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Selous Grave and Bull Elephant
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I took a brief visit to the Selous this past weekend, and did a stop by Selous' grave. To say it is simple would be an understatement, but perhaps the best monument to him is that I saw a couple promising bulls not far from his grave. Glad to see there are some survivors from the most recent poaching carnage.

















The Selous is a special place.


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Posts: 899 | Location: Tanzania | Registered: 07 December 2007Reply With Quote
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Good stuff! Thanks for posting.
 
Posts: 1837 | Location: Sinton, Texas | Registered: 08 November 2006Reply With Quote
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I am sure Mr.Frederick Selous would be tickled pink, if someone harvested a good tusker within a few feet of his gravesite.

Once a hunter, always a hunter.

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Tanzania bulls are awesome. With their long thin tusks, a 40 pounder looks like a monster!
 
Posts: 20175 | Location: Very NW NJ up in the Mountains | Registered: 14 June 2009Reply With Quote
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Thanks for posting. Just lovely.
 
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Thank you for sharing something I have dreamed of.

Selous was not knighted. I like to think the simple stone monument in a Wilderness named after him for his sacrifice would make him proud.
 
Posts: 12667 | Location: Somewhere above Tennessee and below Kentucky  | Registered: 31 July 2016Reply With Quote
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Awesome about the elephant bulls!
 
Posts: 1935 | Location: St. Charles, MO | Registered: 02 August 2012Reply With Quote
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Awesome. Hunted nearby years ago and wanted to visit the gravesite and Maji Moto, but never found the time. Couple of interesting bulls.
 
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Appreciate your making this post.

Glad to see the genetics are still intact.
 
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Posts: 1438 | Location: San Diego | Registered: 02 July 2005Reply With Quote
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Very cool!


"I speak of Africa and golden joys; the joy of wandering through lonely lands; the joy of hunting the mighty and terrible lords of the wilderness, the cunning, the wary and the grim."
Theodore Roosevelt, Khartoum, March 15, 1910
 
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