Headed home- elephant hunt GREAT

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19 October 2012, 22:17

jdollar

Headed home- elephant hunt GREAT

Well, sitting in the first class departure lounge in Abu Dhabi on the way home. my management bull ele hut in the Caprivi with Karl Stumpfe was a great success. shot a 42/45 pounder on the second day( long story short, the game scouts said he had a "broken" tusk and was thus a management bull- no way Karl and I would argue).... another "own use"/ management permit in another area popped up the next day and i could have shot another bull but decided to pass..a few phone calls and Karl sold the hunt to a nice guy from RSA( a new AR member). i tagged along and videoed his hunt for him( perfect frontal brain shot at 5-6 meters on the second day- caught it all on high def for him). full report to follow but I AM A HAPPY CHAPPY!!!!!

19 October 2012, 23:30

bwanamrm

Good news Jerry! Well done! 40+ pounder as a management bull? Only in the Caprivi or Botswana!

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.

20 October 2012, 00:29

pagosawingnut

We'll be expecting a hunt report and pictures.......

20 October 2012, 00:50

retreever

Jerry way to go and looking forward to pics and the rest of the story.

Mike

20 October 2012, 01:35

jdollar

yesterday morning before i flew out of Kasane at 13:00, we took a cruise on the Chobe River. we must have seen at least 300 elephants coming down to the river from the hills of Chobe Nat. Park. since they weren't used to being shot at, they would walk to within 6-8 FEET of the boat where it was beached. absolutely fantastic to see undisturbed elephants literally touching distances away( hell, you could count their eyelashes!!!)- not to mention big herds of buffalo, plus sable, hippo, crocs, lechwe, warthogs, puku,impala ,etc.... a totally unique experience and a fantastic hunt.

20 October 2012, 02:12

Safari2

Jerry...congrats!!

Did you see alot of elephants/bulls in the hunting area?

20 October 2012, 04:10

Jungleboy

Jerry,
Well done & congrats. I knew you would have a very good safari with Karl.
That is a beautiful portion of Africa & loaded with elephant.
Will await your hunt report.
Cheers, Jim

20 October 2012, 19:55

505 gibbs

Congrats Jerry, looking forward to some pictures

20 October 2012, 21:08

CCMDoc

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Hope you left a few elephant for me.

21 October 2012, 08:08

Bill C

Sounds like fun, looking forward to your report!

22 October 2012, 07:49

jdollar

just a hint to wet your whistle

22 October 2012, 07:53

mbogobutch

Oh Yea...great Bull....Congrats, Butch

22 October 2012, 07:53

Skip Nantz

Drip, drip!

22 October 2012, 14:04

404Kallie

Well Done !! I have already read Ronald Nel's report on a South-African hunting forum.Sounds like you guys had a blast !!

22 October 2012, 17:32

Tim Herald

23 October 2012, 07:59

jdollar

quote:
Originally posted by 404Kallie:
Well Done !! I have already read Ronald Nel's report on a South-African hunting forum.Sounds like you guys had a blast !!

hopefully Ronald will post a report here. he made an absolutely perfect frontal brain shot at 6 paces. Karl has a bisected elephant skull in camp that makes it easy to see where the brain lies in the skull. he stated later that having that skull made it easy to visualize shot placement- otherwise he would have shot into the skull but over the brain. i will get up a report on my hunt this weekend.