Capstick wrote very well about the difference in "shooting" elephants and "hunting" elephants.
Today I don't believe it to be possible to hunt truly wild elephants
Beg to differ. I've hunted Cameroon and those elephant are definitely wild! Most people with a couple of safaris under their belt also know that Capstick was for the most part full of [bleep]! He sold a lot of books but his hunting info is pretty sorry.