From Fred Bear's Archives Elephant Bow Hunt!

[@skeeterflores7216]

I remember seeing this elephant at the Witte Museum. I am so glad I was able to witness the hunt that provided this amazing specimen.

[@bisonhawk1]

I love the classics man. Count me in

[@stringshot41]

What a great man Fred Bear!

[@TheCAB207]

Dude the tracker grabs a 100lb recurve and draws it like it's nothing.......holy cow that's impressive

[@shawnjohnson9096]

I see this is quite an old video, but the "willow leaf" blades on the arrows used in the hunt penetrate thick hide better than 3 or 4 blade broadheads. The narrator was correct, it was a lung shot. That is the most common shot on all large game shot with a bow. Yes, an animal as large as an elephant has a lot of blood and it takes some time for it to expire from an arrow shot. Since Noah got off the ark man was to eat meat. After Jesus ministry, it is clear that all animals are clean/fair game for Dinner. The elephant had a long, free life, and was harvested to be eaten. Make no mistake, elephant hunters were a big blessing to the locals. Your McDonald's hamburger however was raised in its own filth, shoulder to shoulder with its own kind, on food it was not designed to eat for its whole life. Also worth mentioning is the fact that if it wasn't for those hunters before our time, that saw the need to preserve these animals, and hunters that continue too, there would be no elephant left. That goes for countless other species as well. Hunters took action to set aside refuge and limits for these animals long before governments thought about it.

[@Medic-kk3jm]

The narration makes this video great. So much class.

[@paulhomsy2751]

I feel the complete opposite. "class" ? That motor mouth doesn't stop with his old style contrived tone and the music is enough to put one to sleep. Too much talk, too much music.

[@H43339]

@@paulhomsy2751 you wouldn't know a classic if it hit you in the head !!!

[@tysonhenderson5174]

Didn’t realize that an arrow would penetrate that far through a elephants hide. Surprising!

[@zeedub10]

With a proper set up, it sure can. Plains Indians' arrows are know to pass completely through an American Bison.

[@PBRstreetgang88]

@@zeedub10That’s a lie

[@zeedub10]

@@PBRstreetgang88 My argument and your argument can only carry so far because neither of us were there to witness. All we have are documented eyewitness and oral history to go off of. I'm sorry you feel the need to call me a liar. Sir, you don't even know who I am, nor do I know you. Carry on and have yourself a good day.

[@ronnywilly]

@@zeedub10there are videos on TH-cam of current bows that are rated the same as the indians would have used during bison hunts of old. Those videos show arrows consistently going into and passing through and through many big game animals of today. (Grizz, black bear, tiger and lions, all of the deer family (Moose, Elk, White tail, caribou, and etc) so thats enough proof to back up your statement and prove this contradictory / argument lover above ^^^

[@ClassicBowHunts]

Thank you for joining in.

[@KadenthehamsterYT]

I was 3 when this video was made, and now I’m watching it 11 years later.

[@RovingRegions]

Started like Mutual of Omaha and Wild Kingdom but with a slightly different ending.

[@RVZ1971]

Great video and awesome tusk on the bull..

[@codypost6496]

that was an adult elephant babies dont have tusks like that

[@ruger111dog]

sorry but a baby elephant does not have tusks like that.

[@randyclement2429]

I thought it look strange also ,look like it had a small body but larger tusk's

[@o.h2202]

@@randyclement2429 maybe somesort of deforation since birth? It's skin allso looked too smooth.

[@AngryScotProductions]

that isnt fred bear,this is bill negley lol

[@davidknight114]

Reread the title again there hotrod!

[@zeedub10]

He's right, not Mr Fred Bear. It's from his archives, but not him.

[@zeedub10]

It's states his name at about 0:26.

[@dima.jiharev]

Wow that's some old style hunt!

[@barrybennett7629]

Wow 100lb draw weight

[@airbornesoldieramerica7125]

100 lb will not be hard to shoot and practice with if a person shoots a bow all the time. And that is without using a release. I use to shoot a 65 lb bow all the time and that was without no release.

[@joshd2013]

At least the bow was made by Fred bear

[@LASKANDUDE]

I’m not sure birds gather around animals before they actually die. I may be wrong though.

[@Kurtdog63]

It can be a struggle to pull back a traditional bow that draws 50 pounds. Can't imagine pulling a 100 pound pull. Looked like a liver shot to me. :) Those arrows looked like they were as long as spears. 36 inches?

[@cappystrano1]

Liver shot...🤣🤣🤣

[@Ryan7323]

Liver shot. Lol.

[@whoopwhoop1584]

I shot a 95lbs bow no one else could pull it effectively

[@Kurtdog63]

A lot of bowhunters shoot 65-70 lbs compounds but struggle to get a 50 pound stick bow to full draw. ha @@whoopwhoop1584

[@mjw789234]

thats awesome I love the music lol

[@TUCOtheratt]

No sissy compound bows back in the day!

[@demonic2534]

Compound bows ain't no sissy are u dumb recurve for pussys

[@TheRedhawke]

Does anyone know what bow was used in this hunt ?

[@zeedub10]

Bear Kodiak with a draw weight of 100#. I bet that arrow is 600 grains plus with a very high FOC percentage.

[@travj4450]

I want a brown guy to retrieve my arrows...haha

[@sariho4955]

Stick it up ur ass😂

[@scottsmith6571]

I just would like a brown guy to speak pRopeR English in the south

[@sariho4955]

@@scottsmith6571
I want a white guy to clean up his ass i can smell it a mile away

[@markcuster698]

Haha

[@dakotagibbons6946]

@@sariho4955 why are you so mad?

[@tonytyla8786]

what year is this?

[@emilianocombret9740]

de. q decadas son los videos?

[@samgibson684]

Fred is a legend but there is no good reason to kill an elephant.....

[@davidkrowa4153]

its not a baby

[@marianoblasiburrull770]

NUESTRO "MANITU" DE LA CAZA CON ARCO MODERNA

[@lukehatfield8988]

Dumbo with a long bow...he was the MAN of men...would of loved to hunt w him ..RIP Mr. Bear

[@mattsmith2051]

100lbs draw weight my arse

[@benwarner6761]

An arrow propelled by muscle? Wtf

[@Kurtdog63]

That elephant was only a two pointer, amateur. Hee hee.

[@tsewkeelem2427]

Where is the bear????

[@metofind]

just one arrow

[@dustinjacks1187]

Lots editing here for entertainment.

[@rigsby556]

becaus eits hard to hunt and take game without killing it.

[@USSR_CCCP_1]

why did he kill the baby elephant ?

[@ryanthomas9661]

Some people dont have a clue. Next time know what you are talking about before you make yourself look dumb again. Thanks in advance

[@alansparks4600]

The Elephant he shot was a calf...gives hunters a bad name

[@mattyfoxOD]

bruh it had tusks big ones too🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️😭

[@TTANA]

I really wish they would reintroduce the Impala back to Pennsylvania ! !

[@H43339]

Whatcha Taalk,n About ?

[@ryanthomas9661]

Dude please be joking lol

[@TTANA]

@@ryanthomas9661 no not at all I don't know if you've ever heard of renovo Pennsylvania. But 2 archaeological digs in the span of 30 years has recovered bones of Impalas.

[@ryanthomas9661]

@@TTANA well I learned something today I really didnt know that

[@davidjensen2411]

Better than Attenborough!

[@johnsweeney5946]

Looks to me like he shot a baby elephant and then found a dead (shot) bull.

[@mattyfoxOD]

again look at the freaking tusks

[@BIGWOOD3160]

Small elephant young

[@ryanthomas9661]

Think before you speak please

[@BIGWOOD3160]

@@ryanthomas9661 REALLY I'VE HUNTED MY WHOLE LIFE NEVER AFRICA THAT IS A SMALL BULL

[@GottliebGoltz]

Twang.!

[@roopashreegirish7755]

Save a enimals life

[@alldayoutdoors]

here because of fieldsportsbritain.

[@billybellend1155]

Bow hunting is not a quick death usually the animal dies from drowning in its own blood.

[@2smart2baliberal]

You are entirely clueless on both counts.

[@jeffthornton2229]

totally wrong. quicker death than a rifle many times.

[@korstog]

eric rungren the ph here was one of the most famuse white hunters ever,i read an story about this hunt and that negly guy used more than 20 arows to get that elephant down,,this movi clip is cleary edited..after this hunt rungren went back to kenya and the EAPHA and got bowhunting band all over east africa...

[@ronnywilly]

Weird!!? As of today there are many TH-cam videos of hunters 1 shot (bow - arrow) killing elephants.. so why the over reaction of banning it ?

[@gordonhopkins4658]

1:43 is a Gazelle not an impala.

[@whi5tler_1337]

*_YOU CAN'T MISS A ELEPHANT, THERE SO BIG, EASY STUFF... AFTER ONLY 24 HOURS OF RUNNING AROUND IT DIES_*

[@agnostic47]

When I'm doing sport I prefer that my opponent knows he's playing. Shooting an elephant is like walking up to a guy in the street and sucker punching him in the face.

[@ryanthomas9661]

Shows how much you know lol

[@uppishcub1617]

except that guy weighs 7 tons, and has 3 foot long tusks

[@steelmaniacwi]

nice ivory

[@brucepoole8552]

They somehow attached tusks to a baby elephant sad

[@EthanPDobbins]

This is great but not fred bear

[@naturaldad3931]

It doesn't say it's Fred Bear hunting...It just says the video is from Fred's archives!

[@harrish619]

oosum

[@diamonddog257]

Great Stuff [but a bow is sadistic on large game...slow painful death ]

[@stevemichigan541]

Totally wrong. Less than 60 seconds

[@boygirlandadad5814]

You are very wrong. It doesn't get much more ethical than getting a near painless cut and then passing out where you just don't wake up.

[@loganhockenberry5026]

Idc how big it is if you put a razor through anything's lungs it's dead in a minute or 2

[@donfarmer4020]

Do you even hunt? Arrow place ment! Sometimes the animal doesn't even know what hit them. Look up Tim Wells shooting a black bear with a blow gun less than 3 min animal is completely exspired. I've shot dear with my bow that were down in less than a min. And ive shot dear with a gun and took out a lung and liver and tracked it for 3 quarters of a mile.

[@moogybannahilstopaflingon6803]

DDog, I’ve put many, many arrows through game that had no idea they had even been shot. They look around at the noise, walk a bit, get wobbly legs and pass out...it’s irresistable as they fall into the night as gently as can be. Much less traumatic than a rifle shot or the pellets from a gun.

[@benthomas8765]

Pretty sick this is done for sport

[@cappystrano1]

The whole Village was fed. Think before you open your pie hole and try and spread negativity..

[@mattyfoxOD]

oh shoot roasted

[@willh1082]

I'm all for legally hunting an elephant but I do question the ethics of hunting an animal this large in modern times when a 30 in inch arrow doesn't even fully penetrate the animal from one side

[@craigstewart6194]

You obviously don't hunt. It doesn't have to pierce both side just either the heart, or lungs. The animal dies from blood loss not how many holes it has in it.

[@willh1082]

No shit Craig? You don't say? Yes, I understand that, if you read my statement I said nothing about the number of holes but rather the depth of penetration, it appeared the arrow didn't penetrate but a foot or two into the body, if the animal is 7-8 ft wide you're barely nicking the outer edge of the lung, again I'm a hunter so I'm all for legally hunting one but it's a bit of the wrong tool for the job in this day and age

[@H43339]

@@willh1082 this day and age ??
Are you serious this is an old film for sure in the 60's maybe earlier ?

[@naturaldad3931]

@@willh1082 Fred's arrow for elephant hunting was custom made and was 36 inches long

[@keithkrone77]

“He lacks the unreasoning fear many natives hold because he belongs to a tribe notorious for ivory poaching” c’mon...we thought this was a good idea?

[@johnplong3644]

What is the point or purpose to this??? You got money so what do you do? Hunting for food because you need to is one thing you do it because you have to to survive Kill eat or die That is not the case here Killing for the bragging that you killed something That is needless killing just to satisfy and ego Look at what I killed Hey we spend money to kill these animals to save them by killing them That is totally illogical I have zero respect for Trophy hunters A lol of endangered species are being hunted to the point of extinction simply because some people want a head on the wall or a rug on the fool of their expensive homes just to impress others It is a pretty twisted mind set I know this can’t go on forever because one day it the near future these amazing animals will all be gone They will become extinct

[@kylekitchen5152]

Actually, this is a guided hunt. What you're referring to are poachers, and I agree with you. Guided hunts however, are very different and benefit the natives who live there, they use every bit of the animal. Trophy hunters aren't bad, it's the poachers who are bad. Evidently, many benefit from these guided hunts. Food for thought.

[@juanwashington763]

Ftw

[@ROCK-mn3gf]

This is what English people's doing all over the world

[@craigstewart6194]

A lot of people of different colors from all over the world hunt. You fake woke fucktard.

[@brockoneexcavatingtheallot1892]

Are you fucking kidding? All cultures hunt and the man in the video is probably long gone to old age now anyway. Stupid clown with white race hate. Yep black people hunt to you idiot.

[@rodneywroten2994]

I think it was a mercy kill. the elephant was poor looking . bones were showing bad

[@tedintessimone6985]

not fred bear..just sayin..

[@2smart2baliberal]

Nowhere does it say it is Fred...just sayin'

[@mahadevaswamyn5170]

This is tooo much

[@TheMischief9]

Times have changed , to kill a beautiful elephant for a trophy is just wrong .

[@kylekitchen5152]

Those guided hunts such as these are a huge benefit to the natives that live there. Evidently, they love when hunters go on these guided hunts. So despite popular believe, there are benefits, not to mention the cost of the hunt. Food for thought.

[@alamegachris007]

why kill such a wonderful ANIMAL like an elephant :(

[@sariho4955]

Their lust for blood..and their
Demented minds

[@bearslayer2147]

Most guided hunts all meat goes to local family's. Money from the hunter goes to helping preserve these animals from illegal hunting.

[@sariho4955]

@@bearslayer2147
There are inumerable species of animals that are way beyond our imagination in numbers that are extinct today. Well we know what race kills to feed his family and what race kills just for the fun of it.

[@ryanthomas9661]

Dude grow some balls. People will be happy in those villages to have meat. Do some research

[@ryanthomas9661]

@@sariho4955 lol. You know how many people ate from that one animal. Funny when people try to talk about shit that they don't have a clue about lol. Cant fix stupid

[@tuxfakenews6331]

Dang...I was hoping the elephant killed them all.

[@GTAVALE]

Sadistic

[@tuxfakenews6331]

I agree...killing animals in this way is sadistic...deriving pleasure from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others. Just shoot and eat them with minimal suffering.

[@ryanthomas9661]

Said the idiot in the corner

[@uppishcub1617]

@@tuxfakenews6331 I don't think he killed it with a bow because it was more painful. He did it to test his skill as a hunter.

[@OMGWUNSIU]

Nothing "classic" about this.

[@eliasbartos5313]

except it was from like the 40s

[@o.h2202]

Amalgamation but why he wasnt fighting in ww2?