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Anybody know the story about this elephant?  I understand it was killed in the Selous and the unknown hunter was hunting with Gerald Pasanisi Safaris. "There are worse memorials to a life well-lived than a pair of elephant tusks." Robert Ruark | ||
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SBT, That is correct information. The elephant was killed in 2003 by a Spanish hunter. I never got his name, nor have I seen it published. Don Causey had that photo on his site for a long time. Is that where you got it? The ivory was eight feet long. Huge big teeth. Edited to add: He used a Ruger in .416 Rigby. Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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Picture is kind of small, can anybody enlarge it? Jeez, long and symmetrical! Lo do they call to me, They bid me take my place among them in the Halls of Valhalla, Where the brave may live forever. | |||
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Looks like 72+ inches sticking out of its lip which give it an additional 24 + inches from lip back into skull.. Beautiful.... Mike | |||
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Wasn't that elephant reportedly shot in Mozambique? Big elephant regardless. ------------------------------- Will Stewart / Once you've been amongst them, there is no such thing as too much gun. --------------------------------------- and, God Bless John Wayne. NRA Benefactor Member, GOA, N.A.G.R. _________________________ "Elephant and Elephant Guns" $99 shipped “Hunting Africa's Dangerous Game" $20 shipped. red.dirt.elephant@gmail.com _________________________ Hoping to wind up where elephant hunters go. | |||
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MR, yes, the photo was in the gallery of The Hunting Report. "There are worse memorials to a life well-lived than a pair of elephant tusks." Robert Ruark | |||
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Reportedly, maybe. In fact, no. On an immediately following 21 day safari, I hunted in the Selous with the PH who had guided this hunter to this elephant. Unfortunately, his luck did not hold, and mine ran out, on elephant anyway. Here's a better photo:  Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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