Am I an elephant hunter or a midwife for an elephant?

Have you ever used the expression “We are going elephant hunting?” I have as well for years up until recently. I was in a board meeting and someone raised the topic of going elephant hunting. And another quipped back I think it is more like waiting for an elephant to give birth. After some laughter from the sheer imagery of the expression it was explained that elephants have the longest gestation period of any mammal. As is often the case I went back and began Googling the topic of elephant hunting and gestation periods of elephants (I must have way too much time on my hands!) It turns out it takes about 14 days to go elephant hunting and about 22 months for an elephant to gestate. My daughter was over looking my inquire and asked how difficult is it to shoot an elephant – how could you miss? “Honey, I’m sure your right and it sounds a lot easier than giving birth to one…” Is your sales force really elephant hunting or being a midwife to an elephant. I would imagine the later bares a lot more ivory with a lot less casualties.