[fabsroman]

OneShotBandit,

Fair enough reply. Like you, I too would love to hunt Africa if I had the funds.

We might disagree about killing an elephant, but my disagreement is only with them not being in plentiful supply. If they were as abundant as the zebra, I might even shoot one. As far as dangerous game hunts are concerned, they don't seem that dangerous when the elephant goes right down from the first shot to the head. Granted, a group of elephants charging would be an entirely different ball game.

At the end of the day, something tells me that you and I have some of the same views about this. I was just wondering why people would want to shoot an elephant if they aren't abundant.

As far as mounting waterfowl is concerned, I have shot my fair share of mallard and gw teal drakes and didn't mount a single one. The one duck I did get mounted was a cross between a domestic duck and a mallard. That duck was huge and it had some awesome purple to it. The only duck I regret not mounting was the mallard drake I shot with two leg bands on it, one being a $100 reward band.