Last June while hunting croc in the Dande North concession, while we were unsuccessfully baiting crocodile, PH Henry Prinsloo's grown son and aspiring PH Fred, had a close call with a pair of bull elephant one afternoon when he left the blind to walk down the river to get a better look at a distant croc.

Ultimately, we abandoned the baiting and switched to the "spot and stock" method - simply put, we were running the river in the pontoon boat looking for sunning crocs to put the stalk on. We would occasionally see this young bull elephant - it appeared his companion had left the floodplain for other opportunities. We caught him one midday making his way to the river for a bath/drink and pulled the boat onto the shore very near his position. We thought maybe he come into the water near us, but we instead prompted the bull to charge an unsuspecting cow buffalo that had somehow separated from her herd and taken up residency with the bull elephant.

We saw these two hanging out together several times over the ensuing days. I suppose the cow thought the bull elephant was great insurance from the prides of lions that had been harassing the buffalo in that area.

Here's a video of the situation that might be enjoyed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbtufzgQULk

Bwana, so what was the estimate on the ivory lools at least 30 pounds...

Mike

Mike, that's about what I was thinking. Maybe only 25. Nice young bull though with good potential.