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I was thinking of a new thread topic, what is the closest shot you have taken on African game ? Lots of people talk about how far they can shoot but how close have you closed the deal ?
 
All my African plains game were taken about the 20 yard mark ......but I could have shot a cotton tail rabbit at 5 feet ,with a fish arrow today ....LOL !
Glen
 
in Africa
bow stalking , nyala bull at 14 metres, give or take a couple........

the only danderous game ive hunted , lioness at 26 or 27 metres...

bow hunting from a blind , gemsbok cow at 9 metres

stalking with riffle , zebra mare ,at 40 or 50 metres.....


in Australia ,
bow stalking , a fox at 3 metres.......for vermin
fallow doe at 7 metres...
from a tree stand, samba spikey at 11 metres....

hound hunting with the riffle a wounded samba hind jumped up and I pretty much had the barrel against her chest......

stalking with the riffle , a samba spikey at 4 or 5 metres
 
Bushbuck at 15 yards with a rifle
 
My water buck was walking by the hide window at about three yards, I figured it must be a gift from the hunting gods. Kudu at 14 yards from a pop up blind, walk and stalk on red Hartebeest 20 yards.
 
Walk and stalk with bow, impala at 15m
 
impala with a rifle , couldn't of been more than 5 m , I was the one side of the bush and he was the other .

I have also taken a blue wilderbeest in the same manner at around 10m .
 
Buffalo charge, about 5 inches, he was so close I had to put barrel over his head and shoot down into his spine and vitals from above him. Not a shot I would recommend...:A Outta:
 
In Africa a buff at 40m.

In Australia this Roo last week at 15m...

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Ole Bally, that's pretty true.
 
Impala for the kitchen 20m .
I saw Buffs on 10m ,buth nothing to shoot.

The nearest in my life ,a Mufflon came to me while a stalk in CZ on 7m with 8x57
Ey Ado,a wonderful gun and an awesome Buff-congrats.
Foxi
 
It wasn't Africa, but I shot a whitetail that I had been after at 8 feet with my .357mag Colt Trooper while sitting on the ground up against a tree. That was after letting him walk by at 6 feet! Almost had a heart attack.....lol
 
In Africa from the side window of my blind a 11 yards shoot a blesbock. and 14 yards in Alaska to a Grizzly
 
My Closest Bow shot ever was a walk and stalk on Springbuck which is pretty ironic as i set my sights in for about a 50-60 meter shot and started walking. After about 3 hours i changed my approach a bit as i could not get close to any Rams. I decided to try and get in front of the head and find a nice shady tree to try and ambush them, the first ram walked past me at about 3 meters and i just could not draw my bow because it was to close to me as it totally surprised me when it walked out in front of me. Then as i waited for the first one to pass so that i could draw i saw the second one coming in around the tree i was standing under and quickly drawed my bow. I shot it at 5m away, needless to say that does not happen every day with Springbuck on foot and it measured 14.5" which to me is outstanding.
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that would've been cool , petrus.........
being to close to draw ,
nah, that's bloody cool ...............
 
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