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Main Boards => The Dark Continent => 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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Fantastic hunt Aun! That bow is a great one, glad you have it!
Guys, remember that these animals were taken by spot-and-stalk. You almost never see that in Africa!
:notworthy: :clapper:
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Keep up the pics! all the pics are awesome but that Kudu is just spectacular - they are my favorites then Nyala. So man you are getting me fired u p to go back.
J
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Originally posted by J-dog:
Keep up the pics! all the pics are awesome but that Kudu is just spectacular - they are my favorites then Nyala. So man you are getting me fired u p to go back.
J
Do you mean something like this? :)
(http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/storm5/kudu.jpg)
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Wow, that's cool! I am headed to SA tomorrow and can't wait. Congrats on your trophies ans be safe.
Bisch
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Hope you have a fantastic safari. Take a lot of pictures and film. Enjoy every moment and stay safe.
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Yep thats it - Norway believes in torture huh? :thumbsup:
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Bisch - have a great hunt - lotsa people here be wishin they were with ya!
J
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Thats an Awesome trip Aun
Congrats on some fantastic animals.
im so glade you spent so much time on the ground spot and stalking and not cooped up in a blind, and you did very well!
thanks for sharing your trip and great pics :wavey:
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Originally posted by beachbowhunter:
Fantastic hunt Aun! That bow is a great one, glad you have it!
Guys, remember that these animals were taken by spot-and-stalk. You almost never see that in Africa!
:thumbsup:
Norbert the bow is a beauty and shoots good, but for my next hunt I plan to build my own design long bow to hunt whit. If I succeed in building my bow, I think I will pas on the Horne bow to my brother.
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Originally posted by tradtusker:
Thats an Awesome trip Aun
Congrats on some fantastic animals.
im so glade you spent so much time on the ground spot and stalking and not cooped up in a blind, and you did very well!
thanks for sharing your trip and great pics :wavey:
I love to spot and stalk. You get to see so much more of the land and wild life and it challenges you in a different way, I think. :archer:
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Some more pictures.
The lizard
(http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/storm5/Langbuejakt2009116.jpg)
(http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/storm5/Langbuejakt2009124.jpg)
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Magnificent! Congratulations again for your effort and skill!
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Great pics, Natal is such a varied province. The Bushveld there is nice and open and has a few hills, good for spot and stalk. Actually walk/stalk and spot/stalk are fairly common here. Many folk do use hides and waterholes too especially to start off but they move on to a greater challenge. Sitting in an 'aapkas' all day is boring! Outfitters like to give clients a more 'certain' shot, esp for visiting hunters where a trophy is an important part of the hunt. There are others who like yourself enjoy the challenge. To each his own. chrisg
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:thumbsup:
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Day seven was my last day. My flight out of Johannesburg where at 2315 so that meant that I could hunt in till about 1400, and we had to leave Lowlands at 1700.
Me and Roy went back to the same farm we hunted yester day. After only a short walk we came on a really nice Nyala bull, again I decided not to shoot and grabbed my video camera and got some god footage of him. Then we came on a group of Impalas. I tried to get in position for a shoot, but manage to spook them. As the day got warmer, we decided to go back to the dam and spend my last hunting hours there.
We got there and found a nice place to hide. It only took about 15 min before 3 really nice Impala rams cam to drink. They newer cam whit in shooting range and left after 10 min. Half an hour later to new rams came in. On of them started drinking about 22/23 meters from me quartering a bit from me. I felt god about the shoot and the arrow was away. I swear that if he had not moved, that arrow would have struck him perfectly. But he jumped to his right and I could see the arrow miss him whit about an inch. Man they are fast mowers. He only ran 5 meters and stopped, looked around then went back to drink some more. I decided that he was to jumpy now and to let him go. At 11pm a nice Impala ram came in to drink, he then proceeded to walk to me and passed about 9 meters in front of us. As he past me, Roy went “aaap” and he stopped right in front of me. I was already at full draw and, as he stopped my arrow was away. As I released the arrow, he jumped around and ran back were he came from. As he went over the ridge we could see that he was in trouble.
(http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/storm5/Langbuejakt2009122.jpg)
This was a perfect end to a perfect hunt.
As Hamish drove me to the airport, I booked our next hunt whit him. So in February I will be back whit my wife and kids, also to other families from Norway are going to join us. :campfire:
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Well done Aun Egil!
We need to go there together some day.
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Originally posted by Bushman:
Well done Aun Egil!
We need to go there together some day.
Yes we need to do that. We can make a plan in October when Hamish is in Ulvik.
:)
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that looks great!! :campfire:
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:bigsmyl:
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What a great story and beautiful pictures :)
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Finally uploaded the video of my first traditional kill, shot at 9m after a on hour stalk.
Hope you enjoy it.
(http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/storm5/th_20090515101009.jpg) (http:// [url=http://s658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/storm5/?action=view¤t=20090515101009.flv) ]Tradgang.com[/URL]
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Great story and great pics! Thanks for posting!
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too cool, great shot
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That is an awsome tale and even better shooting :thumbsup: :notworthy:
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Congrats on the great hunt!! Thanks for sharing!!
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Nice Great shot, that was a cool experience
and you did well to hold the bow back for so long!
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This is just neat
Congratulations :clapper:
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That was great, thanks so much for sharing. It sure gets the juices flowing to see pics of Africa.
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Those are some great pics, sounds like an amazing time.
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Excellent.
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Fantastic hunt!
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nice work.
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I love the Video clip :)
http://s658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/storm5/?action=view¤t=20090515101009.mp4
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awesome video, thanks for bringing it back up.
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great trip!!!!! Dang that is a BIG lizard!!!!!!