Elephant Hunting Know-How
IN eastern Botswana, where I usually hunted elephant, the Khoi San are from the Masarwa and Masile tribes. They are slightly taller than the desert Khoi San, but still have their typical build and features. A good Khoi San tracker is generally far better than any other southern African tribesman, although a few Shangaans and Vendas are pretty good.
It is absolutely phenomenal to watch a San tracker follow and stay on the track of a particular elephant or other big game animal, even among a herd of the same species. These trackers have acute eyesight and can spot and identify animals at long distances. Good San trackers also seem to have a sixth sense which warns them when they are near dangerous game and they seem instinctively to know where animals are
