Ele frontal Brain Shot!!!

[MichaelJ]

Just thought the same thing hawkenbob...  The guy would be shooting at an upward angle so the arrow may enter low but its trajectory could put it right into the brain...

And Jackelope, is the brain really that small on an ele like in that second picture you posted?   

Michael

[HawkenBob]

Only small in comparison to the beast it resides in. Still bigger than a humans by far.

[buck470]

Not having Wacked any Elephants in my life time, if he was at 18 yards don't you think the ele would of continued that far before colapsing? i.e. Shoot and run like Hell??

[jackelope]

i watched a frontal brainer on an elephant on some show the other day with a 375 and the elephant went down right now...
 

[RustneckNW]

I really hope he had a much better plan B than 2 extra arrows!

[HawkenBob]

You can bet his Ph and trackers all had 375's or better. Lol

And yes, if you take out the brain, it will drop ded instantly...

[andrew_12gauge]

I watched a guy hunting an elephant with a bow on some tv show a coupla years back and the way the PH told him to do it was walk straight at the elephant until it started charging then slip an arrow into the front of his skull and sidestep so he didnt get taken out, the guy shot it right in the brain and the elephant still ran a good 40 feet before it dropped, those big animals can do some amazing things sometimes

[Kain]

No brain shots but I will keep looking.

http://www.3dshoots.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24082
http://www.africanarcher.com/legends.html
http://www.outdoorlife.com/photos/gallery/hunting/bowhunting/2008/10/bowhunting-elephants
http://archerytalk.com/vb/showthread.php?t=507262
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcmfcihdd3U[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7Qf-OXq36Y[/youtube]