2nd Call The Shot Elephant

[Altitude sickness]

You missed the frontal brain. You have a wounded elephant running away.

Do you shoot for the chest?

Shoot the rear leg ?

Or the spine ?

 

[WAB]

Hip joint

 

[Doubleplay]

Blue

 

[BRICKBURN]

https://www.africahunting.com/threads/hunting-elephant.220/

 

[SRvet]

I would go for the hip joint. But isn’t it here?

 

[TOBY458]

I would go for the hip joint. But isn’t it here?
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That was going to be my response as well.

 

[Altitude sickness]

SRvet

I put the blue dot more left because of the slight angle. I’m by no means an expert. Im
Just the poster

I think if it was going straight away your x would be on the joint

 

[Tanks]

You missed the frontal brain. You have a wounded elephant running away.

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You use enough gun that is not a rat caliber like a .375, so the elephant is stunned and knocked down, your second shot nails it.

 

[Rare Breed]

You missed the frontal brain. You have a wounded elephant running away.

Do you shoot for the chest?

Shoot the rear leg ?

Or the spine ?View attachment 619399

Blue is a larger target than spine shot. if you shoot in heart lung area he is still running a long way. the blue will break his leg stopping him for the final follow up shot and again it offers room for error versus a spine shot

 

[Hunter-Habib]

Blue. It must be remembered that an elephant can’t walk on three legs.

I’ve personally taken both my bull elephants so far with heart-lung shots & side brain shots.

 

[EfRed]

You missed the frontal brain. You have a wounded elephant running away.

Do you shoot for the chest?

Shoot the rear leg ?

Or the spine ?View attachment 619399

None of the above, if you are Karamojo Bell. He used the quartering rear brain shot, admirably available in your picture. It would be about in the middle of the shadow of the left ear, discounting the shadowed part of the ear itself. Slightly below the rear skull ridge. But look it up, my description is an estimate, by Not Walter Bell ! But, then again, you missed the frontal brain shot at a shorter distance...