Celebrated hunter crushed to death by baby elephant as he tried to measure its ivory for U.S. client

[Ghost in the Machine]

148. I won't celebrate his death, as some others are doing but, as a hunter, I can't stand Trophy Hunters

or people who kill just to kill. I only hunt to eat, and don't shoot anything I'm not going to eat, unless it's coyotes or wild dogs on my property. They keep the deer and turkeys away from here.

When I say that I hunt, I mean I *really* hunt. I find out where the deer are by scouting, then go into THEIR TURF and try to get them. I hunt from the ground, stalking/still hunting, and have never used a tree stand. I use full camo and scent blocker, and my eyes and ears. I've had deer walk so close to me that I could have slapped them on the ass before.

I *do* have 2 very nice Bucks mounted, and I was lucky when I got them. I paid over $300 each to have them mounted, and did so to honor them. I don't let people mess with them, and went postal on my daughter's boyfriend one night when he put a hat and bandana on one of them. To me, that is like desecrating them! I told him not to EVER touch my deer head again. I don't hunt for horns.... you can boil them suckers for a week and still can't eat them!

I can't stand people who go on those "caged hunts" either. What kind of skill, or sport, does it take to shoot a drugged animal?? Fuck that noise! When I go, even if I don't get a deer, I have enjoyed some good quality time out in the woods just watching nature happen. Watching the squirrels and chipmunks play, watching the different birds in the woods, listening to the wind in the trees, or the sound of a stream if one is nearby...

Peace,

Ghost