Gerhard

Thanks guys, Leo, we will do the same for you in August.

Thank you

Here is the video from last weekend's hunt

Thanks guys, Glad you enjoyed the post

I was finally able to get back to our hunting concession this weekend, we build a new elevated blind and as a Professional Hunter I like to hunt out of the new blinds before guiding bow hunt clients. Its build in an big old lead wood tree about 30 feet of the ground. With a wooden platform and a camo net as walls. On my way to the stand yesterday morning I bumped a couple of young impala rams at the mineral lick. In the stand I got settled ASAP and then started to relax and enjoy the surroundings. The lead wood tree stands in a thicket mixed with lead wood and tambotie trees. These trees are home to a wide variety of birds. The morning passed slowly. At around 12:20 I saw a couple of young impala rams approaching the mineral lick. They were mock fighting as the rut is still going this late in May. Every now and then one can hear that guttural nasal roar an dominant Impala ram makes to impress the ladies and intimidate the opposition. During the rut Impala rams are very unpredictable and they can not be patterned at all this makes for a very difficult hunt compared to the Whitetail rut in the USA. While watching the two young rams a nice mature ram walks straight to the mineral lick ignoring the youngsters... He gave me a slight quartering away shot at 18 yards. The M'Bogo (Destroyer 350) appeared in my hands almost as if by magic. The HHA single pin settled on the middle of the vital triangle. The next moment the white fletching disappear on the sweet spot and the Impala jumps and goes onto a death run. He went down 50 yards from where he received the shot. Recovery was easy as there was a very good blood trail leading to the ram. So how did the Slick Tricks Std perform??? Entrance wound Entrance wound inside the chest cavity Damage to the lungs... Exit wound inside the cavity Exit wound The Slick Trick Std's performed flawless once again providing a large wound channel through both lungs and the top of the hart... I think I can say... The Slick Tricks whistled through this nice 22 inch Impala ram... ;)

I am heading up to a job interview next week. Will be working as a ranger on a private game reserve that borders the Kruger National Park. If I get the job there will be lots more photos coming from amazing Africa...

Glad you guys are enjoying it.

I visited on of the our local game reserves yesterday. Took some photos. Blue Wildebeest Blesbuck Impala Plains Zebra Hippo Warthog Eland Greater Kudu Fiscal Flycatcher Yellow Billed Ducks Cape Shoveler Blacksmith lapwing (plover) Golden Orb Spider Who wants to come on a photo safari ???

Glad you enjoy the photos...

He used a 350 Crush from Trophy Ridge if I remember correct 30 inches. Weight was around 500gr and loaded with 2 blade rage...

Just returned from a scouting trip on our concessions. We had one hunter that was lucky enough to get one of the 1st 340 Destroyers shipped to South Africa. Finally all came together yesterday afternoon and the Destroyer got its 1st blood!!!! Looks like this hunting season is going to be a busy one... ;)

Here are more photos from our concession...

I am glad you guys are enjoying the photos. Will post more as I get them from the camera.:yes:

Muleyman here are some new ones just as requested...

Here is a couple from the weekend...

Here are a few photos of some interesting visitors on game cam...

I have not hunted the animals you mention. But I have hunted a few different African Plains Game Species here in South Africa. For any plains game species hunting I have confidence to put a 125gr Slick Trick Std on my arrow. It penetrate like crazy, make a huge wound cavity and is strong enough to shatter heavy bone like a Zebra Stallion's shoulder bone... I have photos to back up what I said. PM me and I will send you a couple of photos...

Slick Trick, Razor Trick or Grizz Trick. They will get the job done....

Nice work

wow

Both hobbies are a lot of fun.... Enjoy them.

Guys, I grew up in Dullstroom South Africa and I started fly fishing at around 9 years old. We moved to Pretoria and most of the fly fishing stopped for a long time. Yesterday the opportunity yesterday to visit old family friends. The farmer allowed me to fish his dam again. 1st time in 13 years. Very very few people are allowed to fish here so I was really privilege to cast a fly here once again. My biggest trout I caught here as a boy on fly was 2,25kg... The dam is situated at 6800ft. I loaded the float tube and targeted deep water most of the day as the water is warm this time of year and I had to drive back to Pretoria in the evening so could not stay for the late afternoon early evening session. The dam was stocked a couple of months ago with about 50kg of 500g trout and earlier in the year with 1 - 2.5kg trout. The big trout in this dam is wild as wild can get and they fight very hard. Unfortunately the wind blew the whole day that made things a bit interesting but I had a lot of fun going back to my roots... I caught 8 x 500 gr trout and had a lot of fun...

Its a 500 Jeff, this will give you more information about this caliber. http://www.huntinglegends.com/archives/1754 All the best

This will give you an idea of the recoil