The hunters became the hunted.

Chilling resurfaced footage shows a man shooting at a herd of elephants — and when he takes one of their own, the large mammals become not-so-gentle giants.

The man aims his firearm at the behemoths passing by as his guide advises, “Hit it between the eyes.”

That’s the moment the man begins to shoot at the herd until he hits one. The bull elephant is shot three times before it drops dead.

There wasn’t much time for the hunters to celebrate. As soon as the elephant hits the ground, part of the herd turns toward the men and charges them.

The clip, captured in the Nakabolelwa Conservancy in Namibia at least eight or nine years ago, shows the elephants trumpeting and stomping at the hunters as they run away.

“There is a small quota of elephants in the area, and we only hunt two elephants a year,” Omujeve Hunting Safaris owner Corné Kruger told News24 in 2018, when the clip first surfaced.

He claimed that hunting financially benefits the local communities in Namibia — where hunting for trophies is illegal and hunters require a special license to hunt big game, like elephants.

Some hunters have met worse fates when encountering wild elephants. In 2017, a hunter in Namibia was trampled to death by the colossal creature he was trying to kill.

Others have simply received threats and backlash for posing with their kills.

African elephants are considered a critically endangered species, primarily due to habitat loss, illegal wildlife trading and conflict with humans, according to the World Wildlife Fund.

There are only an estimated 415,000 African elephants in the world.

This year, a bill was introduced in City Council that would essentially ban elephants in NYC. The legislation from Democratic Council Member Shahana Hanif calls for 15 acres of land for the mammals, a near impossible feat in the city.

The Bronx Zoo is home to Happy and Patty, who each have their own acre of land to roam.