Best elephant hunting video?

Forgive me if everyone has already seen this, but I found the footage to be absolutely terrific. Completely worth watching all the way to the end.

Agreed, watched it yesterday

Yes, I watched it too

Luckily have owned on dvd many years. Some terrific filming and hunts.

My absolute favourite is when buzz tells the client to "walk on up, through the bush, I'm right behind you" my favorite elephant hunt footage I've ever seen. Proper

Really hope to hunt with cms in the future

Excellent! Thanks for sharing.

I watched this video like all others from CMS on Youtube.
I think all new elephant hunters should buy Buzz's videos. I ordered them more than 10 years ago now and I was able to share some messages with Buzz. They are awesome ! Hopefully one day, I'll be able to hunt with Buzz or a Ph of his team.

Kevin375 said:

I watched this video like all others from CMS on Youtube.
I think all new elephant hunters should buy Buzz's videos. I ordered them more than 10 years ago now and I was able to share some messages with Buzz. They are awesome ! Hopefully one day, I'll be able to hunt with Buzz or a Ph of his team.View attachment 772416

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I have the same three, and saw you could get them digital on the website too now.

Always wanted to watch giants in the jesse, but maybe they'll upload it someday to YouTube too.

Kevin375 ... ? Is Hunting the African Elephant Complete Guide the video where he shows numerous clients shooting elephants then shows cross hairs where the shot should be??

zephyr said:

Kevin375 ... ? Is Hunting the African Elephant Complete Guide the video where he shows numerous clients shooting elephants then shows cross hairs where the shot should be??

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Yes.

They try to freeze frame to show the impact location.

When I hunt ele eventually. I will watch that dvd daily leading up to the hunt I'm sure

I have watched Hunting the African Elephant Complete Guide numerous times but, it is the only video of his series that I do not have if someone could point me in the right direction would love to purchase a copy in one format or another Hell I'll even watch it in Super 8

Any elephant hunting video involving Buzz Charlton or Jeff Rann is damned exciting.

analog_peninsula said:

Forgive me if everyone has already seen this, but I found the footage to be absolutely terrific. Completely worth watching all the way to the end.

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It is very good! However the greatest of all time to me especially before you hunt elephant is his “Hunting The African Elephant”. He shows countless places to shoot an elephant based on its head position then compares that to where the hunter actually shot

Adam Stevens said:

I have the same three, and saw you could get them digital on the website too now.

Always wanted to watch giants in the jesse, but maybe they'll upload it someday to YouTube too.

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Where do you see the ability to get them digitally? I would love to have these. I've looked for them everywhere, if anyone ever wants to sell theirs let me know.

Russ16 said:

Where do you see the ability to get them digitally? I would love to have these. I've looked for them everywhere, if anyone ever wants to sell theirs let me know.

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If you go to their site and click "filming" then the bottom header says to contact for digital purchase

Great video.....
Superb PH......

Just finished watching the video. Awesome video!

Adam Stevens said:

I have the same three, and saw you could get them digital on the website too now.

Always wanted to watch giants in the jesse, but maybe they'll upload it someday to YouTube too.

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I would like to watch it too. And I would also like to read Buzz's book, Tall tales : the life of a professional hunter in the Zambezi valley !

zephyr said:

Kevin375 ... ? Is Hunting the African Elephant Complete Guide the video where he shows numerous clients shooting elephants then shows cross hairs where the shot should be??

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Yes, it is.
Definitely a must have ! I ordered this DVD, as well as the 2 others, directly on CMS website. Contact them to get yours.

I have 3 of Buzz's elephant hunting videos and I have watched them many times. I especially like the one entitled Hunting the African Elephant The Complete Guide. IMO it is the best elephant hunting video to watch to help you understand where to shoot your elephant when taking a brain shot. I also really like the interviews with Richard Harland and Ian Nyschens near the end of the video. Richard is still alive and living in Zim, I have been communicating with him recently, such a nice guy. I highly recommend the books by both Richard and Ian, they are great reads.

I believe you can still buy the video on Buzz's site in digital form. I highly recommend the video for anyone but especially if you are considering an elephant hunt.

For a refresher, I watched this video a few times a few weeks prior to my recent leopard/elephant hunt in Zim and I am so glad I did. During my final stalk on the elephant hunt I thought I was going to get a side brain shot (much easier than frontal) but the elephant turned and I ended up with a 10 yard frontal brain shot with the elephant continuing his advancement towards me. Because of my recent refresher with Buzz's video, I remembered that at such close range, and especially if the elephant's head is tilted up a bit, you need to shoot pretty far down the trunk and quite a bit below eye level to get the angle right for your bullet to find the brain. Thankfully I executed the shot perfectly and the elephant's back legs buckled and over he went. Sure made my PH happy!

This was not my first elephant hunt but it was the first time I have had to make a frontal brain shot and I am convinced that if I did not have the help of Buzz's video I likely would not have executed the shot successfully.

I was only able to watch the first few minutes today but will definitely be watching the whole video. One question for anyone who knows; what are the large flies that are pestering everyone? My first thought was that they were tabanids, but I don’t believe they are active during the safari season. Of course, I could be wrong, though.