Trad Gang
Main Boards => Dangerous Game => Topic started by: storm5 on June 08, 2009, 10:32:00 PM
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After reading all the great stories on this site, I thought that it is my turn to tell a story. :campfire:
Now remember that I am Norwegian, so the grammar is not going to be perfect.
I have been shooting whit a long bow for about one and a half year, and finally thought that I was ready to go on a trad only hunt. :archer:
I was going to hunt whit a Horn longbow 51@28 (55 at my draw) that I bought from bechbowhunter. Thanks Norb, it is a very nice bow. After a lot of testing, I ended up whit G.T trad arrows @ 30”, 100grs brass insert and a 100 grs broadhead. This gave me a 500grs arrow. I know most of you think that this is to light of an arrow, but this is what flew the best for me.
(http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/storm5/Hornbue0091.jpg)
30 yards
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My hunt was booked whit Hamish Skead at Lowlands Hunting Safaris. This is my fourth hunt whit him, so I know him and the aria quite well.
The firs morning we started a bit late, after arriving in camp at 4 in the morning. (http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/storm5/Langbuejakt2009033.jpg) Sunrise at Bhizayo Safari Lodge
After some shooting and a nice lunch, we heeded out to the bush to find some warthogs. (http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/storm5/Langbuejakt2009003.jpg)
Both me and Hamish prefer to W.S so the plan was to sneak around till we spotted them, and then I would try to get inn to less then 20 yards for a shoot.
We spotted quite a lot of pig, but had problems getting close du to swirling wind.
I finally manage to get to about 15y on a sow whit tree smaller pigs. I came to full draw and as soon as on of the piglets turned broad side, I released the arrow. I saw that the arrow hit the pig in the gut, and I knew this would be difficult. We searched for the pig un till it got dark whit out finding it. In this area, the bush is very thick and there are a lot of pig burrows. We decided to com back in the morning to lock for it, and went back to the lodge for dinner and a cold beer. It had been a fantastic first day, except for the bad shot.
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I somehow got this in the wrong forum, can a moderator please move it to The Dark Continent forum?
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(http://www.nbjf.net/mg2/pictures/IMG_1540.JPG) Bhizayo Safari Lodge
(http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/storm5/IMG_3038web.jpg) Noting like an African sunset.
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The next morning we were out at first light, locking for my pig. We kept searching until lunch time, and found nothing. I felt terrible, but there was noting more we could do.
After lunch we went to another part of the farm locking for a hog ore impala.
We found some hogs, but I spooked them before I got close enough for a shot.
Then an opportunity presented it self when we found to impala rams fighting in the tick brush. We stalked after them for about an hour whit out getting a shoot, and we thought we had lost them. All of a sudden we herd them fighting again, and now they were close. I could se them about 30 meters away, and the loosing ram was backing straight towards me. I kneeled down behind some broken branches and got ready. At 9 meters he turned broadside and my arrow was released. As I saw him run off, I could se my fletching tight behind his shoulder and I knew hi was mine.
After a short tracking job, I finally had my first animal whit my long bow.
(http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/storm5/Langbuejakt2009020.jpg) And Hamish got the hunt on film as well.
:campfire: I do not think that I ewer haw had a beer taste as god as it did that evening at the camp fire.
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That is a cool hunt and a great trophy!!
J
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Storm5 great job man, congratulations on your first traditional hunt and harvest
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Congratulations on your first hunt being a sucess, there are not alot of guys that can say that.
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Awesome, thanks for sharing!
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Congratulations!!!!!
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Thanks Guys
I could not have don this with out trad gang and M.O.B series.
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Awesome job! Great pics.
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Those are some nice pics. Thanks for sharing.
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Great job! :clapper:
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The third day I went to a beautiful place down at Bushmens River.
(http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/storm5/Langbuejakt2009023.jpg)
This is a place I have hunted on several occasions so Hamish suggested that I hunted by my self, sins one person makes less noise then two. I was exited to be able to hunt by my self, so i grabbed my gear and headed in to the bush. After a while I spotted some Blesbuck out in a clearing. I walked around them and crawled through some thick brush, to get close and have god wind. I got to about 40 meters and then ran out of cover, I decided to sit tight and wait. It only took about 30 minutes before a ram got to about 20 meters and turned broadside. :goldtooth:
(http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/storm5/Langbuejakt2009035.jpg)
As we were taking some pictures of my Blesbuck, this guise showed up
(http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/storm5/Langbuejakt2009049.jpg)
They sure are beautiful animals.
(http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/storm5/Langbuejakt2009046.jpg)
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Thats some beautiful country out there. I hope to see it one day. Keep the pics coming.
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There are some very nice animals roaming around on his hunting concessions.
(http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/storm5/Image000131.jpg)
(http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/storm5/Image000121.jpg)
My wife ceased this guy for two days, without getting a shot whit here bow.
(http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/storm5/Image000041.jpg)
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Looks like you had a great time, congratulations on the hunt and thanks for sharing! :thumbsup:
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Wow! You sure know how to use a camera and a bow! Well-done!
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Congrats. Like Ben said, well done!
Gilbert
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At the evening of the third day, a farmer called Hamish and asked if he knew of someone that would like to hunt for an eland cow up in the Drakensberg mountain.
He needed the meet for his farm, so we would get the hunt for a very reasonable price.
Hamish explained to me that the aria is very open and it would be very difficult to hunt there whit a bow. He figured that the only way that we could be successful, was to find them in on of the few small patches of forest that are there. I said that I’m fine whit that, and just being in the mountain and seeing all the animals would be grate.
We fond some eland in the bush, but they were all bulls. The scenery was fantastic and I will do it again if I get the opportunity. I’m sorry but I only did get one god picture from the mountain. I only wish my camera could show you how beautiful
This sunset really was.
(http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/storm5/Langbuejakt2009058.jpg)
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Day six I was going to hunt a new spot that was perfect for spot and stalk ore an ambush.
(http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/storm5/Langbuejakt2009131.jpg)
Roy Barns were my PH for the last two days and he knew this property very well. We spotted the first Warthog as we got out of the pick up so this was locking rely good. After we had snuck around for a few hours we had seen a lot of animals, but newer got an opportunity. We decided that I should sneak back to a pond that we had passed earlier to sit for a few hours. Roy gave me a radio and I was of. I fond a nice spot behind some rocks and bushes, and settled in. After about an hour of watching birds and a very big lizard (about 2 meters long) a nice warthog came to drink.
(http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/storm5/Langbuejakt2009118.jpg)
He was out of range when he was drinking but then he turned and walked to me. As he passed about 5 meters in front of me, I lost my focus and overshot him whit about 2”. Dang that was exiting.
I retrieved my arrow and cheeked that I really did miss. Got back in position and beat my self for missing a 5 meter shot :knothead: .
And then they came, the most beautiful animal in Africa.
(http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/storm5/Langbuejakt2009088.jpg)
In the end I had 9 Nyala bulls around me, some young and some really big ones. I have dreamt of shooting a big Nyala bull for a long time, but on this tripp I was not going to shot any expensive animals. So instead I enjoyed several hours of their company, tacking lodes of pictures.
(http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/storm5/Langbuejakt2009112.jpg)
Even though I missed the pig, this turned out to be on of my most memorable day of the trip.
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Moved at the request of the topic starter to the Dark Continent forum.....