Finally getting a shot at an elephant with a bow!!

[mrpoindexter]

Don't know how to edit my post above, but I finally got to watch that whole video of Archie Nesbitt's elephant. I would have been sick to my stomach if I made such a shot on an elephant. No archer wants to have a bad shot, but they happen. He was very fortunate that it turned out fatal - likely hitting the femoral artery. I am getting very excited for my hunt!

 

[PHOENIX PHIL]

Good luck to yah, just make better shot placement than this guy….

“I should have led him”

But in the end, I guess a broadhead to the ass is lethal, or atleast that’s what this video would have you believe.

Everyone makes bad shot at some point if they hunt long enough. I would have a lot more sympathy if he had said "I should have held the shot" instead of the leading comment. A moving shot at an elephant with a bow...some things just don't make sense to me nor should be published.

 

[Russ16]

Don't know how to edit my post above, but I finally got to watch that whole video of Archie Nesbitt's elephant. I would have been sick to my stomach if I made such a shot on an elephant. No archer wants to have a bad shot, but they happen. He was very fortunate that it turned out fatal - likely hitting the femoral artery. I am getting very excited for my hunt!

Agree he got a little lucky. I was very surprised the PH didn’t shoot when it backed into the grass and faced them. Seems like that would have been the prudent thing to prevent losing the animal.

 

[mrpoindexter]

Russ, when you rifle it, you lose the animal 100% because it doesn't count for archery hunting. When rifle hunting, if the PH shoots it as well, you can still put it in the record books. Not so for archery hunting.

I had something similar specifically happen when I shot a giraffe. It turned and the guide shot it with a rifle. I asked why he did that and he said "you might lose your trophy" to which I replied "I just did" and when it came to what to do with the animal afterwards, I was a bit pissed when I said just throw the fucking thing in the trash for all I care since it isn't my animal anymore. I had to go hunt another giraffe because of that - something that I make sure all my PH's now know in advance that you can shoot it if it is charging me or somebody else and I won't complain one bit, but if you shoot my animal without my OK, we are going to have a serious discussion.

Great discipline on that PH to not resort to the rifle so fast.

 

[PHOENIX PHIL]

Russ, when you rifle it, you lose the animal 100% because it doesn't count for archery hunting. When rifle hunting, if the PH shoots it as well, you can still put it in the record books. Not so for archery hunting.

I had something similar specifically happen when I shot a giraffe. It turned and the guide shot it with a rifle. I asked why he did that and he said "you might lose your trophy" to which I replied "I just did" and when it came to what to do with the animal afterwards, I was a bit pissed when I said just throw the fucking thing in the trash for all I care since it isn't my animal anymore. I had to go hunt another giraffe because of that - something that I make sure all my PH's now know in advance that you can shoot it if it is charging me or somebody else and I won't complain one bit, but if you shoot my animal without my OK, we are going to have a serious discussion.

Great discipline on that PH to not resort to the rifle so fast.

I get your point, but there is something to be said for a quick and humane ending and doing what's right by the animal. Seems that bull's suffering could've been ended sooner and the hunter's credit for a bow kill be damned seeing how he took an ill advised shot to begin with.

Just speaking to this example, not your giraffe you mentioned above. I bow hunt elk btw, so am not anti-archery.

 

[Russ16]

I get your point, but there is something to be said for a quick and humane ending and doing what's right by the animal. Seems that bull's suffering could've been ended sooner and the hunter's credit for a bow kill be damned seeing how he took an ill advised shot to begin with.

Just speaking to this example, not your giraffe you mentioned above. I bow hunt elk btw, so am not anti-archery.

Agree with this. I’ve killed a number of deer with a bow. Finished a few of them when a pistol when they were down and bleeding out. But I’ve never put a tape measure on an animal and don’t care about record books.

 

[Mtn_Infantry]

Broadhead in the ass? The infamous Texas heart shot!

I would love an autographed copy of Strang’s book.

I did a play by play write up of my first elephant hunt back in 2017. Will have a similar one this time and plan on nightly updates while there thanks to Starlink.

Send me a PM with your outfitters info. I’ll see if Strang can sign one and get it to your outfitter before you arrive. Maybe something to read in camp

 

[Altitude sickness]

Don't know how to edit my post above, but I finally got to watch that whole video of Archie Nesbitt's elephant. I would have been sick to my stomach if I made such a shot on an elephant. No archer wants to have a bad shot, but they happen. He was very fortunate that it turned out fatal - likely hitting the femoral artery. I am getting very excited for my hunt!

I watched that Archie Nesbit archery elephant hunt. What an embarrassment to hunting and archery hunting.

We all have made bad shots. But this was not that. He shot at a walking elephant. A conscious decision. Shoots it in the ass. Then instead of asking for the rifle and humanly finishing the bull they stand and watch him. Knowing he was shot in the ass.


the bull turns and gives him a perfect frontal for the rifle. They leave him all night instead of finishing him with the rifle. Apparently, so he can brag that he got it with a bow. He should’ve taken a penalty for a bad shot and used the rifle.

What a joke.

 

[Mike B.]

I get your point, but there is something to be said for a quick and humane ending and doing what's right by the animal. Seems that bull's suffering could've been ended sooner and the hunter's credit for a bow kill be damned seeing how he took an ill advised shot to begin with.

Just speaking to this example, not your giraffe you mentioned above. I bow hunt elk btw, so am not anti-archery.

I was 95% on board before but now I’m not even 10%. All for a record book….