Cow elephant. The most intimidating animal on the planet!

[jerkface11]

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Thanks for a great story - oddly enough, some greenie weenies wanted to introduce elephant down here in the American Southwest. I think that would have gone..."poorly"...
poorly as in that other bright idea, "let's get some bunnies shipped here to Australia. What harm can that cause?"

I'm pretty sure an elephant infestation would be easier to deal with and would probably have led to some really good stories.

 

[LegalAlien]

I'm pretty sure an elephant infestation would be easier to deal with . . . .

With all due respect sir, you do not want to see what an elephant 'infestation' does to the environment.
Go look at the Northwestern parts of Zimbabwe and even parts of the greater Kruger National Parks and other surrounding conservation areas to really see how the bushveld gets destroyed by an overpopulation of elephants.

Thank the greenies for that one.

Elephant culling and herd management is a neccessary "evil" in order to maintain equilibrium in the environment.

 

[LegalAlien]

. . . and "buy a donkey"!!

Touche Sir . . touche

 

[jim in Anchorage]

Fantastic write up H&H. I've Got some Alaska hunting story's I wish you would ghost write!
We do need pics of the GF laying on the ground however.

 

[H&Hhunter]

Fantastic write up H&H. I've Got some Alaska hunting story's I wish you would ghost write!
We do need pics of the GF laying on the ground however.

It would have to be a stage job. I'm afraid I that whipping out a camera and taking a picture or two was the last thing on my mind at the time.

 

[armoredman]

Never ever get on a ship designed to sink...

 

[RetiredUSNChief]

Better than getting on one NOT designed to sink and suddenly finding oneself taking on water...

 

[armoredman]

Don't have to worry about that one Chief, mine was decommissioned in 1992 and scrapped in 2012. She'll never take on water again. I do have to admit, doing abandon ship drills was interesting when they would announce, "land is approximately 2000 miles in THAT direction..."

 

[Officers'Wife]

Don't have to worry about that one Chief, mine was decommissioned in 1992 and scrapped in 2012. She'll never take on water again. I do have to admit, doing abandon ship drills was interesting when they would announce, "land is approximately 2000 miles in THAT direction..."

hmm, One of the Navy guys I talked to said he was on sea duty he was never more than 6 miles from solid ground and it was usually much closer. Straight down counts as a direction after all.

 

[armoredman]

Methinks he may have been Coast Guard, not Navy - that's why Coasties have to be over six feet tall, so when the ship sinks they can walk to shore.

 

[Sheepdog1968]

Thank you for sharing this story. I would love to go hunting in Africa. Where would you go and feel safe (from humans) doing so? I was all set to go to Egypt on a tour to the point where i was talking to the travel agent in 1997. Then a bunch of Brits were killed by terrorists at tour sights and that took the wind out of my sails for travel to more exotic local.

 

[H&Hhunter]

Thank you for sharing this story. I would love to go hunting in Africa. Where would you go and feel safe (from humans) doing so? I was all set to go to Egypt on a tour to the point where i was talking to the travel agent in 1997. Then a bunch of Brits were killed by terrorists at tour sights and that took the wind out of my sails for travel to more exotic local.

I would say that there is some risk from people in any African country. But the main risk is in populated areas like big cities. Out in the hunting concessions I'd say the risk from humans is very minimal.

 

[Sheepdog1968]

I would say that there is some risk from people in any African country. But the main risk is in populated areas like big cities. Out in the hunting concessions I'd say the risk from humans is very minimal.

Thanks. I'm assuming the professional hunters probably have someone who can pick you up at an airport to help you get out of the city.

What country would you reccomend for a newbie going to Africa for a hunt? I would be interested in plains game.

 

[Readyrod]

I'll second the book suggestion there H&H. I think you could do a great job. Throw in some North America stories as well.

Where would you go and feel safe (from humans) doing so?

In general it's like the States, and most other places you go for that matter, stick to the good part of town. Be careful. Talk to the locals about local scams. I found that the worst thing in Africa was the pickpockets. Carry a decoy wallet for those. You should probably worry more about health issues than crime. It's often the little things that get you, a friend was super careful and got sick anyways, turns out he was brushing his teeth with tap water.

 

[H&Hhunter]

Thanks. I'm assuming the professional hunters probably have someone who can pick you up at an airport to help you get out of the city.

What country would you reccomend for a newbie going to Africa for a hunt? I would be interested in plains game.

For a first timer I'd look real hard at Namibia or Botswana. South Africa can be fantastic but there are some real pitfalls with South African hunting if you don't have some local knowledge.