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https://archive.today/20200110151356/https://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/easier-stuff/342415/elephant-killing-probe-heats-up
I’m guessing no one has tried it with 22 short or long though.
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That's surprising that a .22 would kill one
I'd hate to be the guy that pisses that elephant off armed only with a .22
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Elephants are pests. Do what you have to with what ya got.
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Capstick related this in one of his books. Apparently a shot right behind the foreleg, the main artery is very close to the skin (which is over 1" thick) will punch through and the ellie will eventually bleed out.
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Fred Bear killed one with a cedar arrow from a recurve bow!
Reading this book now, pretty interesting, using 4 oz balls from a muzzle loader in 1872.
Frederick Courteney Selous: A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa: Being a Narrative of Nine Years Spent Amongst the Game of the Far Interior of South Africa
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There was fellow, Bell, who killed them as a livelihood with a 6.5 x 54 Mannlicher...eventually graduating to the 7x57. And the .303 etc.
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Hunt them with a binocular & let them be.
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Hunt them with a binocular & let them be. That's where I'm at.
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Hunt them with a binocular & let them be. That's where I'm at. Perhaps you should read a bit more on elephant conservation and destruction of habitat. Here's a hint; EVERY place where elephant hunting has been banned, populations crash due to poaching and destruction of habitat by too many elephants...
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The environment also got devastated everywhere they got rid of the elephants.
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Now I AM confused...shoot the elephants, don't shoot the elephants, shoot the Africans, don't shoot the Africans...I'ma just stay home an' shut up.
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One shot from a M-16 was all it took to lose the bet. Pop and flop. Cost me a case of beer.
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Depends on the game laws of the country you hunt in. Certainly a 375 or larger.
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I would use either my .404 Jeffery or .460 Wby.
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In my opinion a 40 caliber or larger is the best choice
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In my opinion a 40 caliber or larger is the best choice THIS. Sorry I forgot to call back, JW, on my way home today, I'll touch base with you when I'm back in the office Monday
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I would use either my .404 Jeffery or .460 Wby. I thought that .460 was dedicated to NM jackwabbits…. Your .404J looks to me to be way too fancy to take hunting. DF
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Yes, the .460 is dedicated to NM jackwabbits, but it might graduate to something bigger. The .404 Jeffery is never too fancy to take hunting.
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Yes. Bell nailed elephants with some rather small calibers, and if memory is correct, he might have gone down to 0.25 in a couple instances. He, however, spent a couple days dissecting his first to learn the animal's makeup. Before cartridges, folks poured dozens of 4-bore cap and ball rounds into elephants, and probably half of them waltzed away.
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