Tuesday, 5 June 2007

Big little fella!


Just wanted to show you a pic one of the little fellows running around here. This four year old male was shot by a friend of the farm. The Eland needed to be culled as we have too many young males of this age. When the dominant male dies (normal cause of death American hunter!) one of the younger males will rapidly gain weight until he is about one third bigger than the fellow in the photo. I am the one bravely grappling with the horns and the other guys are game farm employees.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

What did he taste like?

Ralph Westmacott said...

Fantastic, Eland is viewed by most as the best. Mum was lucky to be around when we had Eland meat in. It's much nicer and their is a lot more of it compared to a British Deer!

Unknown said...

haha raplh!!
did you get a hair cut?
personally, i think mary and i did a much better job in England!!
hehe ttyl
Anna xox

Unknown said...

oh and is that an over-sized Springbok?