Hunted South Africa 2016

[Jayrod]

What a great adventure you had taking some fantastic animals thxs for sharing mike!

[Dry Creek]

Awesome
Congratulations on some fine animals!!

[Nomadstalker]

That looks like a great hunt. Congratulations on your success. What are the particulars of your bow/arrow/broadhead combination?

[Captain*Kirk]

Awesome story and pics...tell us more about the photo of it in motion after the hit...that is amazing!

[Captain*Kirk]

Originally posted by Captain*Kirk:
Awesome story and pics...tell us more about the photo of it in motion after the hit...that is amazing! Did the PH snap the photo?

[Kevin Dill]

Well done Mike....well done. Excellent photos as typical for you. Thanks!

[Possum Head]

I'm ignorant when it comes to these species. How much would bulls like that weigh? I really like the impact pic. Those feathers are splendid and stand out well. Congrats and thanks for sharing.  

[David lozzano]

congratulations!

[23feetupandhappy]

Awesome Mike!!!!

 

[Herdbull]

[knobby]

Congratulations Mike. What an adventure that must have been. Thanks for taking us along.

[sticksnstones]

Originally posted by Herdbull:
     

Great shot! Congrats and thank you for sharing!
Thom

[Herdbull]

[cch]

Good job looks like you had a good time. Nice photo of the Nyala fighting. Is that from a video?

[Herdbull]

[Herdbull]

I did not shoot until day five, passing up a lot of animals. I use 32 inch 2219 XX75 autumn orange shafts fletched with custom high-profile swift cut five inch feathers. Gary Hall made  up my arrows, and I alwaqys use four fletch.

I knew I wanted to shoot the massive eland with a Tuffhead (total arrow weight ~800 gr), but then kind of matched other animals with body mass and style with the boadhead. I shot the kudu and the warthog (pictured above) with Abowyer brown bear, and for the impala I used a 250 gr Woodsman elite.

A 64" TallTines Recurve at 67# was used to launch the arrows.

[Shadowhnter]

Man that makes me want to go more now then ever! What gorgeous animals! Well constructed post too! Congrats all around!

[Herdbull]

The arrow impact was not a "photo" , but a still-frame from the video I took. Eland bulls are quite heavy, and can weigh up to 2000 pounds, but I don't think this one weighed near that much.

There was plenty of high excitement on this hunt. The all day tree stand sits  revieled many mature animals standing back at a great distance or patroling at 200 yards watching and checking the wind, often times never coming in to drink while I was there.

[Herdbull]

Every evening we circled the fire and told stories of the days events, something I really enjoyed since I don't get to do that on a solo hunt.

[KAZ]

Incredible... Thank you for sharing your adventure Mike!