Your friends need to discover http://www.alaskabowhunting.com. They're taking elephants and buffalo cleanly with longbows and sell the proper arrows and broad heads to do it.
The dam thing is made from plastic! What a joke.
Bet one of these would fare much better.... but I'd bet the BATF wouldn't be very pleased.
http://www.billsbangsticks.com/Powerhead-Information_ep_42-1.html
Thank you H50!
I hunted with Jacques Senekal's Africa Maximum Safari's (for the 6th time) with Wernher "Walla" Albertse PH.
The bolt was a custom 23", 800 grain "Spynal Tap" carbon "shaft within a shaft" made by Jerry at South Shore Archery, tipped with Alaska Bowhunting's 200 gr Maasai...
I've taken two big bulls with broadside heart shots, one with a .375 H&H / 300 Barnes, the other with an 800 grain arrow sporting an Alaskan Bowhunting 200 grain broadhead. The .375 bull ran about twice as far (100 yards) before expiring and would have likely run even farther had I not put...
Funny you should ask ... I just did it a couple weeks ago in RSA bordering Kruger Park.
We managed to stalk within 20 yards and put the first one through the heart. Insurance shot was also complete penetration.
The answer depends on what you're hunting.
Mechanicals use somewhere around 30% to 50% of the arrow's energy to open. Even if they open correctly, I feel that's unacceptable. Additionally, there's no support for the rear of the blade - this makes them prone to failure especially on contact with...
I'm helping a friend of mine that lives in SA work up some loads for his .338 Win and .270, but I need to know what gunpowders are available so I can suggest some loads.
For the .338 we're looking for 2800 FPS with 225 Barnes TTSX.
If you don't have the exact loads then I can suggest some if...
Oh, man. Sorry to hear it.
Wow, I have been specifically warned against Wayne Jardine in the past.
His nephew Heath, however, is one of the best ellie and cat professional hunters in Zim. I'd suggest the forum not confuse the two.
That said, the only way I'd book a Zim hunt is through a South...
Yup, you nailed it. Thanks for the history! I wondered about that.... would like to hear more! Are you familiar with that blind?
Hope I was clear in the report, I hunted buffalo out of Jacques camp along the Matetsi near the Robbins Camp entrance in the past, as mentioned, not this trip. This...
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe is a must-see after the hunt!
The two remaining animals on my SCI African 29 bucket list went unchecked until now for a reason... they both are most often taken as separate, dedicated hunts for the best chance of success, combined with the fact that over the last few...
Earlier in the year at the SHOW Show, I had mentioned to one of my friends and colleagues Lee Hoots, editor of Successful Hunter and Handloader Magazines, to join me on one of these excursions. Although normally I would have liked my safaris to have some time between them to recoup from the...
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