100 lb Elephant in Zimbabwe with Martin Pieters Safaris

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20 September 2013, 05:10

JBrown

100 lb Elephant in Zimbabwe with Martin Pieters Safaris

quote:
Originally posted by retreever:
Short nerve and they may weigh 90 lb.

Fantastic,

Mike

I bet you are using the same formula to estimate the weight that I was(lenght outside the lip in feet x circumfrence at the lip in inches - 5 for weight in pounds).

I think these tusks picked up that extra 10 pounds due to the fact that they carry their weight all the way out.

I am amazed at the number of +-100 bulls that are being taken today after hearing true experts saying that 100 pounders were a thing of the past.

Jason

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20 September 2013, 05:31

SBT

Congratulations to all concerned. Fantastic trophy!

20 September 2013, 05:53

Safari2

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Originally posted by Mike70560:
Not many details however I am sure Martin will fill in the blanks when he can.

PH was Thini Kok.

Here is something for conversation..I pulled the link below off Rich Cooke's website. These pictures are from earlier this year..you have to scroll down about halfway to a picture of a big elephant they photographed in the park..it is circled. It looks pretty close to the one Martin's client took..what do you all think?

http://www.richardcookesafaris.com/news/#apr2013.html

20 September 2013, 16:03

Buzz Charlton

Mart and Tini!!!

Congrats guys!! I was just in Ngamo on a super ele hunt with Tini just before this hunt! What an amazing ele and could not have happened to a nicer guy the Tini- very happy and supremely jealous of him!!!!!!! AMAZING ele!

20 September 2013, 17:07

Aaron Neilson

To all involved - huge congrats, what a trophy!!!

20 September 2013, 20:46

Buzz Charlton

The funny thing was in camp in Ngamo Tini was trying to shoot a tuskless and after looking at over 1000 eles we joked that it was "harder to find a tuskless then a 100lbs".

Well he got his tuskless and then got his 100lbs on the next hunt!!! A product of good luck and timing but with out doubt also darn hard work and fine PHing!

20 September 2013, 20:57

Safari2

quote:
Originally posted by Buzz Charlton:
The funny thing was in camp in Ngamo Tini was trying to shoot a tuskless and after looking at over 1000 eles we joked that it was "harder to find a tuskless then a 100lbs".

Well he got his tuskless and then got his 100lbs on the next hunt!!! A product of good luck and timing but with out doubt also darn hard work and fine PHing!

Buzz, Peter, Russ B, Mart..click on Rich Cooke's link above, click 2013 and look at the elephant about halfway down...that is pretty damn close to this bull IMO.

21 September 2013, 02:13

LittleJoe

Goodness goodness. What a trophy. Wow. Congrats to all involved.

22 September 2013, 09:29

Buzz Charlton

Safari2- You are right! It looks like the same bull to me! So good to see some great bulls been shot this year! As far as I am concerned the main reason is that we had bad rains in the N-West region and the eles are having to move alot for food as the prime browsing/ grazing is hard to come by in the park.

22 September 2013, 14:08

PD999

That's a big one!

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24 September 2013, 07:08

els

The stuff dreams are made of!

24 September 2013, 12:18

Dean Green

Great bull, congrats to all!

24 September 2013, 15:55

kallie404

Well done guys........thats the stuff dreams are made of !!

28 September 2013, 23:43

Fjold

Congratulations to Tini!

I got to have lunch with him and my PH Pierre, at the Rugby Club there in Bulawayo while we were waiting for SAA to find my rifle back in 2011.

Frank

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02 November 2013, 13:33

Thierry Labat

Absolutely amazing. Well done to everyone involved.

02 November 2013, 17:51

Safari2

quote:
Originally posted by Thierry Labat:
Absolutely amazing. Well done to everyone involved.

Good to hear from you Thierry...how did your season go?

02 November 2013, 19:07

Tim Vining

Wow

congrats to everyone on an exceptional trophy

11 November 2013, 15:13

NorthernOperationsAfrica

Wow Great trophy
congrats to all involved

11 November 2013, 17:46

4-5-0

Perhaps this adds a little more information.I had a campfire side chat with Eduardo Linares who was the booking agent and was on this hunt. His rendition is that they met some women from the local village. The client said 'give them some money and ask if there are elephants'. "Yes, Yes there are elephants that have been coming every day" They then went to the spot and later heard the elephants coming through the thick growth and dropped this trophy. Initially they did not think it was this heavy. The second tusk would likely would have been bigger but had been injured and had a split in it, assumed to be from a bullet. As this is second hand information I can only attest to the reportage as it was told to me.

11 November 2013, 19:13

ledvm

quote:
Originally posted by Todd Williams:
quote:
Originally posted by MJines:
Stud.

100 lbs!!!

I wonder if he was shot at 100 yards!!

Looks like he had the rifle for it.

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11 November 2013, 19:14

ledvm

A Well Done to the hunter and Thini!!!