Eland and Warthog? Wow! Where do you get leather like that? Isn't an Eland one of those moose sized animals with two curved horns? I use goatskin that I have bought off of Ebay. I have a jig, too, BrentD. I have them on my trap and skeet guns. I put one on my "beater" Model 21 that I use for skeet and hunting. It sure dresses up a gun. Good to hear from you guys.
I shot them. Seems like a good way to go leather-wise. I have enough to so a few more pads
Eland seems well suited. It's tough, stretchy, and not particularly hard to work with. The warthog wasn't tanned all that great, and it suffered a hard life between tanning and being used for a pad, so it is a bit more difficult to work with. But great leather in the end. I'd make a point of shooting another for the hide if I were to hunt there again.
(they taste pretty damn awesome too).