Apply for your elephant hunting licence in Assam

[hvj1]

Hello Nitro Express,
Been silently reading the highly interesting exchanges between you and naga, thanks for all the information, like you, I too have given up hunting, though my hunting was confined to small and medium sized game. Just wondering, if it is possible to do a short photo safari. Also how far is Kazerunga Rhino Sanctuary from Guwahti?
Keep the good work with the elephants and particularly impressed by your efforts to implement humane methods for handling the elephants in Assam.
Best Regards

[OverUnderPump]

Hi Nitro, nice read. Waiting for the pictures.
Would love to catch up when in Guwahati.

regards

OUP

[nagarifle]

Kazerunga Rhino Sanctuary from Guwahti? 3 hours drive, we have forum member running a resort there as well.

[drifter]

I have been to Kazerunga as a kid, beautiful memories went on a elephant safari saw the rhino. I would love to do it again. Will check if I have any pictures and try to post them. We could have a IFG meet there.

reg drifter.

[Nitro Express]

Great reading your posts, Nitro. As for pics, if you have negative reels, your nearby studio can convert them into digital prints at a small cost.

Regards

Thanks for the tip.Let me see if I can retrieve the negatives.

Nitro Express

Hello Nitro Express,
Been silently reading the highly interesting exchanges between you and naga, thanks for all the information, like you, I too have given up hunting, though my hunting was confined to small and medium sized game. Just wondering, if it is possible to do a short photo safari. Also how far is Kazerunga Rhino Sanctuary from Guwahti?
Keep the good work with the elephants and particularly impressed by your efforts to implement humane methods for handling the elephants in Assam.
Best Regards

Hello hvj1,

Like NagaRifle mentioned, Kaziranga is around 3 hours drive from Gauhati.It is possible to do a short photo safari, but only after Nov 1st.The park is shut for visitors now because of rains.

Nitro Express

Hi Nitro, nice read. Waiting for the pictures.
Would love to catch up when in Guwahati.

regards

OUP

Hello OUP!

Let me know when you are in Gauhati next.Do you come down to Gauhati often?

Nitro Express

[kanwar76]

For now this thread may be fit for this section but I am sure soon its going to be a reality and I think first area with be Bannergatta national park near Bangalore. Elephants have killed 10 people since this march.

[m24]

For now this thread may be fit for this section but I am sure soon its going to be a reality and I think first area with be Bannergatta national park near Bangalore. Elephants have killed 10 people since this march.

Hi Inder,

A bit OT, but how far is Bannerghatta National Park from Bannerghatta Road??

Regards

[kanwar76]

For now this thread may be fit for this section but I am sure soon its going to be a reality and I think first area with be Bannergatta national park near Bangalore. Elephants have killed 10 people since this march.

Hi Inder,

A bit OT, but how far is Bannerghatta National Park from Bannerghatta Road??

Regards

Bannergatta national park is at one end of Bannergatta road other end is bangalore . BNP is around 25 kms from Bangalore

Any specific place on Bannergatta road?

[m24]

Any specific place on Bannergatta road?

Bilekahalli

Regards

[kanwar76]

Any specific place on Bannergatta road?

Bilekahalli

Regards

I am not sure M24, its been ages since i been to that side and IIRC it should not be more that 15-20kms. Planning to visit Bangy?

-Inder

[m24]

Not now. My mom, sis and her family there. Would tell them to go and have fun there if visitors are allowed.

Regards

[kanwar76]

Not now. My mom, sis and her family there. Would tell them to go and have fun there if visitors are allowed.

Regards

Yep!! Vissitors are allowed. Park is closed on Tuesdays. Tell them to go on weekday to avoid weekend rush.

-Inder

[m24]

Yep!! Vissitors are allowed. Park is closed on Tuesdays. Tell them to go on weekday to avoid weekend rush.

-Inder

Will do. Thanks. OT discussion closed. Back to you Naga and Nitro.

Regards

[nagarifle]

http://www.morungexpress.com/local/52048.html

this is reported in my local rag, in Nagaland: does it mean we can shoot em

Dimapur, July 22 (MExN): A herd of wild elephants is wrecking havoc in VK area under Zunheboto district, damaging a number of paddy fields over the last few days. Villagers in Litami (old) village reported that wild elephants have completely destroyed six paddy fields belonging to the villagers. This year’s monsoon has been favourable for paddy cultivation but their efforts have gone waste, the villagers said.
The villagers claimed that about 20 to 30 wild elephants have entered their territory from neighbouring Wokha district. They said that some of the elephants are in their gestation period and could increase in number in the coming days. The elephants are said to be roaming around and villagers are now scared to go to visit their fields.
The wild elephant menace is not new to this area. Villages in Wokha district, adjoining the Doyang River, and neighbouring villages in VK area have been facing the problem for many years. Last year too, several fields were destroyed by elephants in villages of both districts. The villagers fear that the elephants may soon become a threat to people’s lives as well. The villagers have appealed to the department of Forest and Wildlife to take measures to stop the elephant menace permanently.

[prashantsingh]

Read P.D Stracey's '"Elephant Gold" and you shall get an idea of the dynamics of Elephant Shikar.

Now a days if at all there is a need to catch an elephant, it done using a dart gun.It is a more humane method.

I live with six elephants.Over the years I have realised that we were wrong capturing them as an Anti Depredation Measure.Habitual crop raiders are around 7 feet tall.Whereas the ones we caught averaged around 6 feet.

Nitro Express

Here's our very own "Elephant Man" ......Nitro Express.
Mela Shikar has always fascinated me.
Another good read is a book on big game hunting called the "Brown Hunter" by Mr S.A.H.A.A. Imam. He has a chapter dedicated to Mela Shikar and Garh Shikar in the book. With a ban on Shikar the book went out of publication some decades ago. I am fortunate enough to own a copy , autographed by the author.