Africa’s Bowhunter – August 2019

GEAR BowHunterBow ISSUE 7 BOWHUNTING SPRINGBOK Hunting tips SPEAR HUNTING • NEW PRODUCTS • TRADITIONAL TUSKER of a lifetime Comm ...

5 From the editor 4 Tusker of a lifetime Ryan Clark 8 Common reedbuck with bow and arrow Frank Berbuir 10 Bowhunting springbok ...

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I am one of the lucky ones to be able to live, work and play in the environment that many of us love. It takes a lot of dedicati ...

For me these bush pigs are the nightwalkers of the bush and probably the most challenging and awesome animals to take with a bow ...

the rattles started. He was standing in the bush line with just his head in the open, head up and very, very aware of the sur- r ...

The author with the huge warthog he bagged. The longest tusk measured 14 3 / 8 inches. ...

I t was the end of August and I luckily made it back to South Africa to hunt with bow and arrow again with my profes- sional hun ...

where he was going. Thoroughly we checked where to move using the available cover of the bushes and keeping an eye where the ree ...

T he diminutive springbok is one of the most beautiful of our South African antelope (Figure 1). The sight of a herd of springbo ...

when the first green f lush appears in localized areas. In the past, mass migrations numbering hundreds of thousands of animals ...

Food and water requirements Springbok are grazers and browsers. Browse makes up the bulk of their diet during the dry times of t ...

include cheetah, caracal, jackal and large eagles. They are sus- ceptible to some diseases – heartwater being an example. HUNTIN ...

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pinched-off end. Individual pellets are 12–14 mm in length. Scat is often deposited in middens (Figure 4 and 5). Territorial sig ...

pounds. A bow of 50–60 pound draw weight (minimum) is, how- ever, recommended and even higher if it will result in a faster arro ...

BY JOHAN DE JAGER Ever since I star ted bowhunting plains game in Southern Africa I have always wanted to shoot a trophy war tho ...

The morning wind was blowing from various directions. Luckily I did the full three-phase process of my trusty No Scent productio ...

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