Wonderful bull, Ahmed. Congrats.

excellent photography! GREAT HUNT!

Great pictures and report! Congratulations on your elephant!

Pete

Thoroughly enjoyed your tale and photos. Having had the enjoyment of tracking bulls for 15 miles and 7 hours only to have them cross back into Gono Re Zhou leaving minutes old sigm of leaves dripping with saliva in their wake,I would also enjoy hunting what appears to be an established resident population of bulls. Are boundaries a problem in Miombo's area? Congratulations Jim

Ahmed ,
what a great experience and you truly have an elephant of a lifetime there ..darren is an great great guy to be around and a very good elephant hunter aswell ..

well done again ,
kind regards
imc

That elephant is what dreams are made off well done.

Thanks everyone for the nice comments

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Originally posted by dwarf416: I also won a race with the baka people in cameroon escaping from an angry Gorilla. it impresses them highly that you can run faster than them. well done

Diego, mate I guess you are the best person to understand my feelings at that time.

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Originally posted by bronxfats: Are boundaries a problem in Miombo's area?

Jim, from what I have seen, what makes Lukwika a special place is that it is an enclave where the Ele bulls feel comfortable. They are not harassed and the result is that Lukwika has some of the calmest elephant that I have ever seen anywhere. A lot of it has to do with Miombo Safaris conservation efforts in the area.

There is definite ele bull movement through the area and you can find bulls anywhere and everywhere in the concession it is not like the bulls are only to be found on the park / Mozambique boarder and also they don't run straight over the border for their life. In fact the Ele bull feel secure in Lukwika as is evident from their behavior.

What a wonderful report, Ahmed. I enjoyed yours from last year, but your approach to hunting and patience is a lesson to us all.

Great hunt. Beautiful elephant. I see that you had Kambako safari's on your short list. I hunted with them last year. Not for elephant but did see a number of them.Elephant is on my list i do not think there are many to equal what you collected. Congrats

That was a great read...thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the nice comments, here are some video clips from the hunt.

Great video clips. Perfect brain shot!!

Sincere compliments for a hunt well done. I commend your patience and am happy to see it amply rewarded.

nice report, whit great photos and video!

That was outstanding Ahmed, great video! Congratulations once again.

Regards
Aziz

What a bull! Congratulation! Your dad must be very proud!

Thank you for sharing those with us Ahmed! What a wonderful hunt and experience!

Brett

Great report and great trophies...Congratulations.

D. Nelson

Superb trophies and an absolutely stunning elephant. Congratulations on the trophy of a lifetime! The Selous is one of those wild places I hope to visit in the future!

Congratulations on the great elephant,Ahmed! I applaud your decision on letting the lion go.

Congratulations Ahmed,
Thanks so much for sharing your great experience in such a profound way. The elephant is beyond words.

Jim

congratulation and 3 cheers yet another feather in ur hat,what a way to explaine,my regards

Thanks everyone for the nice comments.

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Originally posted by Aziz:
That was outstanding Ahmed, great video! Congratulations once again.

The video is now edited and it has turn out to be very good. Most of the video was shot by one of the tracker named "Tototembo", he did a very good job.

Ahmed- Congratulations on a great hunt and a great report. You have outstanding hunting ethics which I admire. Thank you.

Hi Ahmed

Thank you for letting us live your hunt with you.

Sounds like you would not take a 7mmMag as a PG rifle again?

Good to see you are comfortable with the 375 H&H on ele- and that you proved it is a capable round when placed in capable hands!

considering that some here on this forum don't consider the .375 and it's metric equivalents suitable for buffalo, that was an outstanding job and a well earned trophy. congratulations!!

isn't it a good thing that no one told your elephant that your 375 wasn't big enough to do the job. Nice shootin Tex!

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Originally posted by 404WJJeffery:

Sounds like you would not take a 7mmMag as a PG rifle again?

Yes, I have already bought 300 Win Mag for PG.

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Originally posted by jdollar:

considering that some here on this forum don't consider the .375 and it's metric equivalents suitable for buffalo, that was an outstanding job and a well earned trophy. congratulations!!

I only speak from my experience, which I admit is limited; after six African safaris and seven Cape Buffalos taken either as trophy or bait, I am yet to find a buffalo that can survive a well placed shot from 375. Also, I never ever had the PH back me for any of the shot that I have taken on DG, as I am confident that the 375 will do the job. Even on the elephant I requested the PH not to back me up.

On the first day of one of our earlier hunt in Luangwa valley the PH made a very valid comment on the shooting range after seeing our shots from the 375, he said that he is glad the we have brought a gun that we are comfortable shooting with. His previous client on his first hunt brought a 470 double, the guy was patrified of recoil, the result, ten days two wounded & lost animals i.e. a buff and a wildebeast.

So if I can shoot a bigger caliber like Mike Sullivan, I will take one for DG hunt but since I can't and I am very confident with my 375, I will stick to it.

The elephant that I shot was 51 yards, my PH asked me to take a heart / lung shot. But I was confident and asked my PH if I can take a side brain shot, to which the PH agreed and I put the bullet where it was suppose to be and no other shot was fired. I can say that I shot my elephant myself with a 375.

To say that that is a great elephant is a gross understatement!!!

465H&H

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...and was happy to be back in Africa

Yes, this nails it for me. That first moment when you are done with the travel and you are "there". I just look around and think, "Wow, I'm here, I did it, I made it back...".

Way to go Ahmed, that is a wonderful bull, the trophy of a lifetime. Ditto on the red duiker (I love my full mount big red from Cameroon). Sounds like a classy hunt too.

If there was ever a perfect scenario for a scoped .375 when elephant hunting, it was the opportunity that you were presented with. Good shot!

Congratulations Ahmed! Great hunt,excellent trophy , lucky hunter and PH. I hunted with Darren, we took two excellent buff (42" and 40"),he is very friendly and hard-working man, and experienced and lucky PH.

Congratulations, great shot, fantastic elephant!

Very well done. Congratulations!!!

Ahmed:

I'm new to this forum and in the process of planning my first African hunt. I very much admire your discipline and dedication to personal hunting goals and ethics - well done. Your elephant is amazing. I appreciate your sharing this experience.

Ahmed,
That was a dream safari! Congratulations on such outstanding trophies and having the fortitude to stick it out. I don't know that a safari could be any better than one with Miombo.

Fantastic report on a wonderful hunt !!!
I really like the photo with you sitting on top of the mighty beast !

Ahmed, just out of curiousity- when I hunted in Bots. with Darren in 2005, he was using a Butch Searcy 470 double. i notice he now has a bolt gun. any idea why he changed? congrats again on a superb hunt.

Thanks every one for the nice comments.

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Originally posted by jdollar:
Ahmed, just out of curiousity- when I hunted in Bots. with Darren in 2005, he was using a Butch Searcy 470 double. i notice he now has a bolt gun. any idea why he changed? congrats again on a superb hunt.

Darren told me that he was having trouble with his Searcy that is why the switch to CZ.

Darren told me too, this is worst double.CZ is most popular rifle PH of Tanzania.

Ahmed,

What a trophy and experience! Thanks for sharing your report and video...very much enjoyed seeing your success!

Congrats!

Best,

Jim