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No doubt. He's even got 5 legs.  Check out his tusk. If he sneezes, it's going through the passenger's head.  _______________________________  | |||
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I didn't go elephant hunting this year. That picture scares the pee out of me and reminds me why I love hunting the giant buggers so much! It is a thrill to be amongst those monsters.... JudgeG ... just counting time 'til I am again finding balm in Gilead chilled out somewhere in the Selous. | |||
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Neither of them seem to notice the Elephant itself ... | |||
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Was that pic taken in Hluhluwe/Umfolozi? | |||
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I have no idea where it was taken but judging by the terrain it could be | |||
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Certainly looks like it huh? | |||
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 ------------------------------- Some Pictures from Namibia Some Pictures from Zimbabwe An Elephant Story | |||
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An affair between an elephant and a VW. Ain't love grand? But, when the mating starts... .395 Family Member DRSS, po' boy member Political correctness is nothing but liberal enforced censorship | |||
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 Hunting: Exercising dominion over creation at 2800 fps. | |||
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One thing guaranteed is the offspring will have a trunk  | |||
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Yes, but in the front or the back? Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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 DRSS Life Member SCI Life Member NRA Life Member WSF Rhyme of the Sheep Hunter May fordings never be too deep, And alders not too thick; May rock slides never be too steep And ridges not too slick. And may your bullets shoot as swell As Fred Bear's arrow's flew; And may your nose work just as well As Jack O'Connor's too. May winds be never at your tail When stalking down the steep; May bears be never on your trail When packing out your sheep. May the hundred pounds upon you Not make you break or trip; And may the plane in which you flew Await you at the strip. -Seth Peterson | |||
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It'll be a hybrid car that runs on gasoline and peanut oil... | |||
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He's definitely turned on by that blue VW.  | |||
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Farfegnugen !! | |||
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What's gray and c...s in quarts.... SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI | |||
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Gallons? | |||
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And in related news...Volkswagen introduces the all new Volkswagen Musth... It promises to be popular in Africa. "There always seems to be a big market for making the clear, complex." | |||
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Looks like Jumbo dented the heck out of the roof of that VW! Wouldn't be surprised if the passengers soiled themselves. | |||
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I would have! Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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He musth be a male! | |||
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Compare it to buff : | |||
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He's very often use to be males  | |||
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 Talk about two targets in the same picture. Better shoot that double real well, here!....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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Neat photo. _______________________________ | |||
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All of you old Africa hands are perfectly aware of the sheer size of the African elephant - but let me tell you that to this first time visitor to the African bush (1993)I was absolutely dumbfounded -and awed by the first African elephant ( a matriarch) I saw near sundown. The distance was about 65 yards and she and (what the PH told me were young)suddenly -were there appearing out of the bush, Hazy figures - until she mounted what my PH said was a "mock charge". I heard the screaming and saw the flaring of the ears. Afterwards, I told him (truthfully) if that was a "mock charge" that I never wanted to see a real one. This happened on my second day in Africa and I often saw elephant afterwards and, always, felt a gut deep feeling of fear. I shot a Cape buff at about 35 yards who was turning at me -but it was the elephant who put the fear of God in me. Fact. I always have wondered how I would behave if I was actually to shoot at one. I certainly respect the guys who stand and put a bullet into one that is facing them. And that's a fact, too. | |||
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Can you imagine that insurance claim? "There are 57 coffee can sized dents in the drivers door, and the door is stuck shut..." Phil Massaro President, Massaro Ballistic Laboratories, LLC NRA Life Member B&C Member www.mblammo.com Hunt Reports- Zambia 2011 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/1481089261 "Two kinds of people in this world, those of us with loaded guns, and those of us who dig. You dig." | |||
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Perhaps you will get a chance someday. It's difficult to describe the feeling. Some choose to never repeat it and others vow to return again and again. _______________________________ | |||
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yukon delta: I think I did want to "test" myself against an elephant - but I never got back to Africa (to my deep regret)because of the pressures of business and circumstances. Today, I'm simply too old to do so. (I just reached 78 and while I'm grateful to the good Lord that I have all my wits and most of the machinery still functions, I just don't have the inclination any more to try to match myself against an elephant. I guess its a case of a hunter "slowing down" and calling it a day) | |||
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Well, you have seen them in the wild so there is no need to feel regret. That is more than most people will ever see. _______________________________ | |||
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Shakari - If you good you are good the picture was taken in the Hluhluwe/Umfolozi. It was a Swiss tourist and his sister. As the elephant left them the driver got out the car and had a smoke  Damage to rented car R7000 (not bad) | |||
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I thought so! - It looks to me like area between Hluhluwe and the game capture bomas at Umfolozi - Many years ago, during some good rains, I watched an entire herd of Elephants sit down on their asses like dogs and slide down one of those mountains. If I hadn't seen it, I wouldn't have believed it! R7000 for the roof isn't bad I guess..... how much to clean the seats?  | |||
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I think I would be gunning the motor and getting out of there. | |||
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what do you think was said in that vw? man :check honey a flashing ellie we must ask your plastic surgeon for one of those woman: you will break my heart man: no ill go around it "Buy land they have stopped making it"- Mark Twain | |||
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