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African Elephant Hunting
The African Elephant is the largest land mammal in the world, standing more than eleven feet to their shoulders, weighing over seven tons.
The Elephant has dark grey skin providing perfect camouflage in the dense brush of the bushveld. African Elephants moves through the bush with surprising speed for their size, and are also very quiet.
The Elephant is social animal, and usually live in small herds made up of cows, calves, and juveniles. The male bulls are usually found on their own, or in bachelor herds and only occasionally mix with herds of cows. Even tusk-less cows and cows with calves by their sides can be extremely aggressive.
Elephants eyesight is relatively poor, however their hearing is very good, and their sense of smell is exceptional, as may be expected with their large trunks. Elephants can live between 50 to 70 years, which depends on their diet - during their lifetime they will grow six sets of teeth, moving forward in their jaw as previous sets wear out. Once the sixth set wear out, the Elephant will slowly die of starvation unable to eat any more.
The Elephant can be very destructive, as the preferrer grass consuming upto 500 pounds per day, and rather than adapting to their habitat, the Elephant adapts the habitat to suit his purpose.
The Elephant hunting take place by foot, stalking the beasts for many miles. in South African .375 is a minimum legal caliber for hunting Elephant. With a caliber this small you would need to be an excellent shot, as they can be no margin of error in your aim.
It is recommended a hunt for the Elephant would be best with a 40 or even 50 caliber rifles with 400 to 500 grain solid bullets. In order to take your shot you will need to get in close to the Elephant, between 20 - 30 yards, a 50 yard shot would be considered long.
Despite some of the publicity around Elephant hunting, it is in fact not endangered in Southern Africa, and is in fact so plentiful that annual culls take place to control their numbers with hunting helping to ensuring the sustainability of the species.
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