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10 May 2018, 14:00
Phillip Smythe
77lb Elephant - Ivory Trail Safaris
Early season is marked with usually fleeting sightings of most game, a swish of a tail here, a glimmer of ivory there as we peer into, sometimes under the thick brush trying to make out what way the elephant is facing! Smiler

BUT

It is also lush and the animals are in fantastic condition. It's quiet (there are no leaves on the ground), and being the first one into an area, all sorts of surprises await us.

This safari was no exception. We were in Sango, The Save Valley and elephant was on the agenda.
I'll leave it at that and let the pictures do the talking....

Enjoy








Couple of tracks that I really liked and followed, but the bulls were not what we were looking for.





But this was the one ....































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10 May 2018, 15:18
A.Dahlgren
77 in the Save is quite spectacular - must be the biggest taken there ? Those Gonarhezou genes are great!


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10 May 2018, 15:27
Safari2
Congrats!
10 May 2018, 16:13
bwanajay
Outstanding!
10 May 2018, 16:21
Tim Herald
Fantastic. Congrats Phillip!


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10 May 2018, 16:34
Zephyr
Wow .....
Well done I hope each hunt was as exciting as the pictures
10 May 2018, 16:37
ledvm
Well done!


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10 May 2018, 17:46
huntelkrc
Nice.
10 May 2018, 18:26
470Evans
Congratulations!

Great Elephant.


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10 May 2018, 20:33
D. Nelson
Well done!

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10 May 2018, 22:14
Hogbreath
Well Done!


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10 May 2018, 23:01
Pondoro
Brilliant.. tu2



10 May 2018, 23:05
safari-lawyer
Just outstanding. I long for the days when I could afford to hunt Sango. Had lots of great times there.


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11 May 2018, 02:18
MARK H. YOUNG
Phillip,

Huge congrats! 19" at the lip! Very nice. My first client of the '18 season also took a very nice bull on the Save.

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11 May 2018, 07:48
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Outstanding! tu2 tu2 tu2
11 May 2018, 09:22
Slider
WOW!!!
11 May 2018, 10:32
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Well done Phillip. Outstanding as always and a very impressive set of trophies.


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11 May 2018, 17:52
Gillettehunter
Looks like an extremely successful safari. Beautiful trophies. Congrats.
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11 May 2018, 18:41
Fjold
Beautiful!


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11 May 2018, 20:20
L. David Keith
Great trophies Phillip, very well done indeed! Congrats!


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11 May 2018, 20:35
Tim Vining
Great report congrats on a great hunt


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11 May 2018, 23:14
Phillip Smythe
We couldn't have done it without my team, so they deserve most of the credit - I only point and say... that one! Smiler

The team on the ground and Zambezi Hunters do a phenomenal job. It makes the rest of us look good Smiler


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12 May 2018, 09:52
bambazonke
Great start to the season, especially the Save,
well done Phil and Team, done the proper way tu2
13 May 2018, 11:06
AB109
Great trophy, well done !
13 May 2018, 19:46
shotgun46
Way to go Phillip miss you guys been much to long .So you are the elephant man as well as the leopard man
14 May 2018, 02:49
doctari505
Did age that good ellie bull Philip? A photo of his lower jaw and the soles of his front and back feet would help us greatly with the elephant aging work we do at the Southern African Wildlife college.
14 May 2018, 03:48
stromania
Fantastic all the way around. Congratulations.
15 May 2018, 04:53
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Great, one happy hunter especially if he can take it home


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15 May 2018, 15:22
Phillip Smythe
quote:
Originally posted by doctari505:
Did age that good ellie bull Philip? A photo of his lower jaw and the soles of his front and back feet would help us greatly with the elephant aging work we do at the Southern African Wildlife college.


We age all the animals in the Save. Something that I am always fascinated by - currently our Ecologist is the one who will work out his age and I will let you know when it is complete.

He was on his 5th set of molars and they were fully in wear with 1/2 an inch of his 4th set just about to be pushed out.


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16 May 2018, 08:37
Buzz Charlton
Well done Phil on a great ele. If he was on his 5th set of molars he was with out doubt going to be 100 lbs plus as they put on most their weight in their last 10 years of life- I have a hunt for ele there next year which i am looking forward to!!!
16 May 2018, 17:39
Aaron Neilson
Huge congrats Phil....proud of ya bro!!!

Phil helped me take 2 elephants...including my 82lb x 84lb bull. Big elephants seem to gravitate to him! Smiler


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16 May 2018, 19:09
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Well done Ace!!


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18 May 2018, 04:40
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Awesome!!


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18 May 2018, 14:04
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Great job Phillip aka the ginger


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18 May 2018, 18:28
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Superb Phil!

Take care.