John Howard "Pondoro" Taylor (1904–1969) was a big-game hunter and ivory poacher[1] of Irish descent.
Born in Dublin as the son of a surgeon he developed an urge to go to Africa and become a professional hunter.
Although Taylor used various firearms for his work as a hunter, he preferred the expensive, British double rifles over anything else, especially when tackling dangerous game.
He also found favour with the smallest of cartridges, writing: "With a scope-sighted .22LR I could walk from the Cape to Cairo and not miss a meal.
"[2] Having hunted for over thirty years on the African continent, Taylor estimated he had killed over 1,200 elephants, the majority of them illegally.