For all you guys who like DG up close, I offer this for your enjoyment!

Cheers!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...YwU&feature=youtu.be

That island is something else. It is THICK. I think ti is the same island where a croc got a woman in October.

Excellent video.

Nice trigger work there Todd. Looks hotter than hell. You earned that one buddy!!

Outstanding!!! we ate some of the same dust. That bull was originally with the one I ended up taking. Great Shot!!! Snake was obviously squeeling like a school girl with the video...
Damn all these CMS guys are cool under fire! Way to go Blake. Way not to shoot a cow Todd!!!

Jeff

Hmmm .. I think my first elephant hunt, when ever it might be, will be in a LOT more open country ! That was just something ...
Nobody said you have to exercise running before you go on a elehunt !

quote:

Originally posted by Bwana Bunduki:
Way not to shoot a cow Todd!!!

Jeff

And not point the gun at anyone even when running.

Damn Todd, you are a better man than me. In that heat, I would have had to wear shorts.

Very well done Todd. Some lose their minds in that thick stuff up close and personal.

Great camera work and video!

And terrific PH...I see why Blake is a young top-rated PH....COOL, CALM, and COLLECTED!!!

If I it were me that's the kind of PH I'd want in that thick stuff with all them Ele's up close and personal

Good hunt!

Todd,

I give the camera man a AAA+++ for capturing the video. Outstanding.

Mike

Congratulations; good shooting. And video taping.

Thanks guys. The cameraman on this hunt as well as last year's videos was Ray Buchanan. He's great fun to be in camp with as well.

Some good stuff there!

Nice shooting, Todd!

Good shooting. Shirt's all wet though, did you fall in a pond somewhere?

What an awesome experience!

No leopard,no buff,just this peekaboo shot at a tiny ele.
No good shooting either.

This was a Larry Shores type hunt.
At least you didnt pass out like Mr Dollard.

Great video Todd.

Just giving you grief. Good shooting. Very exciting. Aren't you went on a work out program and lost a bit of weight? Makes the running easier. That's what I'm in the process of right now. Trying to get my legs in shape for June.
glad you made it home safely.

Nice going Todd. That Zmbezi jess is really somthing. I love the way you hunt Blake, you get ud in close.

Bob Schofield

Good job Todd, and some good shooting!! Side brain 1st shot, not bad !

Some of the best video footage I have ever seen!

Congrats to the hunter and PH for a tremendous job!

Shootaway;
Why do you write such crap on a POST like this?

I have tried to understand some of your posts and have even gone out of my way to apologize/explain if something I have posted, appeared to be taken the wrong way by you.

No more

How useless of a live you must lead to attempt to get pleasure out making such posts.

Gentlemen,

In order to honor the moment and the memory of Todd's hunt please only respond to the positive and do not let the negative interfere with this joyful and well executed hunt. This is the only thing anybody on this site should ever see when it comes to the idiotic or the mentally ill who more than occasionally post here.

Ignored post by shootaway posted 18 December 2013 03:11 (please make a note of it.)

Todd, excellent shooting under extreme conditions and stress and very good running skills for a half crippled up old man too. Nice work and a wonderful bull to boot.

GREAT HUNT!!!!!!
The cameraman must be an intelligent type fellow with a fairly strong will to survive. By the time Blake got his second "come back" out, he was leading the charge outta there.
Todd, I don't know that I could do what you did.

Exciting hunt Todd , very well done and congratulations to you and Ph.
Just what an elephant hunt should be.
And the cameraman - what a great job !
I love hunting.

quote:

Originally posted by surestrike:
Gentlemen,

In order to honor the moment and the memory of Todd's hunt please only respond to the positive and do not let the negative interfere with this joyful and well executed hunt. This is the only thing anybody on this site should ever see when it comes to the idiotic or the mentally ill who more than occasionally post here.

Ignored post by shootaway posted 18 December 2013 03:11 (please make a note of it.)

Todd, excellent shooting under extreme conditions and stress and very good running skills for a half crippled up old man too. Nice work and a wonderful bull to boot.

I think that goes without saying....

Great piece of video, that! Another well done to you Todd, and nice job sorting him out.

My next Ele will be around September, partly because I am too old to hunt under the conditions experienced on this hunt conducted in December!

See you at DSC and I'm buying! Cheers!

Thanks again guys. I'm glad you enjoyed the video as I really enjoyed the hunt. Overall, it was a very strenuous hunt with the heat and miles spent tracking, topped off with this very exciting day on the island.

Rick, no doubt I could not have done this hunt in the physical shape I was in last year. I was lucky to have gotten back into shape without re-injury this time and hope to continue since the plan the doctors worked out for me seem to have worked well.

I have to say that Blake and Raymond were both outstanding throughout the hunt, as was Blake's team of trackers and driver. They are a joy to be around and I never cease to be amazed at their skills in reading spoor.

Without a doubt, this final day of our hunt, day 11, was the most exciting day of dangerous game hunting I've ever done. Ivory weight was a little short of the Zambezi Valley average but man oh man, I wouldn't trade that experience for anything, except for the opportunity to do it again perhaps!

Thanks again for taking the time to watch my video. I do hope it was entertaining.

Cheers!

quote:

Originally posted by Todd Williams:
For all you guys who like DG up close, I offer this for your enjoyment!

Cheers!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...YwU&feature=youtu.be

Todd congratulations sir! That was a blast! Talk about some tight jess, and some CLOSE encounter, with some very well placed shots!

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Congrats.

Excellent shooting and video.

Todd: What an awesome hunt! All of you (Blake, Ray, you, and the tracker) have, as we say in Texas, cajones grandes!

Extremely exciting and well done. Boy, that looked like tough going. Memories for a lifetime. Congrats to all involved.

I whole-heartedly congratulate you on your
exciting, challenging, DG Hunt! I am sure that
you will have such wonderful detailed memories
for the rest of your life!

I have not been there. I have not done that.

Please forgive my following questions.

1- That first elephant that required the
warning shot, it was a cow, correct?

1a- A bull you would have shot, yes?

2- Even watching the vid three times, I could
not spot the elephant who came for you all, after
you killed yours. Am I missing that ghost, or
is that beast not in the video?

3- How many yards were your shots that killed
your elephant?

4- After you fired your second shot, were you
able to reload as you ran while evading the
charging ele?

Best regards,

OUTSTANDING, Todd!-you listened to Blake and didn't shoot a cow..great video.

Great work, Todd.

Cool stuff... uh no, hot stuff.... uh that didn't come out right. Nice video....

Great video Todd, congrats on a hard earned bull!

Todd, you've got more balls than a cat burglar going into that thick stuff on that island!!!

Extremely enjoyable. Thank you.

Congratulations on the bull. Thanks for sharing the video.

+1!!

quote:

Originally posted by surestrike:
Gentlemen,

In order to honor the moment and the memory of Todd's hunt please only respond to the positive and do not let the negative interfere with this joyful and well executed hunt. This is the only thing anybody on this site should ever see when it comes to the idiotic or the mentally ill who more than occasionally post here.

Ignored post by shootaway posted 18 December 2013 03:11 (please make a note of it.)

Todd, excellent shooting under extreme conditions and stress and very good running skills for a half crippled up old man too. Nice work and a wonderful bull to boot.

Todd very enjoyable and exciting to watch. damn good shooting. You didn't stop to pick up your empties but

A question if I may, I notice you wear glasses as I do, any hints on stopping fogging during those sweating moments. I tend to sweat from the head more so than the wet shirt stuff and it can be a bloody nuisance at times. I see you took your cap off, I find this does help to keep glasses clear.