Now a few pictures to show the topography of the area. It's bordered by the river on one side and high hills/mountains all around. The trees are short and totally denuded below. This makes it easy to see game but the game can also see you. When they stand under the branches of the trees they are safe from a bow because the arc that an arrow goes through on it's flight to the target takes it too high and it would hit the branches.
the river
A typical hillside, you can see an example of an acacia tree near the bottom.
An aloe, these ranged from 3 feet to over 25 feet high. They were the only target I could find that wouldn't damage an arrow, especially the green part.
This is the bark of a tambouti (sp) tree, they are supposed to be poisonous. It's my favourite picture out of hundreds, the light worked out pretty nice.
Another hillside. Those hills knocked an inch or two off my waist!
Here's a typical donga or coulee as we call it. the bottoms are flat and sandy and make great travel routes for hunters as well as animals. I'd sit on the sides of one about 3/4 of the way up and use it as an elevated blind, that's how I got the kudu. The dongas are very plentiful and a great way to hunt.
I finally took the time to learn a bit about my camera and started taking some black and white shots. This is the river valley as seen from camp.
Topic: 40 days in South Africa (Read 625 times)
