3 tuskless elephant - Chete
Plainsgame - Kwekwe

Mercel THYS 458 WM
Dakota Arms 375 H&H

We were on tracks a bit late since we had to pick up our game scout. We tracked for three and a half hours, really long for cows, and found no tuskless. Hour and a half walk to the nearest road and our morning was finished. We took the camp boat for a scouting trip up a river drainage to the south. Lots of crocs and other game but only old elephant sign.

Day 2 had us on tracks early but again no tuskless. We took a mid day walk - and it was very hot in Chete - from shade tree to shade tree and after a couple of hours we found a herd with a tuskless. A dirct approach to fifteen yards resulted in a frontal brain shot.

Day 3 and we were on tracks early. After two and a half hours we caught the elephants but there was no tuskless. On the way we had seen some elephants on a distant ridge and after a talk about the distances and terrain involved we went to take a look. We found no tuskless on the hill and started on a return sweep back to the truck with the sweep taking us into new territory parrallel to the track in. After about four and a half hours total time from the truck Creighton, Buzz's lead tracker saw a tuskless under a shade tree on the side of a ridge. Even with bino's Buzz had trouble seeing it, Jeez, Creighton's got some eyes.

We made our walk and then our approach and I took the frontal brain shot at about 20 yds.

On our way back to the truck, about six hours total time from the truck and about an hour more to go to get back, we heard some elephants off to our right. Buzz looked over and I knew we needed to take a look. We found the elephants in a half hour and there was a tuskless. We approached for what was going to be a difficult shot from above. The elephants spooked before we were in position, and that was probably a good thing, given the shot angles. It was about 1:30 and we were out of water so Buzz sent the guys back for water and lunch while we rested under a shade tree, After the guys got back we had a bite to eat and an hour and fifteen minutes after we spooked the elephants we took up their tracks. After thirty minutes of fantastic tracking by Creighton in difficult condition we caught the elephants and amde an approach to about fifteen yards for a frontal brain shot. WOW, WHAT A DAY!

Returned last Wednsday morning from the hunt of a lifetime.
WE HUNTED FOR THREE DAYS AND TAKEN THREE ELEPHANTS. PHENOMINAL!

John Kirlin, October, 2006