Pro Safaris Africa - Zimbabwe

Two elephants hunted this year, both with a Westley Richards 500NE.  First, only hours from our arrival at camp was a nasty little non-trophy bull that was just coming out of musth and gave us a serious charge, but we were protected by a steep embankment that he could not negotiate.  On racing up the slope to intercept he again made two more less serious charges before I was able to dispatch him.  Second beast was a very old tuskless cow tracked into the bush and we were lucky to catch up with the herd before they got into the real thick jesse.  She was standing side on.  I was well positioned for the shot only to have her detect my presence and suddenly wheel forward to face me.  A frontal brain shot decided the outdome.  Extremely satisfying to watch the effect of a classical brain shot, with the back legs collapsing and trunk thrown high into the air.  Can't wait for next year.

Brian (Wato) Watson - 2012