Point Blank Shot on a Huge Elephant

[@MechInvent]

I came here just to leave a negative comment.

[@Welther47]

But you failed to to that.

[@x7x7x33]

​@@Welther47 he fails to do everything

[@YallCrazies801]

I’m a hunter. This is not hunting.

[@SylvainSybaris]

Real hunters kill for food.... Bad people kill for fun.

[@gl9500]

A hunter 😂 something tells me you put cameras out, sit 25 feet high in a tree, and shoot Deer eating corn.

[@Andrew19972]

How is this any different? If anything, this type of game can fight back and kill you... A deer wont lol.

[@Décio_pintol]

@@gl9500 And whats wrong with that?

[@Gibsonsghost]

They say the tags cost so fuggin much it helps with conservation and sheeeit. Something definitely feels wrong here. Probably the literal wrongness

[@dakkokas6285]

I’ve been a hunter all my life. I don’t see why people hunt endangered animals.

[@tanvirsourav83]

​@Mi56-u7h They r already endangered cuz of habitat loss...

[@KLL0]

@@tanvirsourav83 buddy, you dont even know why they are endangered. and its not habitat, its paochers. and fyi in africa it is accepted to kill elephants, lions, etc when they cause problems.

[@leonkincoln-dp8vs]

In this country they are not endangered

[@ThecomplexTheory1]

Elephant's are in no way endangered

[@tanvirsourav83]

@@ThecomplexTheory1 they r, reasons being habitat loss, lack of food supply, poaching mainly

[@gsp8489]

I am a hunter....and this seemed roughly equivalent to shooting a random cow in a field.

[@cmoi8218]

Vraiment la meilleure comparaison que j'ai pu voir ici...

[@jwdundon]

MOST hunters shoot a deer walking to or from water/food... WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE???

[@WalmartBagFishes]

@@jwdundonThe deer know humans as threats, and seem to be aware we hunt them.

[@jwdundon]

@WalmartBagFishes really? That's kinda what deer do, every thing is a predator to them. Not just people.

[@WarrantOfficerWill22]

@@jwdundon deer are actually an overpopulating species, not to mention, most hunters do all the work themselves. These guy's had everything except pulling the trigger done for them. It'd be like going to a restaurant and claiming that you cooked your food just because you ate it.

[@Player-re9mo]

The elephant didn't even know the humans were a threat. This is just like shooting an unsuspecting dog. I couldn't ever pride myself with this.

[@randomdude2582]

will they get shot too

[@brothashelds]

Deadset losers

[@shootingshitaustralia4036]

The fish that bites the hook is also unsuspecting

[@gamers-xh3uc]

And what if he knew there was nothing the elephant could do probably run away fast

[@JFT803]

Agreed. It’s awful

[@seandilallo8718]

The Romans once put elephants into a gladiatorial spectacle, and their cries caused a riot. People really love elephants, and don't like seeing them hurt.

[@gamers-xh3uc]

Well the difference is that back then the elephant was butchered to death now the elephant literally just died instantly

[@wizardmongol4868]

no they didnt lol that didnt happen at all, you're talking about ancient romans lol wut

[@seandilallo8718]

@@wizardmongol4868 Use English, fool. Plutarch, Pliny and Cicero all described the incident.

[@user-oh4kt4sv8x]

No evidence of this at all

[@kronk420]

Did your husband tell you to say that?

[@humpdog3000]

The guide's laugh is a laugh of a guy getting a 20k paycheck

[@1362pc]

Murder elephants for money

[@Marksgunsandgear]

30k

[@SuperNova496]

Yepp..

[@Jason21012]

It’s a European/white culture thing tbh

[@Baljeet_benchod.007]

@@Jason21012ask the Africans hunting animals there lol

[@Racistninja001]

I'm a hunter and i say you're a disgrace to our community. Did the elephant harm you or were you hungry to eat an elephant?

[@fileerausveitsi]

"That is just a fantastic animal" says a guy who just shot an elephant in the face..

[@pauljones8218]

this is just sad

[@rosakop1]

Don’t you call a meal fantastic after eating it? Why are u eating something fantastic?

[@doctordef324]

This is some crazed psycho shyt... Killing a huge intelligent animal just because...😢

[@j_zales1390]

​@@doctordef324do your research, it's not just because, it's to protect the younger population of animals from the older aggressive one that is no longer able to breed , if they don't kill it it will kill all the younger ones and the population will greatly reduce without this method

[@Castigar48]

@@rosakop1 why wouldnt you eat something fantastic

[@justintyme4690]

The fact that our ancestors hunted much bigger than these with Spears is crazy

[@Castigar48]

that was also the most advanced technology of the time.

[@ivanvidovic3348]

They where hunters, calling these cowards hunters is big no no.

[@Castigar48]

@@justintyme4690 being a bot is also a no no

[@le_souverainiste_francais7420]

They had balls made of iron.

[@Ladiesman3173]

Being hungry will do that to you​@@le_souverainiste_francais7420

[@jasonellenberg3261]

I feel kinda bad for the elephant just minding his own business and blam some human just blasts you in the face

[@musinguzipatrick5703]

So bad for sure

[@bryanyousey7204]

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@StainlessTom]

I’d rather have my lights put out in an instant without me knowing than be torn apart by lions

[@acjohn6995]

No, it didn't, that's just lies.@@chuckforeman2580

[@floseatyard8063]

​@notacommie.1 elephants don't normally get torn apart by lions especially the bulls that can just kill a bunch

[@scottaplayer]

Absolutely disgusting and shameful. No one should be allowed to do this anymore.

[@jmso8096]

Even when they're overrunning the game preserve? How shall they be culled?

[@PardonYou]

@@jmso8096elephants are not overrunning anything stop trying to justify this

[@jashominhess851]

The elephant population is huge and overrunning preserves

[@lordvoldemort5725]

@@jashominhess851But why are you hunting anyway when you’re not even going to EAT that elephant. You’re killing animals for fun, but let one of those animals try to kill you for fun and you’re upset. That’s backwards logic. The elephant was minding its business and was roaming lands that it had been roaming since before Civilization. Don’t be stupid.

[@ThecomplexTheory1]

​@@PardonYouanother fool who thinks he knows everything in the world

[@Nazz-b7p]

Guns are quite the terrifying invention. The elephant IS MASSIVE and not to be messed with.. yet it falls like paper.

[@momo_5193]

It’s not the guns but how we use them we should be fighting crazy humans and not used for wildlife unless for defense

[@Nazz-b7p]

@@momo_5193 isn't this one of the rogue bulls that tramples villages and threatens people? They were given a permit to hunt it.

[@neuropathical]

@@momo_5193 people like you will find a way to blame everything but the actual subject

[@momo_5193]

@@neuropathical wtf are talking about?? I love guns

[@Jay-pt3nq]

@@neuropathical what?

[@Airtayjay]

What’s the point? It’s not for population control. It’s not self defense. It’s not to put food on the table of a starving family.

[@fatrat6988]

What do you expect from white people who were born into a rich family and their overweight aunts and uncles spoil them with money 24/7? You put these hunters in a gun battle against a tier 2 American operator, and they’ll get wiped out.

[@rickys5932]

From what I understand, on legal sanctioned hunts, the Hunter gets the trophy and the hungry villagers get the meat. Nothing is wasted.

[@CacheBrubaker1]

A lot of the time this kinda thing happens for conservation, generally the elephant has been causing problems, maybe being aggressive towards villagers or even other elephants and the local government is like “hey anyone wanna come shoot this thing!?” Then hunters pay money to hunt, villagers get meat, locals get money, hunter gets trophie.

[@rickys5932]

@@Airtayjay on the contrary, the head goes to the hunters and the meat goes to the local villagers

[@fatrat6988]

@@CacheBrubaker1 what are you doing in the elephants territory anyways? Give him his space

[@elvergontemeto714]

I'm a hunter as well but wtf is this shit ?

[@SamanthaTanner-r5x]

Ik this is just bad

[@fupalover]

How is it different than what you do?

[@michaeldorego7313]

You hunt how? By sitting in a tree shooting a deer from far away? You need to get close to the elephant to take it down. Also, this takes way more balls because the elephant can actually kill you

[@WhiteTrashTennessee]

You aren't a hunter. You are a lying activist.

[@Emmitaa05]

@@michaeldorego7313 This is the most coward thing I see today, that elephant didn't even see people as a threat at first, you dont need balls to hunt when you have a weapon. This type of men are coward, no balls.

[@waulpall]

Dumbest things I’ve ever seen. Poor elephant

[@jondon808]

cry

[@gammu247]

​@@jondon808aren't u a human .how can u sat Cry Don't u have emotion 😢😢😢

[@jondon808]

@@gammu247 cry me a river

[@RonanTOC]

Nothing says boomer like shooting an elephant

[@alwaysfreedom9354]

"Boomer?" Brits were hunting elephants hundreds of years ago.

[@Tej-b7b]

@@alwaysfreedom9354 Yeah during years of colonisation, slaughter, and enslavement of Africans and Asians.

[@fuccyahhat1229]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@whitewall2253]

​@@alwaysfreedom9354 kinda the point, its old fashioned.

[@EdwardWagner-jk4wz]

Hilarious, they run the world don't they? Hot shots. I don't know many "boomers" who had regular jobs that aren't sitting on a couple hundred g's pension ss, while owning a house. They got it made.

[@saltycanadian6190]

I don’t think we realize how big a bull elephant really is. Just holy shit. They are huge.

[@bakoena82]

Facts right there✔️

[@jaydunbar7538]

By “we” you mean yourself right? Because some of us do know and have ridden elephants.

[@edwardjoy3820]

​@@jaydunbar7538you ain't rode one of them, a cow one third his size maybe

[@saltycanadian6190]

@@jaydunbar7538 “we” as in 95% of the world Elephants are on two continents, and the largest of the two in the continent of Africa. Now we have to take the population that lives in the vicinity of those bulls, the people who have been on safaris that have seen, the big game hunter that have seen them, and the very few veterinarians that have had the pleasure to treat such an animal. We’ll be liberal and say “we” is 90% of earths population.

[@63Rifat]

Bush elephants 12 feet at the shoulder and 12 tons

[@MrVoronoi]

Did we just witness three losers pretending to be hunters. What a disgrace!

[@MrVoronoi]

@F-14tc your balls are cowards.

[@noncomplier5385]

"pretending" how? They ARE hunting, their just hunting your favorite animal apparently. lol

[@MrVoronoi]

@@noncomplier5385 it's like shooting fish in a barrel. no skill involved. plain and simple self-gratification. still three losers.

[@Sashaiordanov]

​@@noncomplier5385 it's in the name 'trophy hunters' they do this just for the fame and sick gratification. Elephants cannot sustain their populations as easily as other animals. They take almost two years to birth one baby. It's insidious to kill them. Megafuana needs to be protected not destroyed

[@nathand.384]

@@noncomplier5385 Don’t embarrass yourself now

[@tonychang7784]

The basic problem of "overpopulation" of elephants is not enough territory due to overpopulation of humans.

[@FourKidsNoMoney]

The people that say this always want other people to die, not themselves lol

[@pineapplepizza6699]

​@@FourKidsNoMoney all while occupying space themselves.

[@chipomizinga304]

But we have to control their numbers as humans

[@TheSpeedLabYt]

then give your house to an elephant lol

[@FoolMeTwice-m4m]

@@TheSpeedLabYt😂

[@pigspigs76]

Spent like 5 seconds justifying why he was going to shoot the elephant 🐘..

[@alwaysfreedom9354]

America used two Atomic Bombs on babies. Germany starved millions of Jews. 120 million people killed by their own governments in the last 100 years. FDR added to that number. Animals are not high on my list of things to have compassion for. But, no, I have no interest in hunting anything in Africa. I hunt and fish in the national forest I live in.

[@RightWingMatt]

Yeah, I mean if you aren't dumb, it's pretty easy to understand they will make themselves go extinct with over population.

[@chevalierdupapillon]

Exactly, couldn't have been more half-assed. And then when deciding which elephant to kill the only criterion they mentioned was the size of the tusk trophy it would get this guy.

[@baguzdohcc6995]

🐘: I thought we were friends.

[@alicool4837]

Hell nah

[@sandeepkumar-rt1ru]

💔

[@c.m5043]

Never ever kill an animal that trusts you.

[@calebbailey7730]

Not how that works 🤣

[@J31Project]

This is evil... what evil people are in the world today... murder for fun... murder for sport... utter depravity

[@Paperhats69]

What do you eat? But this isn’t hunting this is someone paying a lot of money to be able to say they killed a elephant😂

[@J31Project]

@@Paperhats69 Thankfully I don't eat anything murdered for fun or for sport... I eat meat, I raise and process my own, and none of it is killed for entertainment value.

[@soulsurvivor32]

​@@Paperhats69you hunt to eat and keep down population, not to be a p.o.s

[@Demertech]

​@@Paperhats69it's fine to hunt and eat the animal but this is a trophy kill...

[@BlakePeak]

I can back up hunters but hunting an elephant is the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen.

[@puntacanaman1]

6:27 Points an unopened rifle at his buds. I don't care if he thinks he unloaded or not, that's terrible firearms safety, there. 👎👎

[@blackdiamondA1]

Treat firearms as if it was loaded

[@MechInvent]

It's a bunch of ego inflating rich guys, what do you expect

[@petedarminio7873]

Who shoots an elephant

[@actontreadway1168]

I guess the owner of an ammunition company.

[@alechendrix9367]

Retards

[@stusilver6841]

Rich people 😂😂

[@ShastaBean]

Guys who are choppered in and dressed like they are off to play 18-holes afterward

[@danieljuno810]

Rich people and poachers with no empathy for living beings

[@bereal7266]

man enters elephants habitat, man kills elephant...why

[@Stratigoz]

Cause we're badasses.

[@Minandeng-f7w]

@@Stratigoz😐

[@braintennant69]

​@@Stratigoz idiots more like

[@ExiLeZH]

@@Stratigoz You call that badass? If some random guy entered your family's/friend's property and shot them in the head you call that badass too?

[@gamers-xh3uc]

Actually the elephant was in our territory as soon as we made the spear

[@Err_ror]

Если бы не убрали дизлайк можно было видеть сколько тут дизлайков

[@zack2804]

16,000

[@chrism4008]

Browser extension: restore youtube dislikes. There are 17000 dislikes now

[@sketchyraptor92]

22k now

[@ghostwarrior0329]

This doesn't feel too right

[@RiteKnight]

I understand both ways

[@chrishackworth5745]

Like walking up to your pet and taking a shot. Ridiculous. I guess rich people still need to get pats on the back too. Ugh.

[@92GreyBlue]

They pay to dishonor themselves.

[@chrishackworth5745]

@92GreyBlue Absolutely correct! Beautifully said!

[@92GreyBlue]

@@chrishackworth5745 Thank you. I wish I was just being dramatic.

[@gamers-xh3uc]

Well it’s not your pet so irrelevant argument, with that same argument you could say is like cooking your pet

[@92GreyBlue]

@@gamers-xh3uc It's not your comment so irrelevant argument. Going by your logic. The same way you found it okay to respond and share your opinion toward a comment that wasn't your is what he did toward a "pet" that wasn't his. In other words, you don't have to be a weatherman to know it's raining.

[@Bryan-g6g]

"You can only take your first elephant one time" I'm a hunter and no one should have to do this twice...as a matter of fact, it should be prohibited by law.

[@emiremiremir9218]

The hunter kills treacherously and then laughs shamelessly. Yet the elephant was just eating to fill its stomach.

[@ジュニアネッキ先輩]

The person in this video is sick.

[@EchoAntunes]

This ain’t hunting wtf flew in on a helicopter walks near elephant for point blank shot 😂😂😂😂😂 lazy hunting

[@Goku-r9i]

This is not hunting, this is murder

[@Warthog-g4l]

The weight ratio is grown man vs an 10lb chihuahua

[@JBMSTRIKER71]

Uhhhhh its more like 400 pound man vs 4 pound rat

[@ArnoldLitke]

That guy that talked first, looks like Ned Flanders from the Simpsons cartoon.🤣🤣😂😂

[@zohebkazi1]

Giant was alive 1 second before it collapse on its feet.....

[@OpaZ_Willer]

who tf allowed them to hunt an endangered animal?

[@jacob_krause_official7286]

Too bad KZbin got rid of the dislike counter, I'd love to see the numbers on this video lol

[@baconcat9982]

its 20,000

[@madangowda7011]

If you do this in India you would have been in prison for whole life

[@janicebourdage3567]

I come from a hunting family. We're collectively disgusted. I understand the concept of culling and keeping herd size manageable to available grazing and land size, but this is click bait advertising. Be respectable and do your hunting in private. This is nothing to be proud of, and there's no good sportsmanship here, just pure testosterone glee. Rich guys paying to stand there, shoot point blank, take a video, and brag about it. Pure crap! Come at me, I don't care. I'm sick of egos in hunting.

[@kordi7888]

Yep unfortunately true

[@Skyrilla]

The elephants have no herd to be managed, they are endangered.

[@janicebourdage3567]

@@Skyrilla I encourage you to do some up to date research about the elephants of Africa and the complexities of the situation.

[@Skyrilla]

@@janicebourdage3567 Sure, lady.

[@gg42high88]

I like how their whispering as if they're trying to sneak up on the elephant😂

[@rona6063]

Im grateful they are protecting America from elephants.

[@TheHunger849]

Why you killed that elephant?

[@udoschanz7989]

Because they have much Money . Big shit

[@actontreadway1168]

he was heading straight for them.

[@sertmizr7320]

​@@actontreadway1168why were they there in the first place? U got a brain in ur head?

[@actontreadway1168]

@@sertmizr7320 kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZLEq3mPideElaMsi=VhttBn4GrS2sjmmb

[@CacheBrubaker1]

@@sertmizr7320 it’s a South Park joke reference dawg….

[@haxboi5492]

You really "hunted" him well

[@Mr3344555]

I can see that hunters who don't pay huge amounts into conservation are offended by this lol go learn how animal conservation works in Africa then talk, ignorance is bliss as they say

[@piraveenanmahendrarajah5699]

You know what, we don't need to know how conservation works in Africa to say this is cowardly and disgraceful. If you are donating to earn the right to cowardly kill elephants for no reason, then that is just exploitation. If you care about conservation just donate money to it with no strings attached, then talk. Ignorance may be bliss but people are not as ignorant as you like to believe.

[@Snailz5]

That’s the world my man. Hunting pays for conservation. If it could run on donations, it would. It doesn’t. I don’t like the optics of this hunt any more than you do, but I don’t know I’d call it cowardly. I bet it’s a lot scarier of an experience when that huge beast is at 15 yards and mad at you. That shot is not as easy as it seemed, even at that distance and that guy had to take a lot of abuse practicing with that elephant gun to make that shot go as smoothly as it did. Given a million dollars to spend only on hunting/shooting, would I ever get around to shooting an elephant? Probably not. But there are places where they need their numbers down and it’s better someone spends a boatload of money on it then a park ranger or ranch staff are just taking them out as part of their job duties.

[@WarrantOfficerWill22]

@@Snailz5 even then, fish in a barrel have better odds then that elephant, thouse dudes got everything handed to them on a silver platter.

[@ShastaBean]

if by conservation, you mean upsetting the balance in a dozen other ways and then justifying selling off the right to waltz into the pen they've been stuffed into so someone can pretend they're a big-game hunter? sure conservation. Part 2: Point blank shot on a huge hippo (at the zoo)...because "conservation"

[@johndelynn2940]

What is going to happen with the elephant ?

[@dundeeecroc]

Meat goes to the villagers around that area, tusks comes home with the hunter. money he paid goes to conservation to the parks.

[@scottshepard3662]

@@dundeeecroc Very well said...

[@HanTheProphet]

@@dundeeecroc yeah as long as the conservation money can properly hinder illegal poaching/protect the asset that is the elephant, it’s a lot less horrible than it seems. Killing bulls is typically good for population diversity, as long as it’s supported by good science and sustainable

[@guttasnipe4702]

I’m a hunter but I just cannot understand this……WHY..?

[@dundeeecroc]

@@guttasnipe4702 Why? few things arise to the questions.... the Old bull is probably too old to mate, the Old Bull my also be keeping the younger Bulls from mating to maintain a healthy herd. the old Bull may have underlying health issues that cannot be reversed. there are many factors , he also could be breaking through the perimeter and damaging homes in villages outside the Game Reserve.

[@morelhunter3966]

Elephant turns "Oh, Hi there neighbors! Im the Savanah welcoming...." *BOOM*

[@LKH9Channel]

5:05 Thank me later :)

[@Shubham-kh6zt]

Shame on u

[@arjunsanthosh2449]

What u get from this

[@chrisdorsey6287]

meat and employment for the locals...and a reason to keep the elephants around rather than letting poachers eliminate the herds--which is what they've done across Africa where hunting has been banned.

[@patguzman3132]

TO MANY ASSHOLES HUNTERS IN THIS PLANET

[@chrisdorsey6287]

@@garywatson9917 Shame you have no idea what you're talking about but continue to post nonsense. I derive no funds from these hunts...in fact, I pay for the privilege to be there. What has been your contribution to conservation?

[@chrisdorsey6287]

@@garywatson9917 from The NY Times: The United States Fish and Wildlife Service last month moved to allow hunters to bring home trophies from elephants killed in Zimbabwe and Zambia. Safe to say, few conservationists saw it coming. In a 39-page report, the agency cited Zimbabwe’s progress in creating a sound management plan for its 82,000 elephants and evidence that hunting revenue is in fact reinvested into conservation. Well-managed trophy hunting “would not have an adverse effect on the species, but can further efforts to conserve the species in the wild,” the agency concluded.

[@jigmenamgay6649]

Humans can hunt animals but why can't animals hunt human?? 😅😂

[@DaniMaulana-g3y]

What had the elephant done that its life had to end with human pleasure?

[@gamers-xh3uc]

Normally trouble for the people living nearby is part of conservation and all the money goes back to the conservation is working out well

[@DaniMaulana-g3y]

@gamers-xh3uc if you say so..

[@Clint-Oris-skibidi]

🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@Cat-r4d]

My dad was a hunter.he said this was not hunting

[@bloodpanda4420]

5:08 don't waste your time jst click to the part

[@Shubham-kh6zt]

Same on u

[@John-g8o3x]

What do you do with a dead elephant?

[@locknloadvideo]

One bite at a time? Word spreads pretty soon a whole village sized crew shows up with buckets and baskets and takes away all the meat they can carry. Kind of like that scene with the airplane in lord of war. I've also read accounts of villagers following the hunting parties to get first dibs.

[@danielviadana1124]

No puedo creer que se rían después de asesinar a ese grandioso animal😢😢😢

[@Icreatedthisbymistake]

Of course they would. That's the kind of people they are.

[@psyche7049]

5:14 - The moment that makes you shake your head at the state of mankind. As if you needed another reason.

[@graficaintegral8738]

No puedo creer que haya tanta maldad en el ser humano.

[@hi-fi5201]

This elephant is father of someone, Son of someone, brother of someone, Uncle of someone, Grandfather of someone, ,,,,, *They have families* ... *You killed him just for Entertainment* ..... 😢

[@spearfisherman308]

Wrong male elephants travel by themselves and are loners.

[@MomoSeltun]

That African guy can’t watch it and he just went off

[@MasterFrodo13]

Do you know where the term point blank comes from? It’s ‘point blanc’ (french). There was a french captain who said you can only shoot at the enemies when they’re close enough and you see the white of their eyes. (Blanc is white in french) This was specifically when the soldiers used their one shot pistol at the time, these were quite inaccurate so they had to be sure to hit their target. Read this in a museum past weekend and found this pretty interesting.

[@danieldook9602]

Sick absolutely sick there magnificent animals 😢

[@josephinetracy1485]

I thought that elephants were going extinct in the wild? I heard that they had only about 20 years left!

[@robindonohue1181]

'They are' is shortened to 'they're' not 'there'.

[@benclark4831]

I can tell that elephants are not used to being hunted. Everytime they see people with guns their first reaction is to imtimidate not run away.

[@sadanesedira7529]

Why are you doing it?

[@TheSignofJonah777]

Because animals don't have the same value as humans.

[@dylStar00989]

@@TheSignofJonah777could you define what animal values are ?

[@TheSignofJonah777]

@@dylStar00989 We should treat them well but not to a human degree. We still have dominion over them. Dogs are used for hunting cats for mice and other animals for transportation for us as well as food. It only has value to the degree it gives it to us. And in this case the elephant is legally a pest.

[@stusilver6841]

Rich man's sport for centuries 😂😂

[@billiebleach7889]

They were already celebrating while the elephant was still moving with its hind leg trembling in the air. No respect for the quarry. Behaviour like that gives real hunters a bad name. What a shameful display of arrogance and disrespect.

[@ChargerusPrime]

People, get off your soap boxes. The fact of the matter is nothing on this animal will go to waste, not even the teeth. And these animals are NOT as threatened as people think. These hunters pay literally 50 grand each to hunt and thats a MINIMUM. where does that money go? Towards the ranger services that go out in the bush armed to the teeth to hunt poachers. THAT'S what they mean by conservation and yes thats exactly what it does. There are over 150,000 elements just in botswana! Not even counting for other places like Kenya where its completely illegal to hunt ANYTHING.

[@Keller5327LV]

So many elements..

[@ajaxada5786]

So, if you are rich, you can do what cash-strapped poachers do illegally, which could cost them their lives for enough money. Is that what you are saying?

[@ChargerusPrime]

@ajaxada5786 what poachers do is OVER hunt. There's a reason why hunters pay so much money. It's because the money spent by legal hunters goes directly towards conservation. Usually directly towards the training and arming of anti poaching squads. You've clearly never been hunting nor do you know much of anything in regards to the subject.

[@dunkers5672]

That literally makes no sense

[@ChargerusPrime]

@@dunkers5672 of course it doesn't. Because you're not a hunter NOR do you know anything about hunting. So don't say shit about things ya don't flippin know about. The money hunters spend to hunt goes DIRECTLY towards the protection of all these species. Basically a police force that enforces hunting rules, regulations and laws. Does it make more sense now?

[@davidburns3480]

as soon as the huge poaching problems of elephants is solved - then hunters should hunt elephants - not before - the only exception should be a rogue elephant that has caused problems to villagers or other elephants - and this comes from a dedicated hunter who has hunted africa twice and will go again this june

[@Bootes_Void]

I thought they were an endangered species.

[@mememachine2013]

Depends what part of Africa I guess. But this hunt here is actually a part of the conservation effort for elephants and rhinos. They only do select hunts and all the money goes back into conservation and anti poaching efforts. Pretty sure it's working quite well too.

[@mememachine2013]

@@matt7561 this is just simply untrue. I'd advise you do a bit of research before you say things.

[@billysprague6219]

They are, but due to climate change and racism, they congregate in and overpopulate certain areas, necessitating their culling.

[@vinceroos]

Source?

[@Bootes_Void]

@@mememachine2013 and you actually believe this? 🤔 🤣🤣 you’re too innocent .

[@troymcmorris643]

Eliphants typically live around 75 years, and by the time they are harvested, they are on their last set of teeth and are between 50 & 60 years old. At this point, they are at their prime. Their last 10 or 12 years of life are a struggle because their teeth can't process the nesscesary amount of food to sustain them, and they become emaciated, starve, and die, or are taken down by preditors, and in many cases are slow eaten alive because they are so weak.

[@vienvatva1589]

Nhìn trông nó thân thiện với con người. Tôi không nỡ nổ súng tội nghiệp chú voi quá

[@asatopaz2079]

Tôi ủng hộ săn bắn và ủng hộ mục đích giúp đỡ người dân địa phương và duy trì mức độ bền vững để tránh dân số quá đông. Nhưng ngay cả khi đó, tôi vẫn đau lòng khi chứng kiến ​​một sinh vật điềm tĩnh và uy nghiêm như vậy bị giết khi nhìn chúng với vẻ tò mò.

[@kirtflesher1603]

Not me

[@IanBarseagle]

​@@asatopaz2079 human also overpopulating, someone needs to reduce by using nuke, is it OK now mf :)

[@chimichanga295]

what was the caliber?

[@noahnelson3349]

Prob 470

[@C_H_U_]

Even a 9m could do this. Not impressive.

[@politicalviews2246]

Why would you kill the poor animal? So heartless

[@TheyCallMeStabby]

In Canada hunting is a part of our culture, and we have a saying here that goes with it. “If you ain’t gonna eat it, don’t fking shoot it”

[@Thomas.perraud-t9y]

Monstre

[@JoseMiguelMoldonRodriguez]

Quien el animal 🦍 o el elefante 🐘❓

[@YSOSERIOUS596]

Disgusting.

[@Ilikerice45]

If they’re able to harvest it that means its legal there so stop saying “this is not hunting🤓”

[@anthonybick9264]

Don't get how anyone shoots an elephant. Not many left. Majestic and unique. There are millions and millions of deer however ....

[@huntymcbunty]

For those wondering on “why” they did this. It’s a conservation hunt. For starters, most likely that big old male was infertile and wasn’t contributing to the population anymore, while also challenging younger fertile males for females… overtime this causes population damage and will end up decreasing the elephant population. Secondly a very little amount of the meat actually goes to the hunters, but stays in Africa and feeds tribes. Thirdly, A large amount of the money goes to conservation for the animals hunted, and other species in Africa (For example the Giraffe population in Africa has gone up by 20% since 2015 due to a lot of funds from conservation hunts). I would like to also point out, if these guys were inhumane killers and poachers they wouldn’t have taken the time to have a humane kill.

[@Icreatedthisbymistake]

Please stop parroting that lie. You might have read it on other comments, but it's not true.

[@PopsicleYT]

@@Icreatedthisbymistake It is. Happens all the time, just because an old male is unfertile doesn't mean they will stop challenging fertile males. You clearly aren't a hunter at all because this is basic knowledge.

[@chevalierdupapillon]

@@PopsicleYT In this clip alone, they are discussing which out of three different elephants he might prefer to shoot, and the only criterion that is mentioned during these conversations is "phwoar look at his tusks". None of that could possibly be in there if they had actually been called in to target a specific problem bull.

[@foodbadgersnew]

elephant is very good ANIMAL WHY YOU KILLED :((

[@foodbadgersnew]

@@jeanjalbert2402 same happens when some one do same to you rascal .. they are sacred animals bro

[@jitfromcali2956]

because there is way too many

[@Tej-b7b]

Fr Ganapati is Elephant head

[@travismeta3727]

I have a feeling that elephant knew what was going to happen and he couldn’t do anything but walk forward and accept whatever it was the humans were about to do

[@jensontmathew1584]

How can a man laugh by killing an innocent animal? 😢

[@Anthonyc301]

No one should be allowed to hunt elephants today except for indigenous tribes.

[@JBMSTRIKER71]

They do lots of native africans do with rifles.

[@beestoe993]

Who do you think manages the hunting in Africa snowflake? The permits are sold by Africans and the hunting benefits Africans in ways you obviously have no clue about.

[@tanvirsourav83]

Mf tribes kill elephants without any control, U should've said except lions

[@Dennon21]

Paying 20k to shoot an elephant 7 feet away. Thats not hunting

[@elpoliticofisho4993]

I am not justifying this, however this may be part of a program in Botswana in managing elephant populations. Due to major conservation efforts, elephants are booming in Botswana however has lead to some conflicts between farmers and elephants. Thus Botswana has a program where foreigners can hunt a select number of elephants for a huge pay, which will go back to supporting the farmers, conservation ( such as elephants and other species ) and people of botswana.

[@michaelallred1516]

A bit rich to use the term “harvested” like all he did was pull a potato out of the dirt…These folks are a disgrace all for money and trophies

[@Radha_Parihar_2782]

There is a difference between hunting and poaching

[@CacheBrubaker1]

A lot of the time this kinda thing happens for conservation, generally the elephant has been causing problems, maybe being aggressive towards villagers or even other elephants and the local government is like “hey anyone wanna come shoot this thing!?” Then hunters pay money to hunt, villagers get meat, locals get money, hunter gets trophie.

[@Nimvar]

Absolutely pathetic

[@josephinetracy1485]

@F-14tc We shoot the most magnificent creature on earth dead..... but at the same time we protect the lowest creature on earth.... dogs!

[@corporalpunish6089]

This is the Good Fellas of hunting. Elephant thought he was gonna be a made bull and then blam.

[@greaterglider]

Tf are u killing these elephants for

[@CacheBrubaker1]

A lot of the time this kinda thing happens for conservation, generally the elephant has been causing problems, maybe being aggressive towards villagers or even other elephants and the local government is like “hey anyone wanna come shoot this thing!?” Then hunters pay money to hunt, villagers get meat, locals get money, hunter gets trophie. Dummie use your head

[@grahamprice3230]

Why?

[@tshepolebatlamangkaizermor5144]

Bullshit. We must stop trophy hunting in Africa

[@luckypuncherz1832]

Thank you

[@luckypuncherz1832]

Thanx

[@sricharanvarma6926]

Punishable act.

[@carltobiah5697]

even an inexperienced hunter could take down this huge target

[@shubhampandey9497]

This is EVIL, not justifiable at all 😕

[@susmanjig.223]

boo hoo

[@AntoineZambardi]

I know your wife bored

[@FFFF-x9i]

Ooga booga, nick. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr

[@ivandonchev448]

Bet they got extremely small pencils 😢

[@CacheBrubaker1]

Crazy how your first thought is another mans meat💀

[@sburns2421]

In one of Peter Capstick's books, he tells the story of an 1900's ivory hunter than used a 6mm rifle, and would shoot the elephants right behind the ear and they dropped instantly.

[@rickricky5626]

this is sad.....

[@tomasleitao1775]

Subjective

[@PaperMakersAdeludedbroad]

What, you get a peek in the mirror again?

[@Mr.Shows97]

Those hunters need to be thrown in jail.

[@birdfly8959]

Poor animal.