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Elephant tusks here, finally!
12 September 2012, 04:44
twoseventyElephant tusks here, finally!
My ele trophy crate was impounded some months ago due to a clerical error by Zim Parks. USFW agreed to allow us to ship it back to Zim and apply for a whole new permit process. Outfitter report, Parks, everything. Driving to Portland airport early in the morning to retrieve the crate. Some of our AR members thought it was a lost cause, others wanted a follow-up. Looks like we beat city hall this time!
Tom
...I say that hunters go into Paradise when they die, and live in this world more joyfully than any other men.
-Edward, duke of York
". . . when a man has shot an elephant his life is full." ~John Alfred Jordan
"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance." Cicero - 55 BC
"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." - Ayn Rand
Cogito ergo venor- KPete
“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages.”
― Adam Smith - “Wealth of Nations”
12 September 2012, 05:01
Todd WilliamsTom,
I'm very happy this worked out well for you. Every once in awhile, the good guys win one!
12 September 2012, 05:44
bwana cecilCONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sometimes things do work out.
LORD, let my bullets go where my crosshairs show.
Not all who wander are lost.
NEVER TRUST A FART!!!
Cecil Leonard
12 September 2012, 06:07
retreeverTom very happy for you. There is nothing like your ivory. You never forget.
Mike
Michael Podwika... DRSS bigbores and hunting
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12 September 2012, 08:01
Mike SmithNow there is a picture of a happy man! Congratulations on getting your trophy through the maze.
Happiness is a warm gun
12 September 2012, 08:20
Bwana338Good things happen...
You need to buy a lottery ticket, now.
Nice Ivory...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
"You've got the strongest hand in the world. That's right. Your hand. The hand that marks the ballot. The hand that pulls the voting lever. Use it, will you" John Wayne
12 September 2012, 23:07
matt uThat is very good news Tom
Thanks for the update.
13 September 2012, 01:48
OrvarAwesome!
Congratulations
13 September 2012, 01:54
bwanamrmCongratulations! No finer trophy than a pair of tusks in a man's study!
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.
14 September 2012, 09:08
twoseventyGot them home, unpacked them. They were really in the crate! I will try to post a photo tomorrow.
Tom
...I say that hunters go into Paradise when they die, and live in this world more joyfully than any other men.
-Edward, duke of York
". . . when a man has shot an elephant his life is full." ~John Alfred Jordan
"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance." Cicero - 55 BC
"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." - Ayn Rand
Cogito ergo venor- KPete
“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages.”
― Adam Smith - “Wealth of Nations”
15 September 2012, 06:10
twoseventyGot a picture in the trophy room forum.

Thanks to Mike Dettorre, my photo post mentor. Thank you, Mike.
...I say that hunters go into Paradise when they die, and live in this world more joyfully than any other men.
-Edward, duke of York
". . . when a man has shot an elephant his life is full." ~John Alfred Jordan
"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance." Cicero - 55 BC
"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." - Ayn Rand
Cogito ergo venor- KPete
“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages.”
― Adam Smith - “Wealth of Nations”