Monster bull - Zim

Received this from a PH a few days ago. Hesitated to post, but it's on other forums, so the cat's out of the bag. He wandered out of a park into a hunting area. I don't believe a bull this big has been killed in decades in southern Africa. Estimated 120# each side.


The PH is black, so maybe he'll get a pass. The media is scared to attack a black man, unless he says he's a Republican.

'Thought it might be of interest to some of you all. And some on here will say they wouldn't shoot an elephant, "have no desire to go there", etc. That's fine too. Elephant hunting is a complicated subject with mixed emotions for sure.

Wow. I would love to shoot something like that.

Gorgeous, old bull.

That's a big creature

Congrads to the hunter. I'm sure it's the trophy of a life time.

120#!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Impressive animal

that's a big animal

Complicated issue for sure...

Charlie

He is huge more ways than one, Awesome. Forrest

That's a big creature. The hunter can be glad it didn't have a name.

Massive animal, I bet the whole town was happy for a while after that one.

Sad that hunters are trying to hide stuff like this for fear of the media. Should be able to proud and not have to worry about offending

Beautiful Animal!

Here's the real tragedy:

26 MORE elephants poisoned in Hwange

The park where everything's wonderful and nice tourists enjoy beautiful animals and only evil American (white) hunters do anything wrong, like kill a cuddly lion. You won't hear a peep about this in the world media. The Chinese are raping southern Africa - timber, minerals, ivory, rhino horn. What are our youth (and our president) worried about? Global warming, I mean cooling, I mean climate change.

That would make a lot of boots and belts!

What happens with the animal? Locals get the meat?

What an amazing trophy! A real throwback to the Golden Age of Africa.

Yep, locals will descend on that thing. I've been told you don't want to hang around and watch - stabbing from the outside, stabbing from the inside; a frenzy basically and a big potential for someone to get seriously hurt.

I had just a little meat from an elephant's temple, supposedly the most tender part, and it was probably from a bull 1/2 this guy's age. You'd have to be starving to eat very much of that. Thank goodness the locals' teeth are usually pretty good. They boil the hell out of it to try and break it down some I think.

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I'd never shoot one, but that's sure is a dandy.

BIG tusker!

Awesome!! 120 Pounds a side!!!

Would love to kill 1 one day!

Nixon has been taking some big elephant in that area...I know of 4 bulls he has taken out of that area, that were 85+ lbs plus in the last 4 years...

Don't see why.

More info than probably most on here care about, but, for those that are interested:

Statement from Zim PH & Guides

The "save the animals" crowd would do much better to focus on the scourge that is local poaching fed by the Asian markets than hunting - which is always a partner in conservation worldwide.

Exactly. But I don't think the "low information" masses distinguish between poachers and hunters. Since they believe it's no longer legal to kill any lion, leopard, or elephant anywhere they think any posting of a dead one of these must mean somebody paid someone off to shoot one.

The relationship between hunting and conservation isn't easily explained in a "tweet". If the social media kids can't just "like" something quickly and move on to when the next iphone is coming out, they're not going to engage their brains to actually understand a complicated subject.

They don't care to know. Facts for even the whole Cecil the lion deal are out there. Look at all the threats the dentist family and co-works got.

No rational behind their hate nor their humanization of wild animals. Sad deal in the end, only wildlife left we'll be those protected by landowners.