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Originally posted by MJines:
With all due respect to a magnificent trophy, but if that elephant was taken at a water hole at night with a spot light, that is not my idea of an elephant hunt. That is just my opinion, I respect someone else's right to hunt them any way they want.

Mike,

I'm with you all the way on that. Crop raiding elephants and stock killing cats - okay for night shooting; sport hunting on safari - not quite cricket, what!

BTW, is the tusk on the right side in the photo above, bound far up with black tape, showing signs of bullet damage? See how it kind of tapers down where it should be thickest. Great pity if this is damage to such a wonderful trophy.

Richard.

Author of: The Hunting Imperative; African Epic; Ndlovu - The Art of Hunting the African Elephant (Available from Rowland Ward Publicatios and Safari Press)

how i can find an orginal picture of this bull? I tried to write to Jonh Barht but he didnt answered.

What do you mean by original photo?

It was taken with Thys de Vries in Tsholotsho south is what I was told by Peter Waddelow who is a friend of the PH and partners with him sometimes.

I'm looking the original photo as I want write an article in our italian big game hunting magazine "Cacciare a palla".
I think can be an interesting and gratuite advertise for the ph and the agent.

Oh, you would certainly need to contact the Russian client for that and his permission as well as the PH.

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Originally posted by yukon delta:
I just read that this company is going to do exploratory hunts in Angola in 2008 and reopen it to hunting. They hope to get CITES permits for elephant also. That's interesting as it would give another access point to the migratory elephants around the Caprivi.

just because Angola gets CITES export permits does not mean USFW will issue import permits- fact is, they probably won't until legally forced to by the courts- witness the situation in Moz. you can shoot one there but can't bring it back to US, although import is possible to other countries.

Understood. My main point was that in light of some of the stressful things happening in the safari industry, a re-opening would be nice...problematic no doubt but still positive.