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From Hunting the Elephant in Africa and Other Recollections of Thirteen Years' Wanderings by Captain C. H. Stigand (1913): "There is something so fascinating and absorbing about elephant hunting that those who have done much of it can seldom take any interest again in any other form of sport. It seems so vastly superior to all other big game shooting that, once they have surrendered themselves to its charms, they cannot even treat any other form of hunting seriously. Everything else seems little and insignificant by comparison." And the congregation all said, "Amen!" Mike | ||
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Just and observation, but I don't believe Stigand would have considered much of the "elephant hunting" done today as real elephant hunting. I think he would have scoffed at cow elephant hunts. But I am often wrong. Jason "You're not hard-core, unless you live hard-core." _______________________ Hunting in Africa is an adventure. The number of variables involved preclude the possibility of a perfect hunt. Some problems will arise. How you decide to handle them will determine how much you enjoy your hunt. Just tell yourself, "it's all part of the adventure." Remember, if Robert Ruark had gotten upset every time problems with Harry Selby's flat bed truck delayed the safari, Horn of the Hunter would have read like an indictment of Selby. But Ruark rolled with the punches, poured some gin, and enjoyed the adventure. -Jason Brown | |||
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well I guess that just says it all so damn well, succinctly and beautifully that I have nothing to add to it accept AMEN! If you own a gun and you are not a member of the NRA and other pro 2nd amendment organizations then YOU are part of the problem. | |||
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The modern version, to quote Jonny Hulme, "After you hunt elephant, everything else is just rats and mice." Will J. Parks, III | |||
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Amen. "There are worse memorials to a life well-lived than a pair of elephant tusks." Robert Ruark | |||
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I love it. I find myself wanting to hunt elephant and buffalo only these days. | |||
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Gentlemen I am not an elephant hunter, having fired only two rounds into the heart/lung area of a bull that belonged to a friend as back-up for a botched frontal brain shot, by prior conscription. However having been that close was very exciting! I certainly see the addiction to it!  All else being “RATS & MICE” is the way I feel about Cape Buffalo hunting, and I’m sure if I took a good bull elephant on my own that would place the Buffalo down a peg or two as well.  All this is only a memory, and dreaming at this age, health condition, and income, but I can certainly urge you youngsters on from here! DO it while you are young, age may teach you some things that age will also keep you from enjoying as well! .................................................  ....Mac >>>===(x)===> MacD37, ...and DUGABOY1 DRSS Charter member "If I die today, I've had a life well spent, for I've been to see the Elephant, and smelled the smoke of Africa!"~ME 1982 Hands of Old Elmer Keith  | |||
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Elephants, oh yes! ELEPHANTS!!! | |||
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oh lordy lordy, amen. it's all I can think about Paul Smith SCI Life Member NRA Life Member DSC Member Life Member of the "I Can't Wait to Get Back to Africa" Club DRSS I had the privilege to fire E. Hemingway's WR .577NE, E. Keith's WR .470NE, & F. Jamieson's WJJ .500 Jeffery I strongly recommend avoidance of "The Zambezi Safari & Travel Co., Ltd." and "Pisces Sportfishing-Cabo San Lucas" "A failed policy of national defense is its own punishment" Otto von Bismarck | |||
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the only sad part is that its so damm expensive. | |||
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Africa offers a treasure trove of adventures in exotic places. To me elephant hunting is just one of those adventures. I think I'd be cheating myself to concentrate solely on elephant hunting. Mark MARK H. YOUNG MARK'S EXCLUSIVE ADVENTURES 7094 Oakleigh Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89110 Office 702-848-1693 Cell, Whats App, Signal 307-250-1156 PREFERRED E-mail markttc@msn.com Website: myexclusiveadventures.com Skype: markhyhunter Check us out on https://www.facebook.com/pages...ures/627027353990716 | |||
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exactly right. while i prefer the cats to eles there are so many many other adventures out there | |||
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+2... but I have to admit, elephant hunting is really, really fun! The excitement of getting close is one of my favorite adrenaline rushes! And those who think cow hunts are anything less than toe curling , sweaty palmed, eye bulging adventure, needs to do more of it! But just my usual $.02.... On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | |||
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Mac that is very well said - one of the best statements I have seen on AR. ALLEN W. JOHNSON - DRSS Into my heart on air that kills From yon far country blows: What are those blue remembered hills, What spires, what farms are those? That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, The happy highways where I went And cannot come again. A. E. Housman | |||
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All true and a bit of a problem. Besides elephant I can only get excited about absolute superior plains game, e.g. a 60" Kudu, 40" Gemsbuck Bull, 40" Eland or a 18" Springbok all to be taken in unfenced free ranging areas. STAY IN THE FIGHT! | |||
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Mark, Another thing with which I totally agree. I would rather shoot a 60 inch kudu any day than a cow elephant. | |||
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People keep asking me why I keep going on elephant safaris time after time? I allways tell them "If I have to explain it you will not understandit" smile and keep my mouth shut. After all I don´t need to explain how truly alive I feel while chasing those magnificent brutes. diego | |||
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+1 !!!! My experience has been that Elephants test your limits of physical and emotional endurance and that's what I like about the sport! JW | |||
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Or as they say about war: "Endless hours of sheer boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror"! | |||
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a very good friend of mine, himself a well known ph had an old spanish client who hunted with him ten years in a row and took a bull every year , he finally got to old to hunt and one day at dinner in madrid he was asked if he had any regrets from just hunting elephants and nothing else , his reply was, yes , i should have started earlier and i should have hunted two every year !!!!! one of my habits when we kill a bull is to leave the hunter alone with his trophy for a while - its often a flood of emotion that a guy needs to be alone for - not at all to diminish other game but i am not sure that that is the same for anything else ! "The greatest threat to our wildlife is the thought that someone else will save it” www.facebook.com/ivancartersafrica www.ivancarterwca.org www.ivancarter.com ivan@ivancarter.com | |||
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That is so true Ivan.. Fortunately I started 9 years ago when I was 31  And hopefully I have another 30-40 years hunting ahead of me.. | |||
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May the quarry be plentiful and lawful to pursue for those three or four decades and more... Jack OH GOD! {Seriously, we need the help.} | |||
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I would have written : "There is something so fascinating and absorbing about  L | |||
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It took me a few trips and lots of reading to get me up to hunting elephant. A good teacher has added encouragement. I wish I had started school sooner. I would like to think I have more elephant hunts ahead of me than behind me, but one never knows. | |||
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I like your style! "The difference between adventure and disaster is preparation." "The problem with quoting info from the internet is that you can never be sure it is accurate" Abraham Lincoln | |||
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Lorenzo, Your post above is exactly how I feel about hunting, ANY kind of hunting. VERY well said! Ivan, I like your style too! Leaving your client alone with his animal after the kill is proper and shows class. My PH did this with me on my very first African animal, a magnificent kudu. He said, "I'll leave you alone with your animal while we (he and the tracker) go and get the truck." The kudu lay there in the tall grass, in the shade of a tree, his horns glistening and the stripes on his flanks almost glowing. It was possibly the best 30 minutes of my life. It gives you time to reflect on your accomplishment and the moment. That's when it all sinks in. | |||
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Second that. ROYAL KAFUE LTD Email - kafueroyal@gmail.com Tel/Whatsapp (00260) 975315144 Instagram - kafueroyal | |||
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I have had the pleasure of harvesting 2 bulls. When one closes into shooting range emotions are at a high point. Mike | |||
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Will, thank you for sharing that one. I had not heard it before, but, IMHO, it says it all!! Deo Vindice, Don Sons of Confederate Veterans Black Horse Camp #780 | |||
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November in Namibia: A date with a tusker and a 600NE double; my dad backing me up. Can anything be better?  NRA Lifer; DSC Lifer; SCI member; DRSS; AR member since November 9 2003 Don't Save the best for last, the smile for later or the "Thanks" for tomorow | |||
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Elephants are very addictive(all of mine have been bulls and up close),the first for me was the best hunting experience I have ever had,the ones after that just got better. Wesley | |||
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Having passed going this year just so I could afford an Ele hunt next year, I totally look forward to hunting one of those magnificent beast in May 2012! | |||
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Maybe your son on his first elephant hunt with you there to back him up. My first deer was pretty neat but my daughters first deer was way better. I don't know... Maybe elepant is different than deer-my daughter has not been on an elephant hunt yet. ...I say that hunters go into Paradise when they die, and live in this world more joyfully than any other men. -Edward, duke of York ". . . when a man has shot an elephant his life is full." ~John Alfred Jordan "The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance." Cicero - 55 BC "The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." - Ayn Rand Cogito ergo venor- KPete “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages.” ― Adam Smith - “Wealth of Nations” | |||
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I stand corrected And the only thing I can think of to top being with my children as they hunt would be for their Grandpa to be there with us! NRA Lifer; DSC Lifer; SCI member; DRSS; AR member since November 9 2003 Don't Save the best for last, the smile for later or the "Thanks" for tomorow | |||
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When my son graduates medical school, we are heading out for elephant. I have not yet done it, but everyone that does says ele is the best there is. | |||
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I hate you guys! You know you're all going to be responsible when my family is penniless and living under a bridge ... Regards, Chuck "There's a saying in prize fighting, everyone's got a plan until they get hit" Michael Douglas "The Ghost And The Darkness" | |||
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