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Botswana elephant- brief summary
22 August 2012, 19:28
larryshoresBotswana elephant- brief summary
a full report upon my return .
22 August 2012, 19:49
FishN4EyesSounds like a very successful hunt!
Nice job with the 500NE, Larry.
Can't wait to read the full report and see the pics.
22 August 2012, 20:51
fujotupuGood going Larry

22 August 2012, 21:06
safari-lawyerWell done Bwanna.
Will J. Parks, III
22 August 2012, 21:20
Greg BrownleeExcellent Larry, can't wait to read the report. I believe we've had 16 elephant hunters with them this year, but only 3 in Sankuyu. All 3 had similar observations and took similar bulls.
Congratulations again, and good luck to Jeff!
22 August 2012, 21:57
Ahmed SultanLarry, very welldone. Looking forward to the report and photos.
Ahmed Sultan
22 August 2012, 22:03
larryshoresI will add a couple of more tidbits.
1- we saw a collared cheetah
2- one day while having lunch at a wAterhole, I had my head stuck in the truck fiddling around with something or another. I looked up and a bull was walking by just on the other side of the truck perhaps 10 feet away.
3- PH's were great.
4- one PH is the son of a ph often mentioned in the Capstick books. He indicates the stories as related to his father were the product of a vivid imagination.
5-had a minor run in with a young bull on day 2. Had I not moved 10 minutes before, I would likely have had to shoot him.
6- one has to watch these crooks in Tambo. He converted by multiplying the rand amount by 1.12 instead of .12. Prick tried to argue with me.
7- Osprey got some great video.
22 August 2012, 22:17
bcolyerLarry........got the picture of your Ele on my cell phone this morning. Absolutely Great!! Congratulations!
22 August 2012, 22:39
MANDLAZIMSounds like a couple nice Jumbo down - look forward to the Pics.
Disturbing to learn that the poaching is rampant now - what is going to happen in all those pristine areas in Bots when the hunting ceases and the outfitters move out....sad.
Cheers
Brent
22 August 2012, 22:42
matt uWay to go Larry.
Cant wait to see the pics
22 August 2012, 22:43
ManyatheloWell done, Sankuyo has always been tough late in the season. Very interested to hear about the soft on the elephant.
22 August 2012, 23:28
Safari2quote:
Originally posted by Greg Brownlee:
Excellent Larry, can't wait to read the report. I believe we've had 16 elephant hunters with them this year, but only 3 in Sankuyu. All 3 had similar observations and took similar bulls.
Congratulations again, and good luck to Jeff!
Greg...hopefully the poaching reports were not as bad for the 13 hunters that hunted in other areas?
23 August 2012, 03:21
Dave FulsonLook forward to pics. Great job.
Dave Fulson
23 August 2012, 04:54
bwanamrmLarry,
Congratulations! Look forward to your hunt report and pix when you get home.
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.
23 August 2012, 05:01
retreeverA 500 on big elephants! What can be better. Great shooting Larry. Looking forward to the rest of the story.
Mike
Michael Podwika... DRSS bigbores and hunting
www.pvt.co.za " MAKE THE SHOT " 450#2 Famars
23 August 2012, 05:02
bwana cecilCongratulations Larry!
Well done.
Now I hope & pray your next safari will be the best one of your life.
LORD, let my bullets go where my crosshairs show.
Not all who wander are lost.
NEVER TRUST A FART!!!
Cecil Leonard
23 August 2012, 18:58
D. NelsonLarry;
Can't wait for pics and full report. My husband took a bull ele out of Sankuyo in 2007!
Congratulations!
Best regards, D. Nelson
24 August 2012, 00:58
Greg Brownleequote:
Originally posted by Safari2:
quote:
Originally posted by Greg Brownlee:
Excellent Larry, can't wait to read the report. I believe we've had 16 elephant hunters with them this year, but only 3 in Sankuyu. All 3 had similar observations and took similar bulls.
Congratulations again, and good luck to Jeff!
Greg...hopefully the poaching reports were not as bad for the 13 hunters that hunted in other areas?
Definitely not, just heard reports from the guys in Sankuyu that they saw a little sign of it. That being said, two clients in Chobe said they found a poached elephant. Before this year none of our clients saw signs of it in these areas. I saw no signs of it when I was there in 2010.
24 August 2012, 01:25
Biebsquote:
A 500 on big elephants! What can be better.
A 577? :-)
Larry, congrats...look forward to the DVD.