6 minutes of my Zimbabwe trip !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcd2q8MUwR4

(watch in HIGH QUALITY)

Great video and a fantastic bull!

Cool video and good shooting.

I showed the video to my secretary. She wanted to know who the cute little blond-headed guy was!

Have you posted the details of the rifle, load, etc.

Congratulations. Nice.

I will be there in 5 weeks! Can't wait!

What fantastic video coverage.

Dr. Tim

grats on the ele

Helluva bull, Anton!! And one helluva shot on that great bull as well!

Congrats again for sharin' that hunt with us again!! This time in video!

Thanks, i cant say much about the loads etc. I only got my handluggage on this trip, so i borrowed a 416 Rem and clothes etc of Jonny.

Judge G - pass this on to your secretary.

27 years old
Blond
Single
Would love to come to America
(she can add me on facebook - Anton Dahlgren)

hahaha

Congratulations!!!!

Excellent elephant and great shooting!!!!

Congrats..... well done

How long/far was the shot?

Just fantastic! Really excellent!

JPK

Anton,

Simply lovely!

Mark

Well done. Congrats!

I think that's the first time I have seen anyone shoot an elephant in bare feet.

Cheers
Canuck

Canuck,
Every elephant I have ever seen shot was barefoot.
When did you ever see an elephant wearing shoes?

Anton,
Yes! Very cool shot.
The traversing side brain shot at 100 yards? ... Requiring a lead of how many inches, assuming a 400-grain .416 bullet at 2400 fps ... if the elephant is pacing along at 5 mph?
Luck or skill?
Did you just knock it out with a near miss on the first one and finish with three more perfect shots?

Very nice! Congratulations!

Extremely cool. I felt for you as I watched you hike through that river sand. Tracking elephant in that stuff is tiring work!

The first shot is the purple arrow - the 2 group shots are at the same distance as you say around 100 yards. Skill or luck you decide ( But i were aiming at that earhole). One thing is for sure i have had some nightmares about that shot - it was not a easy one !

quote:

Originally posted by csxcs:
Thanks, i cant say much about the loads etc. I only got my handluggage on this trip, so i borrowed a 416 Rem and clothes etc of Jonny.

So this explains the capri pants??

On a more serious note, great bull and great shot. Congrats.

Well done, Anton. Very nice shot on a great Ele.

Anton,

Congratulations, excellent video. Johnny is the best. I didn't see Amos in the video, where was he?

We just had a thread where "scope or irons" was the question re: elephant hunting.

I voted for the irons. Sure seemed that a scope came in very handy on this shot, though.

quote:

Originally posted by csxcs:


The first shot is the purple arrow - the 2 group shots are at the same distance as you say around 100 yards. Skill or luck you decide ( But i were aiming at that earhole). One thing is for sure i have had some nightmares about that shot - it was not a easy one !

Fantastic group for stickshooting on the final three-shot group indicated by the yellow arrow.

The distance between the points of the yellow and purple arrows indicates the amount of lead required, assuming you aimed for the same point on all shots.

I think you severed the elephant's spinal cord or brainstem at the base of the brain with that first shot indicated by the purple arrow.
Immediate death either way.
Your other three shots took out some elephant gray matter in the cerebral hemispheres.

Great hunting, great shooting.
My hat is off to you.

AWESOME SHOOTING!!!!!

quote:

I think you severed the elephants spinal cord or brainstem at the base of the brain with that first shot indicated by the purple arrow.

Yeah, I think you probably missed the brain. But dead as a door nail anyway. The rest of the shots were not necessary!!

Great video and great shooting!

I thought your photos were great but that video

Congrats.

From watchimg that Video is anything larger than a 416 necassary? Very Nice shooting and Bull by the way!!! I have always wan't a 470 Double but I find myself more and more leaning towards a 416!!!

quote:

Originally posted by timot:
Great bull Anton, and what a video, I would love to see the long version.
Which company filmed your hunt with Johnny??

Hi Timot
The Osprey Filming Company

quote:

Originally posted by Kathi:
Anton,

Congratulations, excellent video. Johnny is the best. I didn't see Amos in the video, where was he?

Amos was driving the car that day i believe - (You can hear Jonny call him on the radio when we are going up to the elephant - Magungu - Magwada) .

Fantastic hunt, fantastic shooting, fantastic footage...Congratulations once again Anton!

Dave

Lead for elephant:

assume 5 mph elephant stroll: 7.33 fps
distance to elephant, 100 yards: 300 feet
MV of bullet: 2400 fps
assume .380 BC of bullet, 100 yard velocity: 2179 fps
estimate average velocity for bullet: 2289.5 fps
estimated time-of-flight of bullet: 300 ft/2289.5 fps = 0.131 sec
elephant travel: (7.33 fps) x 0.131 sec = 0.960 foot

The lead = (0.960 ft) x (12 inches/ft) = 11.52"

About one foot.

Now we know that the most versatile elephant rifle is one with a low power variable scope and high MV so as to decrease the amount of lead required in some situations.
Something of .375 to .510 caliber, with the proper solid bullet, and MV of 2400 to 2700 fps,
whatever the hunter can shoot accurately.
Smaller than .375 is illegal.
Bigger than .510 caliber is just cumbersome, ostuntatiousness.

Good calculation !

Timot - i think you have PM !

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing.
That video on YouTube is added to my favourites!

Anton has inspired a new aspect of sport hunting!
Elephant Pass Shooting!
It can only get better when elephants learn to fly!

BEST elephant rifles:
1. Throw a 0.3-SD or slightly better monometal copper or brass FN solid at 2700 fps MV
2. Have a low-power variable scope
3. Are synthetic stocked for utmost reliability.
4. Are well balanced and portable, not so heavy as to discourage being in hand and instantly ready ay all times.
5. Meet all legal requirements for caliber and energy, with the smaller legal calibers being more advantageous in meeting requirement #4.

If Saeed will get a 1X-4X scope on his .375/404 Jeffery rifle,
and turn out some Walterhog FN solids,
I'd say he was well equipped for pass-shooting some Jumbos.

Interesting that the .416 Remington has a bit over 100 yards advantage on the 450/400 NE 3",
for elephant pass shooting.

very nice!

quote:

Originally posted by RIP:
Canuck,
Every elephant I have ever seen shot was barefoot.
When did you ever see an elephant wearing shoes?

Ba-dum-bump.

Yer welcome for the set up.

Canuck,
Good sound effect timing, right on cue!
I get it now!
The hunter, has no shoes!
Being from Kentucky, I guess I just overlooked that.
Barefoot is the best sneakers.

quote:

Originally posted by RIP:
Canuck,
Good sound effect timing, right on cue!
I get it now!
The hunter, has no shoes!
Being from Kentucky, I guess I just overlooked that.
Barefoot is the best sneakers.

Being from the frozen north, I am not accustomed to seing anyone outdoors without shoes. Was quite surprising to see hunter, PH and trackers all hunting bare foot.

Canuck

That was great.fantastic

Very Well done!!!!!!! That was excellent big congrats on the shot-the ele-the video!!!!! You did well.

Let's see considering a thread on scopes/irons recently

Scope 1----Irons -0-

Michael

Thanks yoiu for sharing... Great video and fine shooting... I hope I can do so well in 90 days