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I've read alot about elephant brain shots. To simplify things, on a side brain shot, why woudn't you want to place the shot above the check bone and between the ear hole and the temporal gland? "There are worse memorials to a life well-lived than a pair of elephant tusks." Robert Ruark | ||
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Where else would you aim it? On a side brain, I try to hold one fist above the cheekbone and one fist in front of the ear hole. Ron Thompson's book, Mahoboa or something like that, has excellent shot placement info for ele brain shots. Bill Stewart's book has good info too, if you can get past the pic in the front of the book which shows him wearing tweed.  | |||
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I was under the impression that it was to be between the ear hole and the eye. Using the temporal gland shortens the span. The fist method 500grains mentions sounds like a very good guide. "There are worse memorials to a life well-lived than a pair of elephant tusks." Robert Ruark | |||
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I thought you had a copy of my book. The brain sits between the earholes in the side of the cheekbones but that is not the same as the earholes you see on the elephants head. The earholes in the skull sit below the exterior earholes and that is why you aim just above the cheekbone and just a couple inches forward of where the cheekbone curves upward in front of the exterior earhole. Buy the friggin' book! ------------------------------- Will / Once you've been amongst them, there is no such thing as too much gun. --------------------------------------- and, God Bless John Wayne. NRA Benefactor, GOA, NAGR _________________________ "Elephant and Elephant Guns" $99 shipped. “Hunting Africa's Dangerous Game" $20 shipped. red.dirt.elephant@gmail.com _________________________ If anything be of note, let it be he was once an elephant hunter, hoping to wind up where elephant hunters go. | |||
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Having recently had to take that shot, and having partially blown it, BUY THE BOOK! Will has it right. I shot right where you suggest is the right place and its wrong. As Will says here, its about two inches in front of the ear hole. Kudude | |||
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"Half way between the ear hole and the eye," has been seen in print, mostly in American mags, and it will get you into trouble. If you took this shot broadside you might nick the very front of the brain, if you were lucky. Take a look in Mahobo. It will set you straight. Jason Jason "You're not hard-core, unless you live hard-core." _______________________ Hunting in Africa is an adventure. The number of variables involved preclude the possibility of a perfect hunt. Some problems will arise. How you decide to handle them will determine how much you enjoy your hunt. Just tell yourself, "it's all part of the adventure." Remember, if Robert Ruark had gotten upset every time problems with Harry Selby's flat bed truck delayed the safari, Horn of the Hunter would have read like an indictment of Selby. But Ruark rolled with the punches, poured some gin, and enjoyed the adventure. -Jason Brown | |||
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