bill t is to modest, elephant pic

dw · Post by dw » Tue May 02, 2006 4:20 pm

here is the elephant on the excalibur homepage. great job BILL and KATH!
"dw"

Woody Williams · Post by **Woody Williams** » Tue May 02, 2006 7:10 pm

A very nice bull..

Congratulations to Bill T.

A first ever.....

GREY OWL · Post by **GREY OWL** » Tue May 02, 2006 7:26 pm

Very awsome hunt indeed. Something I'll never get a chance at in my lifetime. I won't even ask what the cost is for a elephant hunt. I'll have to get GaryL to buy me a powerball ticket.

Grey Owl

diesel · Post by **diesel** » Tue May 02, 2006 8:13 pm

Great job Bill. Just hope PETA does not get wind of this.

bushmaster · Post by **bushmaster** » Tue May 02, 2006 8:58 pm

Wow !! Awesome ! Congrats !

ecoaster · Post by **ecoaster** » Tue May 02, 2006 9:24 pm

WOW is right. Lots of meat there to feed that village.

Tommy-SKIL-Figure · Post by **Tommy-SKIL-Figure** » Wed May 03, 2006 2:50 am

Could we get a story about how you got it Bill?

Did you hunt it or shoot it from a blind?

A write up like the one you did for your Australian trip would be very interesting. It would be great to know what broadhead and arrow set up you used...

Regards,

Thomas

GaryL · Post by **GaryL** » Wed May 03, 2006 10:55 am

GREY OWL wrote:Very awsome hunt indeed. Something I'll never get a chance at in my lifetime. I won't even ask what the cost is for a elephant hunt. I'll have to get GaryL to buy me a powerball ticket.

Grey Owl

GREY OWL, no power ball but I did get US a MEGA MILLIONS for this coming Friday May 5 06. Numbers as follows:

02 04 15 19 31 +5

That will get us on the trip plus a few extras if it should come in (HIT)

PS: would have too add A.W. to our trip of course

sidekick · Post by **sidekick** » Wed May 03, 2006 1:14 pm

GaryL wrote:
GREY OWL wrote:Very awsome hunt indeed. Something I'll never get a chance at in my lifetime. I won't even ask what the cost is for a elephant hunt. I'll have to get GaryL to buy me a powerball ticket.

Grey Owl
GREY OWL, no power ball but I did get US a MEGA MILLIONS for this coming Friday May 5 06. Numbers as follows:

02 04 15 19 31 +5

That will get us on the trip plus a few extras if it should come in (HIT)

PS: would have too add A.W. to our trip of course

Oh man!!!...those are my numbers too. You mean I'm going to have to split the pot with you guys also?
Just kiddin' ya.

Allan · Post by **Allan** » Thu May 04, 2006 9:48 pm

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DJH · Post by **DJH** » Sat May 06, 2006 9:59 pm

Nice job, Bill. Looking forward to hearing the story about that one!

l patterson · Post by **l patterson** » Mon May 08, 2006 6:59 pm

congrats on the elephant

LoneWolf · Post by **LoneWolf** » Mon May 08, 2006 7:01 pm

Congrats to you on being the first ever to harvest an elephant with a crossbow.

LeGrand · Post by **LeGrand** » Tue May 09, 2006 3:47 pm

Congrats.

Can you eat elephant meat or is it just for the tusks?

Rage_A_Holic · Post by **Rage_A_Holic** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:27 am

For those of you that missed it;

Excalibur wrote:
ELEPHANT PRESS RELEASE

In April of this year history was made when what is believed to be the very first Elephant to be killed with a crossbow in modern times was harvested in Zimbabwe on the eastern shores of Lake Kariba. Bill Troubridge, president of Excalibur Crossbow, took the mature bull Elephant with one arrow on the ninth day of a grueling hunt with PH Carl Mason of African Trails in the Omay tribal region of Zimbabwe. This area is home to one of the largest concentrations of Elephant in Southern Africa, and damage to the vegetation and local crops encourages herd reduction there through sport hunting. "Initially this hunt started out as a quest to demonstrate the effectiveness of our recurve limb crossbows" said Mr. Troubridge, "but it truly ended as a life altering experience". Over a hundred natives from nearby fishing village shared the bounty provided by almost 4000 pounds of boned meat from the downed bull.

Click the below image for the video