a 50+ year old animal

Amazing

24 June 2014, 23:50

tygersman

quote:
Originally posted by jeff h:
us hunter with home abroad

That's good to hear.

Congrats to all involved.

25 June 2014, 00:13

larryshores

quote:
Originally posted by Leopardtrack:
Larry why wouldn't he want his pic posted with once in 10 lifetimes Elephant?

It think that Thys has taken several 100lb'ers

That's probably a 50+ year old animal

Amazing

I don't know why. John is the one who asked me to not post it.

Thys has indeed took many large jumbo. His hunts are pretty pricey now.

25 June 2014, 01:22

tendrams

quote:
Originally posted by tygersman:
quote:
Originally posted by jeff h:
us hunter with home abroad

That's good to hear.

Congrats to all involved.

I think this is going to get more and more common in coming years. Hunters are going to start voting with their feet..."Fine, if I can't bring my trophies to the US, I will invest abroad!" Surprised it has not happened sooner and on a wider scale!

25 June 2014, 01:38

LionHunter

No pic; it didn't happen.

I would think that at least one pic exists without the hunter in it, yes? So what's the problem? No shot with the Ele and PH either?

25 June 2014, 01:52

Gatogordo

It's the hunter's elephant and if he doesn't want pics publicized, why do you have a problem with that?

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25 June 2014, 02:05

LionHunter

I have absolutely NO problem with the hunter not posting a pic.

I do have a problem with others railing about what a great trophy has been taken and even possessing or having seen the pics and then not showing them here.

Hope that answers your inquiry.

BTW, I choose not to post pics of my world record animals (or any of others unless by specific request, with permission granted), although they are viewable in the record book.

25 June 2014, 02:47

boarkiller

I think it's pretty cool
Another 100 pounder, too bad it can't come to US
Congratulation to lucky hunter

" Until the day breaks and the nights shadows flee away " Big ivory for my pillow and 2.5% of Neanderthal DNA flowing thru my veins.
When I'm ready to go, pack a bag of gunpowder up my ass and strike a fire to my pecker, until I squeal like a boar.
Yours truly , Milan The Boarkiller - World according to Milan
PS I have big boar on my floor...but it ain't dead, just scared to move...

Man should be happy and in good humor until the day he dies...
Only fools hope to live forever
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25 June 2014, 03:04

tanks

quote:
Originally posted by Leopardtrack:
...
It think that Thys has taken several 100lb'ers

That's probably a 50+ year old animal

Amazing

Yep. He has taken many it seems.
http://www.huntingreport.com/t...s_details.cfm?id=250

25 June 2014, 03:38

jeff h

Well I saw the pic last week before the official weight
Saw it again today after official weight.
I don't have permission to post pic so u can chose to believe it or not makes no diff. To me

25 June 2014, 03:42

larryshores

quote:
Originally posted by jeff h:
Well I saw the pic last week before the official weight
Saw it again today after official weight.
I don't have permission to post pic so u can chose to believe it or not makes no diff. To me

I agree with you Jeff.

I am not going to post a picture when I was specifically asked not to do so. Sorry if that bothers some.

25 June 2014, 04:02

boarkiller

The pics will eventually surface after all the dust settles

Most of us are bit older so patience is and should be part of us.
Just the fact that Jeff h and Larry said so, it is 100 pounder to me.

Damn I love, when I hear this.

25 June 2014, 04:09

AnotherAZWriter

quote:
Originally posted by larryshores:
quote:
Originally posted by jeff h:
Well I saw the pic last week before the official weight
Saw it again today after official weight.
I don't have permission to post pic so u can chose to believe it or not makes no diff. To me

I agree with you Jeff.

I am not going to post a picture when I was specifically asked not to do so. Sorry if that bothers some.

No kidding. Just be happy for the guy.

25 June 2014, 04:34

Orvar

Awesome for both hunter + Thyes!

25 June 2014, 06:05

tanks

quote:
Originally posted by larryshores:
...
Thys has indeed took many large jumbo. His hunts are pretty pricey now.

So, define pricey please. Are we talking low six figures or something more for a trophy like this?

25 June 2014, 06:26

jeff h

Tanks last I heard 60 this year 65 next. In Dallas this year ,I think they were sold out for the next 3 years. So money is not the issue

I hunted there last nov. I know their plan and what I saw. Great people, great camp and I think it is now the best block in all of Africa for a big tusker.

25 June 2014, 06:30

jdollar

I saw a cell phone pic of this beast 2 weeks ago. it really is a trophy of a lifetime...

25 June 2014, 07:02

465H&H

It wouldn't surprise me if the hunter doesn't want the publicity and the attendant nasty e-mails and phone calls from the anti-hunters that the guy who bought the black rhino permit received.

465H&H

25 June 2014, 07:35

boarkiller

I think Gonarezhou is another one with best possibilities for big tuskers
I hope I'll hear 120 and some taken before I kick the bucket

25 June 2014, 18:26

Ridgeman

Well - a picture of this magnificent Jumbo has just turned up in my inbox so it looks like it's doing the rounds already.
Congrats to hunter and PH.

25 June 2014, 18:49

fujotupu

What a coincidence - me too!

Don't often see ivory like that anymore.

Congratulations to the hunter on the trophy of a lifetime!

25 June 2014, 19:35

Steve Ahrenberg

Why do folk feel the need to say; "I know something you don't know"!!

We all aren't as "connected" as some. This forum has always been of guys willing to share stuff. If you aren't able to share it, perhaps just sit on your hands?

26 June 2014, 00:17

boarkiller

OK
If they show up in few people's email, then what's the big deal to show it here?
Not a secret anymore...

26 June 2014, 00:21

LionHunter

Aw, common Steve and boarkiller! You know the AR one-upmanship is in full swing here.

26 June 2014, 01:04

larryshores

Some of you guys don't have enough to do. The following is a text I just got from the guy who sent me the picture:
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Back from Virgin Islands- saw the post about the photo of the 100 pounder- it's not that I don't want to share it, but I wanted to speak with Thys first as it wasn't my client. Would not be right of me to post something without at least hearing from PH or from client. Those guys don't understand that? I just thought it was common courtesy.
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I happen to agree with him.

26 June 2014, 06:03

jdollar

common courtesy is often not so common here....

26 June 2014, 06:30

jeff h

quote:
Originally posted by jdollar:
common courtesy is often not so common here....

100%

26 June 2014, 06:50

Steve Ahrenberg

quote:
Originally posted by larryshores:
Some of you guys don't have enough to do. The following is a text I just got from the guy who sent me the picture:
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Back from Virgin Islands- saw the post about the photo of the 100 pounder- it's not that I don't want to share it, but I wanted to speak with Thys first as it wasn't my client. Would not be right of me to post something without at least hearing from PH or from client. Those guys don't understand that? I just thought it was common courtesy.
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I happen to agree with him.

Hi Larry,
My statement was aimed at the OP. My point is, what good is it to even start a thread and state "I have a picture of something that no one else can see".

I agree it should not he posted. But I also think the thread should have been posted when and if permission had been granted.

Steve

26 June 2014, 07:39

larryshores

I know Steve. My comment was not aimed at you.

26 June 2014, 09:10

Gatogordo

Well, horse manure. The OP was spreading the news that a 100 pounder had been taken. Just because some spoiled grown children don't like that they can't have a pic.....too frigging bad.

26 June 2014, 14:03

tendrams

Seems odd to get all pissy because someone lacks permission to post a photo. I want people to post where the big ones are taken regardless of whether there is a pic or not! By the same token, just like secrets...ultimately the reality is that two people can hide the image of a downed 100 pounder as long as one of them is dead. If a guy doesn't want his 100 pounder on the internet, he had best make sure the PH has no copies of the pictures....or at least make sure that no one except the PH has pictures. It's gonna leak out no matter what.