100 pound & 90 pound bulls taken in Botswana!

[Scott CWO]

I am awaiting official weight confirmations but I have two very solid reports of a beautiful, well matched 100 pound bull taken and another possible 90 pounder!! I have some pictures of both but am expecting better photos and details on Monday. I will update with more information soon!

 

[Scott CWO]

Here is the possibly 90 pounder. Very long on right tusk! Left tusk fairly long as well.

They have a June 1-14 cancellation and another August 19-31.

 

[Pondoro]

Holy Mother of Christ...

 

[BourbonTrail]

I’m no ivory chaser, but that’s a stellar bull.

I wonder what the dimensions are? (Dimensions are more impressive to me than pure weight, because the root weight can rob an otherwise awesome score)

 

[Bhfs300]

It might be a better photo if wasn’t shot with a wide angle lense. Any other photos

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[Scott CWO]

It might be a better photo if wasn’t shot with a wide angle lense. Any other photos

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Wide angle lense? No, it was just taken from the front. I’ve asked for another photo taken more from the side. Info is still coming in from these very recent hunts. The ivory and people are in transit from camps back to Maun. More to come.

 

[R.M.C.]

Wow!! Awesome!! Even if they're in the 80s its still very impressive.

 

[Safari1]

Awesome early reports!!
Do you have a pic of the 100 lb?

 

[WyoBull]

Holy cow, what a brute!

 

[Scott CWO]

Yes

Awesome early reports!!
Do you have a pic of the 100 lb?

Yes I have two photos but the PH is sending more appropriate photos tomorrow when he has good communications when back in Maun. He has better photos and asked me to wait for the better photos.

 

[Hank2211]

Thanks for letting us know.

I have a pair of 55 pound tusks in my family room, and I can't even begin to imagine what a pair of 100 pound tusks would look like! But like @BourbonTrail, I'm not an ivory chaser, although I love hunting elephants. I'd just as soon hunt old bulls with broken tusks or even broken off tusks . . . the hunt is the thrill.

Having said that, it's great to know that there are still bulls of this size out there. "Trophy" relatively recently used to be 50 pounds and up . . . now I'm seeing hunts advertised with expectations of 35 pounds and up, or even 30.

Kudos to Botswana for conserving their elephants so well, and for re-opening hunting. This needs to be encouraged!

 

[Safari1]

Yes

Yes I have two photos but the PH is sending more appropriate photos tomorrow when he has good communications when back in Maun. He has better photos and asked me to wait for the better photos.

If it is the one Mike took I have seen it?

 

[VertigoBE]

Id love to hear the story behind these two tuskers!

 

[spike.t]

Yes

Yes I have two photos but the PH is sending more appropriate photos tomorrow when he has good communications when back in Maun. He has better photos and asked me to wait for the better photos.

Sent you a WhatsApp

 

[BRVDude]

Wow! Those kinds of tuskers transcend us back a 150 years! Great to see.

 

[John Telford]

I am awaiting official weight confirmations but I have two very solid reports of a beautiful, well matched 100 pound bull taken and another possible 90 pounder!! I have some pictures of both but am expecting better photos and details on Monday. I will update with more information soon!

Do you know which area?

 

[Scott CWO]

The company for this 100 pounder in Botswana concession
Official weight is 105.6 pounds (48 KGS)
Length - 7.83 feet. 94” 238.76 cm
Circumference- 19.5” 49.5 cms.
Making this the biggest and longest tusks since the ban was lifted in 1996 in Botswana.

 

[Scott CWO]

Combined weight is 201.3 pounds:
1) Major tusk - 48 KGS/105.6lbs
Length - 7.83 feet. 94” 238.76 cm
70” outside the lip
Circumference- 19.5” 49.5 cms
2) Minor tusk - 43.5 KGS/95.7lbs
Length -7.33 feet 88” 223.52 cms
Circumference-19.5” 49.5 cms

 

[Scott CWO]

 

[Wyatt Smith]

Wow. That’s the stuff dreams are made of.