SOUTH AFRICA: Elephant Hunt With Paw Print Safaris 2015

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Skull and one of the front leg bones loaded up for Capricon Taxidermy . By the time the ears and skin were added this was a well loaded trailer.
 
How are you having him mounted?
 
Congrats Charlie, that picture of you touching your elephants ivory was just the way you described it would be.
 
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Bryson's Giraffe at the skinning room!
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Bryson put a great chest shot on his Giraffe! He used the Ruger 416 Guide Gun and HORNADY DGX bullets. The round performed perfectly and the bull ran about 40 yards. The shot was at a slight angle so the bullet entered the Giraffe just slightly above the front of the shoulder bone on the left side. It went through about five feet of the animal and was recovered mostly intact on the right side through the ribs and just under the skin!
Great shot by Bryson!
 
Great Trophy Bryson congrats. I hope you have high ceilings for that mount.
 
Congratulations to your son Charlie. You have to be feeling proud. Glad the hunt is going so well.

All the best.
 
great job,both of you!
 
BAM!!!!!

nice..... congrats to Bryson!
 
Charlie, congrats on the elephant, that must have been simply incredible! Congrats to Bryson on the giraffe ... they are a lot of fun to hunt!
 
Great news! Congratulations Bryson, well done. Charlie you've had a great safari!
 
Damn Charlie, now you really have me dreaming of a tusker. Congrats to all involved. I can envision some elephant foot stools with some giraffe skin on the top, that is if Bryson will share some with his old man.
 
Congrats Charlie! That is Awesome!
 
Nice giraffe!!!
 
Damn Charlie, now you really have me dreaming of a tusker. Congrats to all involved. I can envision some elephant foot stools with some giraffe skin on the top, that is if Bryson will share some with his old man.
this is what they could look like.
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Edward yours look nice for sureL Biddleman I will have to appeal to my son!
 
Charlie and Bryson;
I certainly hope the both of you have tall ceilings in your homes!!!:LOL:(y)
 

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Grz63 wrote on roklok's profile.
Hi Roklok
I read your post on Caprivi. Congratulations.
I plan to hunt there for buff in 2026 oct.
How was the land, very dry ? But à lot of buffs ?
Thank you / merci
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