YOU ALL GOT TO SEE THIS...Pachyderm it's what's for dinner NOW WITH VIDEO LINKS

[BUFF]

Thanks for the kind words
I will post up a bunch of pictures when I get back home in a couple of days

It was quite an adventure and everything I had dreamed of since I was a young boy

[Horne Shooter]

"No argument. Just a differing opinion. Lets not all get too worked up. All I'm saying is I hope the villagers would have eaten with or without a paying hunter to kill the animal."

LittleBen.  You have an elephant sized hole in this arguement.  Without guys like Marty coming over and spending tens of thousands of dollars for the privledge to hunt this elephant, this animal would have already been dead as he had no value other than food.  The money he spent there brings huge dividends to the local economy.  There is truly no down side to this hunt for the local animal population, the local people or Marty.

[Mike Vines]

Updated with link to vidoes on another TG forum.

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[Mike Vines]

Your alright Buff.  It is nothing like I had pictured Africa Being.  Thank you for the pictures, and it appears the "Locals" thanked you for the meat you provided them.  This is cool on so many differnt levels.

[BUFF]

thanks Mike
I will no doubt never do anything as intense again unless I survive a plane crash.
It was a adventure I will never forget.
I really fell in love with the villagers.
They had nothing, I mean living in a mud hut eating what ever they caught that day but they were all happy. Everyone I met smiled at me and wished me well.
There is no food stamps or Obama phones these folks had to work hard in their fields or starve. The meat this hunt provided could well be the differance in having protien and not. I was suprised how they shared it with everyone that walked into the site. old folks, kids, lots of ladies pretty much anybody with a bucket or bag left there with some meat.

My favorite picture from the trip is the one above with the spoon.
He had most likely never seen a white guy and wondered what was wrong that messed my skin up.
He didn't care about the morals of killing a elephant or my life long dream to be there. He just wanted somebody to fetch him a bowl of Elephant stew

[ishoot4thrills]

Well done. Congrats!  

[ronp]

Thank you for sharing those pics!  The locals look happy, happy happy at your success.