Call The Shot Elephant

[Rare Breed]

I always love your threads on these because they help all of us!!! Well done!!!

 

[Happy Myles]

At ten feet? Wrinkle under red dot. Depends a bit on whether head up or down

 

[Rare Breed]

Agree. I would go two wrinkles below red dot. biggest mistake made with this shot is always shooting too high. If in doubt shoot lower

 

[Altitude sickness]

I agree with blue and red being too high. And would choose other also. at that angle I would draw a line across ann inch or two above the top of the tusk sockets.

 

[Beck]

I love these posts! Never shot an elephant before, probably never will, but still a fun exercise.

 

[Altitude sickness]

I have always gone overboard studying animals anatomy. Even on down to a Turkey. They can be very tricky to aim at for the heart lung area using archery equipment. So pinpoint placement is very important.

 

[Beck]

Neither. Both are two high. Under the red dot.

Disclaimer I have never hunted elephant before, probably never will. It seems to me that red is too high from this angle, but would it be appropriate from say 50 yards? Or still too high?

 

[Kudurifle]

Where would you shoot this guy? He had awfully bad manners.

 

[Rare Breed]

Given he is straight on me and not enough brush to bother me right at the bottom of his eyes in the middle of his head

 

[Rule 303]

Given he is straight on me and not enough brush to bother me right at the bottom of his eyes in the middle of his head

I agree especially as the shooter is elevated a bit as well.

 

[AimSmall]

At 10', an F450 is coming @ 20+ mph and you have to shoot the driver in the head...

...in .3 seconds...

 

[mark-hunter]

Where do you aim.

Below red.
Closer the elephant, lower the shot.

 

[bowjijohn]

At 10’ ?

Full charge ?

I’d be lucky to have time to cycle the bolt and shoot my own foot

 

[Rare Breed]

Ah but that’s the beauty of a sweet double rifle!!!

 

[Rule 303]

Ah but that’s the beauty of a sweet double rifle!!!

If the second barrel fires.

 

[wvfred]

I would shoot a good bit below the red dot......I'm not very tall...lol

 

[Ward]

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Blue will not even phase it! It might turn it. This would be the shot to take to try desperately to get it to stop charging without killing it (e.g. accidental elephant charge while hunting buffalo), but if this does not work and it is close and truly coming, you are about dead...

Red, above the eyes, and just above the upper end of the zygomatic arches, will maybe graze the top of the brain, especially with a shot angling up, but more probably go just over it. A 9.3, .375 or even .416 will probably not knock it down, but a .500, .470 or .458 Lott will most likely drop it but not kill it. You have about 5 to 10 seconds to run sideways and put another one in the top of its head or a couple behind its shoulder.

I would go a little lower than discussed so far because its head is held up; the shot is angling up; indeed "when in doubt aim low" (attributed to Richard Harland in modern days, but he could have just repeated it from older hands, and in any case advised by Charlton McCallum in his videos) and they do not mean 1" low but 4" low - it is an elephant after all; and the shot is still in line with the zygomatic arches.


PS: red would work if it is coming for you from below, e.g. it is in a shallow river bottom and you are on the bank 4 to 6 ft higher than it.

 

[Ward]

What about a side shot. Where is the ideal location?

 

[JHT]

What about a side shot. Where is the ideal location?

Draw a line from the earhole to the eye and put it four fingers in front of the earhole. To help distinguish the earhole, look for hair.

 

[Ward]

Draw a line from the earhole to the eye and put it four fingers in front of the earhole. To help distinguish the earhole, look for hair.

Thank you