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    Jim Shockey

    Elephant Safari is Smoothing Out

    Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 09:25 AM [General]

    We went out this morning because everybody was done with their buffaloes yesterday. My PH Ronnie Blackbeard and I, he's 67, kissed and made up. I think we found mutual respect ground. Actually, it's very fascinating to listen to his stories. He was the PH for Peter Capstick, for a lot of his movies; he's been there and done that.

    The only person that he's ever had hurt during one of his safaris was actually a 14-year-old kid that came along with a guy. They were moving around on an elephant trying to get around it, and a buffalo came from the side, and the kid thought that when Ronnie said to shoot to the client the kid thought he was talking about the elephant. And the kid moved to the side right in the path of the buffalo and no one could shoot because the kid jumped in front of him. The buffalo pounded him and he got 140 stitches in his head. Ronnie had to kick the buffalo in the head as it was grinding the kid into the ground to get it to lift its head so that he could shoot it without killing the kid.

    So anyway, that was kind of a cool story.

    Hunting-wise we saw five bull elephants, I don't know how many cows, 20 or 30. The biggest bull we saw was 50 pounds on one side and like a 30 on the other side. The next biggest was about a 45-pounder on each side and the other bulls were just smaller. So we had kind of rough day compared to what they had been seeing which was up to as many as 10 50-pounders in a day. But we saw a lot of steenbuck, roan, zebra, giraffe, lion; so it was a good day.

    Wer'e headed out tomorrow again, and then next day I have to sit out again because they have to drive Michael Waddell and their team out to catch their planes. I'll report back again soon!

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    Geeeeeze
    Hope the kid is going to be okay!
    67 year old ph...that pretty cool!
    Hope ya find a nice bull!

    I just saw 2 cows walk into the welfare office!

    Ron
    August 27, 2008
    07:38 AM CST

    Mr. Shockey,

    Thank you so much for all you do for the sport my friend. I really enjoy watching a man at the top of the game. You Sir are the best. Keep slaying the big ones and shooting straight.

    Steve McGranahan

    World's Strongest Re...
    September 03, 2008
    07:28 PM CST