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A P.H that does not do ANY shooting during a season is not doing much hunting !

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Is there any detailed info on the Taylor rifle that was used in the said production, which unfortunately I have not seen?

ie Who it was bought from, calibre, associated paper work to validate provenance, etc.

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Originally posted by Charles_Helm:

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Is there any detailed info on the Taylor rifle that was used in the said production, which unfortunately I have not seen?

ie Who it was bought from, calibre, associated paper work to validate provenance, etc.

It was coevered in the show -- letter, magazine article, etc.

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Originally posted by xgrunt:

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Originally posted by ivan carter:
MEN ,
heres what happenend ,
the first shot was too high , the eelphant swung his head and the second shot actually hit the bottom of the left tusk as the elephant was quartering away , at that point i fired a shouldershot.

the elephant turned to leave and i fired my second barrel in an attempted hip shot that actually slowed him down a bunch but didnt completely anchor him ..

we all ran after him and as soon as he slowed down and stopped we lined up and put in the finishing shot ...

on elephant it turns out like this a lot , i can guarantee if i had not fired that we would never have recovered that buill , the bush nearby was a little thick and we would have certainluy not had another shot by the time my hunter had reloaded ..

its always a conversation we have ahead of "the moment of truth" and so my backinbg up is discussed ad nnever comes as a surprise if the first two attempts dont go as planned ..

my goal is to not fire a shot and i will only shoot for two reasons
1/ an animal is about to kill someone
2/a trophy is about to be lost wounded

the frontal brainshot is very tough , though when well executed is very effective ...

one reason for being very close to elephant is that the brainshot is so tough at least being close gives you a chance at two attempts and ample time for backup.

i have never had a client lose an elephant and i have backed up on many - if you want to attempts a frontal brainshot and you dont want backup be prepared to perhaps go home without.

i dont ever allow my backup shot to diminish an experience we are paid as professionals to ensure the ethical collecting of trophies while keeping our people safe in the field ...

allowing an elephant to run off wounded when i know i could have backed up and stopped it is equally unethical.

either way it was an awesome elephant , the gentleman has booked to hunt with me this year and next and i am sure we will have a great time out there ...

on a sidenote it was a great wonder to carry the rifle of such a great elephant hunter as pondoro taylor and to know that that rifle is still doing what its meant to do is awesome ...

thank you all for watching we greatly appreciate it

Excellent answer and I very much enjoyed the rifle history. Hope your client makes a perfect shot next year.

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I don't care about losing the Trophy Fee for a wounded animal- that's my mistake. But its not good to leave a wounded animal around to risk someone else getting hurt, most likely some poor local villager who doesn't have a rifle or a PH or good medivac....

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Let the jury speak.