Posted on 04/24/2026 4:54:55 AM PDT by DFG
A millionaire US big-game hunter was ambushed and killed by five elephants whilst hunting small forest antelope in central Africa.
Californian vineyard owner Ernie Dosio, 75 - who owns a vast collection of exotic animal heads in trophy rooms at home - was trampled to death.
He was being guided by a professional hunter in the thick forest of Gabon on a £30,000 stalk for a shot at the elusive yellow-backed duiker.
Over the decades he has hunted elephants, leopard, rhino, buffalo and lion across Africa and back home in the US he has hunted almost every species of wild deer.
But the highly respected hunter's luck ran out last Friday while in the Lope-Okanda rainforest when his hunt stumbled into five female elephants with a calf.
African elephants are the largest living mammals and females can stand 12ft tall at the shoulder, weigh nearly four tons and run at speeds of up to 25mph
The startled elephant herd immediately charged Mr Dosio and his professional hunter.
The elephants were so well hidden in the dense undergrowth they appeared 'as if from nowhere' and the professional with the high-powered rifle was just flung aside.
He was seriously injured and lost his gun in the thick bush as the elephants attacked the terrified hunter with just a shotgun who was then brutally trampled underfoot.
A retired game hunter in Cape Town who knows the victim said: 'Ernie has been hunting since he could hold a rifle and has many trophies from Africa and the US.
'Although many disagree with big-game hunting, all Ernie's hunts were strictly licensed and above board and were registered as conservation in culling animal numbers.
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Actually, she was pancaked by one bulldozer. A doozie of a dozer, I would say.
What’s the phrase? “He died doing what he loved.”
Not a fan of killing without need, but still I’ll refrain from the many puns that arise. I’ll stamp them out. At least I’ll trunk-ate them. Oh well…
OK; that was funny.
Self-reply: sounds like there was some need in terms of population control and yea I get that rich boy’s $ helps prevent rapacious slaughter. Still, we’re overrun by deer here and other hazards so.. being here and being kind of tired of saving Africa from itself I wish he’d been busy removing woodchucks or something.
Actually elephants are pretty smart so it would not be too wild to think that they were plotting and sneaking up on the guy. It did say that he was surprised by the attack and he was the only member of the party who got trampled. It says he was trampled by five elephants. It sounds like a coordinated attack.
Women and feminine men who know zip about Africa hunting in context to how important it is there
That is a lie. Did you need to eat that hamburger or pork loin, or could you have eaten black beans or offal, instead?
You do nothing but eat someone else’s kill without need at restaurants and from stores. You even PAY someone else to kill that unnecessary animal for your pleasure.
African elephants are the largest living mammals
The blue and other species of whale take great umbrage at this outrageous mischaracterization...
You think everyone here bashing hunting is a boomer
You know that how ?
Man the hatred here for older people now
Well you’re next up Xer
This forum has become a joke of the ignorant headline glancing sound and fury
You’re same as them ironically
But you’re right about African hunting and they are stupid and ill informed
All meat is consumed mostly by the locals
And the employment it brings and fees
And the culling when needed
Most of these hand wringers are women freepers
It’s what they do
Emote
Btw about voting
The highest proportional age bloc voting Trump has historically been 57-72
Early X and mid to late Boomer
Yeah but they asked ChatGPT about it on their iPhones and it said it was bad, so there!
Karma can be a real bitch.
Hr does doing what he loves to do. There are a lot worse ways to go. And you gotta appreciate the irony. Hope his guide recovers.
“One of the rules in these hunts is all of the meat is given to the locals”
I wasn’t aware you could eat lion and elephant.....I guess you learn something every day.
Personally I have never understood big-game hunting. Yes it takes courage and nerve to stand aim and shoot a lion or other predator charging at you. But I always think of what someone said about Hemingway…. He shot some may kinds of animals that in the end the only thing left was to shoothself.
Good riddance!!! Round of applause for the Dawn Patrol!!!
Yeah, because in Alabama the tusks-are-looser….
The trophies remind tj of the thrill of the hunt…. Serial killers take trophies too FWIW.
As has been said EVERY STINKING TIME THIS TOPIC APPEARS ...
And the ignorami continue to wallow in their ignorance.
Food is a valid need; however remove foot from mouth first. Population control is a need. Defense of self and property (%^%# woodchucks, feral hogs, etc etc) is a need.
There are upwards of 1.5 million deer car collisions annually; maybe this guy could’ve eaten well AND saved us a lot of bucks (pun intended).
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