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Shot in October 2007, Kilwa Block Tanzania. With Federico Gellini Tanzania Safaris. PH Orlando Cardoso  | ||
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The Holy Grail. JudgeG ... just counting time 'til I am again finding balm in Gilead chilled out somewhere in the Selous. | |||
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Wow! 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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WOW to say the least... weight please?? Mike | |||
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OUtstanding. I would love to see more photos of that beauty. Frank | |||
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Ivory that dreams are made of... On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | |||
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At least 80-85 lbs! Great old bull! Salut! Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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mrlexma wins the prize!  It's 83 x 80 lbs. It was the biggest of 7 bulls in a group encountered while tracking buffalo.  | |||
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If I may ask please. How does that work when a giant is encountered. Are there special licenses needed prior or is it a matter of trophy fees only? And what would a giant like that cost? Frank | |||
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My lord that is a beauty.  Member NRA, SCI- Life #358 28+ years now! DRSS, double owner-shooter since 1983, O/U .30-06 Browning Continental set. | |||
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I bet it doesn't weight over 50, it's East African stuff thin and beautiful but super deceiving on weight. | |||
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How much were you planning on betting?
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50lbs my ass..  | |||
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a nice elephant for sure but there are many bigger shot. SwanScan shot one last year with a friend client from Mexico that was 104x102. If someone will help me to post a picture I will get you a pic. Now this is a giant. York, SC | |||
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Oh well, can't be 100 percent all the time. Must no have had much nerve in the tube. | |||
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WOW! ____________________________________________ "Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchett. | |||
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A rather nattily dressed fellow who doesn't look like he walked too far -- but looks can be deceiving. It would be interesting to hear that hunt report. ALLEN W. JOHNSON - DRSS Into my heart on air that kills From yon far country blows: What are those blue remembered hills, What spires, what farms are those? That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, The happy highways where I went And cannot come again. A. E. Housman | |||
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What a beautiful animal "Let me start off with two words: Made in America" | |||
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Federico Gellini sent me more infos about this elephant: was killed last october from a spanish hunter, Rafael Abiega from Madrid, guided from Orlando Cardoso.Tha concession was Kilwa South Mbwemkuru in the Selous - Nyassa corridor. The ivory was 83/80 pounds. I have another picture. I hope be able to post tomorrow. mario | |||
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On 21 day hunt you will have one bull elephant on your 21 hunting permit. Trophy fee: 15 kg / 33lbs (or 1.5 metres) $7,500. At 27 Kg. /60lbs: $12,000. At 32 Kg/ 80 or over: $20,000 usd (plus anti poaching & community developement fees). Daily rate approx $40,000 full bag hunt (plus $9,900 gov fees & charter) Should give you an idea. So trophy fee on this tembo: $20,000 usd. (But included all the free booze you can drink to celibrate!!) | |||
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Yes, Mario your info is correct! The elephant was shot three days before I got to Kilwa camp with my Spanish clients (Another good bull was also shot that week...but not as big) I met Rafael, a nice old gentleman! Orlando stayed on safari with new clients, so we shared camp. He told me the story of the hunt. He asked me what I thought of the tusks? I congratulated, and said will go 75# for sure and well matched. You probably have the photo of Orlando standing with the pulled Ivory? I have also the same photo (if you can't post, I can put it on). They pulled them out on my last day, I lifted up these tusks, and was going to get a photo holding them, but our charter came in early....so no time. But's its beautifully matched, and quite thick ivory. Orlando is a wonderful guy, and I was very happy for him to produce such a great elephant for his client!!BTW: You have no doubt seen photo of 100+ pounder that was shot by game scouts in Federico's other block called Liparamba?? | |||
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Yes PH, the photo was sent me from Federico and I wrote an article in our big game italian magazine "CACCIARE A PALLA". The post is yours so I prefer the photo is posted from you. It's interesting to know that Federico said that ther'are still two big tuskers aroud in the concession and I hope some hunter will be licky to kill at least one. Jerome latrive sent me a picture of one of this big bulls estimated 70 pounds mario | |||
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Oh my! Antlers Double Rifle Shooters Society Heym 450/400 3" | |||
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h  ere's another picture of the ivory... | |||
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Wow! PH you were right - they are very evenly matched. They'll make a great entrance to a trophy room for sure. | |||
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I forgot to add: that the gentleman in this photo holding the ivory is PH Orlando Cardoso. The man in the original first photo (field photo) is the client. | |||
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http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e359/marionobili/ESEM...OAKILWANEL2006-N.jpg This is the picture of the elephant photographed in Kilwa sent from Jerome Latrive mario | |||
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What a beauty!!! Those areas in southern Tanz and northern Moz are the places to bag one of those big boys. | |||
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Now that's a Honker! I wonder how many slow native's that old bull speared in his lifetime? Definately a Jumbo. Thanks for posting. LDK Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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great bull, I will post a pic of a 93 pounder taken last month in Zim later on this week. | |||
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Please do post a picture or two of the SwanScan ele "...Them, they were Giants!" J.A. Hunter describing the early explorers and settlers of East Africa hunting is not about the killing but about the chase of the hunt.... Ortega Y Gasset | |||
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Excellent bull !! I also found amazing the picture taken prior to be hunted Anyone know something about the double used and about the hunt itself? , Which double was it, caliber, bullet, shooting distance, where was this ele hit, and all those "minor & irrelevant" things ... ?------------------------------------------  Μολὼν λάβε Duc, sequere, aut de via decede. | |||
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Please do post the picture of that one and details on the who and where, etc., too. Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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WOW beautiful trophy. | |||
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I get the impression these days that so many folks think all the big elephants are gone..Its not the case at all..A number of 75 to 90 pounders are shot each year, the number depends on a lot of things, but the big boys are always there and always will be...Johan Calitz shoots about as many big elephants as anyone I know and Botswana is probably the best place, but not necessairly, to shoot a 100 pound bull IMO. At least that is where I would go for a 100 pounder and yes I would want the full 30 days and 90 would be better. The 100 pounders keep showing up in places where noone has seen them before..This is caused by a breed charteristic..In the last year or two of an elephant bull his body decimates as all his vitamins, minerals, etc. go into his tusks and cause a growth spurt, and your 75 pounder suddenly becomes a 100 pounder, give or take, thus they pop up from time to time. Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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here is a photo of a big bull taken in the kruger, he was at least 3 km away so sorry about quality  | |||
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another hige bull mario | |||
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huge bull mario | |||
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Please do post a picture or two of the SwanScan ele "...Them, they were Giants!" J.A. Hunter describing the early explorers and settlers of East Africa hunting is not about the killing but about the chase of the hunt.... Ortega Y Gasset | |||
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Yes, we would love to see that one as well. | |||
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