Mahohboh: Elephants and Elephant Hunting in South Central Africa

by Ron Thomson

This book has been acclaimed by many to be the most definitive work on elephant hunting ever written. It contains a background that explains elephant management in a manner that is, inter alia, supportive of elephant hunting. Shot placement is a major part of the book’s message; and explaining just how to get a bullet into an elephant’s brain is a major objective. The heart and lung shots are described; and the value of crippling shots into the spine and hip joints - when wounded elephants are running away - is also emphasized. Pictures of an elephant bull carcass - propped up on its brisket and cut in half longitudinally - photographically illustrate the positions of the vital organs. The latter half of the book contains some of the author’s most exciting elephant hunting stories - which are NOT repeated in the big game hunting memoir series. This makes MAHOHBOH an essential ‘companion book’ to the big game hunting memoir series.Many foreign hunters - new to elephant hunting - are said to read MAHOHBOH assiduously before coming to Africa; and that when they are out in the bush elephant hunting, they carry a copy of MAHOHBOH in one hand and their rifle in the other! This book, therefore, has made a great impression on many wannabe elephant hunters when they come to Africa on their first elephant hunting adventures.

Genres: Africa

312 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[Larry · Rating 4 out of 5]

The most honest account of Elephant control o have read. A detailed account of the environmental reasoning need in a new africa where elephant populations no longer can follow ancient migratory routes. In turn their restricted ranges are decimated of vegetation leading to elephant population collapse.

The most honest account of a grisly business containing the mist gruesome account I have ever read.

Well worth the read (with an open mind) at least for an understanding of Africa's unique challenges.

[Kelly Friedman · Rating 1 out of 5]

Disgusting piece of trash

I only got halfway through this book before deleting it out of my kindle. What a waste of my time! This man is a narcissist and a terrible writer to boot.

[Naomi]

I would love to see this Ron Thompson murdered and tortured to death, what a sick sick man!!