Thanks for all the good wishes and kind words.
I'm back in South Africa now.
I will be back in the states next week and will post up the video and some more pictures.
I'm not sure how to tell the story, still trying to get it all straight in my head. It is kind of like a dream to me now with parts running together.
LOTS of walking, hot , humid and all worth it in the end.
This herd of Elephant had been giving the villages fits as they were totally unafraid of people and chased the villagers on sight.
When we went into the thicket after them we made a plan.
If I felt I had a 100* quick kill shot , I would say nothing.
If I had a kill shot that was going to involve some follow up tracking I would holler "shoot" and the PH would shoot it in the hip. We did not want it to be able to keep up with the herd or make it to a near by village and kill somebody.
If the arrow didn't go in I was to holler "kill it" and he would try to shoot it in the head or spine.
At the shot, I glanced off a rib and got about half the arrow penetration, I said shoot and the PH fired at the hip.
All hell broke loose. Elephants were everywhere at once and Steyn had to shoot 2 more for us to get out of the thicket.
We went back 4 hours later only to be pushed out of the brush by the other Elephants.
The next day I was happy to find my Elephant had only ran about 50 yards away before rejoining the herd.
I suppose one of the other elephants helped me out as the all bunched together as we found my arrow completely in the elephant when they dressed it.
To quote the trackers report to the ranger investigating
" arrow go in, elephant walk, walk bleedy, bleedy, walk here bleedy, bleedy, walk there bleedy, bleedy .........Done
The Tuff broad head did a great job.
The one that hit a rib was a little bent at the tip
I shot 2 more I to the elephant the next day.
Both disappeared completely
I will have video next week for everyone
Thanks for all the help putting this together
Buff
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