Family Africa Tip
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From: Forest bows
16-Jul-17
At DIA catching our plane to JFK. From JFK to Johannesburg. This will be our first trip to Africa.
From: Forest bows
16-Jul-17
We checked 2 bags. Yellow bag is 48# bow case is 36#
From: Forest bows
16-Jul-17
From: Forest bows
16-Jul-17
From: Forest bows
16-Jul-17
Catching a little dinner at the airport
From: kota-man
16-Jul-17
Good luck Forest...Looks like stuff is gonna die!
From: Forest bows
16-Jul-17
Yes sir. Christian and I are hunting Kelly is filming and sightseeing. We will be there 12 days.
From: t-roy
17-Jul-17
You will have a ball for sure!!
Good luck and stay safe!
From: Forest bows
17-Jul-17
Landed at JFK... 5:30am
From: Zebrakiller
17-Jul-17
good luck I leave sunday!!!!!!
From: boothill
17-Jul-17
Good luck to you all...
From: Buffalo1
17-Jul-17
Wishing you a great trip & hunt. You will enjoy.
From: Buffalo1
17-Jul-17
Wishing you a great trip & hunt. You will enjoy.
From: njbuck
17-Jul-17
Best of luck Forest!
From: bowfishoholic
17-Jul-17
What outfitter?
From: Scar Finga
17-Jul-17
Have Fun, Good Luck and Be Safe!
From: AZ~Rich
17-Jul-17
Have a ball!
From: PnYChaser03
17-Jul-17
Can't wait to see pics and hear about this hunt. Would love to take a trip like this some day....time to start saving my pennies now!
From: Quinn @work
17-Jul-17
Awesome. Have a great time with the family Forest. Can't wait to see your updates.
From: Forest bows
18-Jul-17
We are on are way. Airport was easy and all
From: Forest bows
18-Jul-17
Bags came on time. South Africa air lines love hunters.
From: Forest bows
18-Jul-17
From: Forest bows
18-Jul-17
This place is very nice!!
From: Drahthaar
18-Jul-17
Hope all of you have a great adventure. Forrest
From: GhostBird
18-Jul-17
Go get 'em.
From: Medicinemann
18-Jul-17
When I see the pictures of you and Kelly, the phrase "A rose between two thorns" seems to come to mind!! I'll see you next month!! Enjoy your African adventure....you gotta learn to smile for your photos!!
From: Forest bows
18-Jul-17
Christian shot a worthog all ready.... We sat on water for a few hours this evening just to break the ice. Still hard to believe I'm in Africa!!
From: BOWNBIRDHNTR
18-Jul-17
Betting we see a lot of awesome photos! Thank you for sharing this trip.
From: Forest bows
18-Jul-17
It was just a old female but it got the jet lag cleared. Need to sleep I'll post more tomorrow!! Zzzzzzzzz
From: Forest bows
19-Jul-17
Was not on my list but was told I could not pass this big guy up!! I'm blessed!!! Lol. Great day saw lots this was the only kill. I have never been on a more professional hunt.
From: Buffalo1
19-Jul-17
Nice blesbok- keep it up!
From: Bowfreak
19-Jul-17
Congrats. I still love these Africa threads and am getting the itch again. I bet I could twist a few bowsite arms and get a trip together. :)
From: Forest bows
20-Jul-17
From: Forest bows
20-Jul-17
From: Forest bows
20-Jul-17
From: Charlie Rehor
20-Jul-17
"Was not on my list"
I bet we hear that again!!! Have fun every moment!
From: Forest bows
20-Jul-17
This was on crits list. Might go 55". We are having problems with the 4 blade muzzy cut on contact head we brought..... They are junk.
From: Forest bows
20-Jul-17
From: Forest bows
20-Jul-17
From: Buffalo1
20-Jul-17
Forest,
Why is that sable standing there broadside? Is there more story to the picture?
Very nice kudu. Lots of base mass. Congrats
From: GhostBird
20-Jul-17
Good mass and deep curls on the Kudu. Congratulations.
Any kill shot video of the Sable?
From: Forest bows
20-Jul-17
I did not kill the sable.......yet lol. I probably won't. I shot a great Impala but have not found it yet. 25"
From: Forest bows
20-Jul-17
From: Buffalo1
20-Jul-17
Happy Birthday!! My wife celebrated her birthday on her trip to Africa. Pretty special.
From: Forest bows
20-Jul-17
Christian's Kudu is 57"..... Huge!
From: Buffalo1
20-Jul-17
They are taking great care of your hides with the cloth bags. A big plus for the outfitter.
Congrats on a super kudu !! He's a good'un !!
From: Bake
20-Jul-17
I'd have killed that reedbuck! I tried stalking those boogers last year, that whistle alarm is annoying as hell.
Have fun
From: Forest bows
20-Jul-17
They did not have a tag for him Bake or he would of got smoked.
From: Forest bows
21-Jul-17
What a day!! Please send arrows!!!
From: Forest bows
21-Jul-17
From: Forest bows
21-Jul-17
From: Forest bows
21-Jul-17
From: Forest bows
21-Jul-17
Everything is so professional..... Every little detail even a gas gan with water to clean off blood.
From: Forest bows
21-Jul-17
So much fun!
From: njbuck
21-Jul-17
WOW, you guys have had a hell of a start to your trip! Some great trophies. Congrats and keep up the shooting!
From: eddie c
21-Jul-17
looks like you finally started smiling in the last picture. lol.
enjoying the pictures. Happy Birthday to the wife and congrats to you and your son.
From: Forest bows
21-Jul-17
From: Forest bows
21-Jul-17
From: Charlie Rehor
21-Jul-17
Stackin em like cord wood:)
From: Forest bows
21-Jul-17
From: kota-man
21-Jul-17
Fun stuff...
From: Buffalo1
21-Jul-17
Great trophies ! Keep it up till you're out of more money or underwear !! Whichever occurs first.
From: t-roy
21-Jul-17
I'm betting on money. They do your laundry every day ;-)
From: Forest bows
21-Jul-17
They wash my underwear every day so is going to be money or arrows I run out of first.
From: Quinn @work
22-Jul-17
Nice trophies Forest! Enjoy every minute of it cause you'll be itching to go back sooner than you think. Nice to see you're finally smiling after being 15K+ into it. LOL.
From: Bowfreak
22-Jul-17
Don't let up on em Forest. Awesome trophies!
From: JW
22-Jul-17
Great job guys! You're knocking down some quality animals!
This thread really has me wanting to make a return trip! Africa is an awesome place.
From: Charlie Rehor
22-Jul-17
Happy belated birthday to my guide!!!!
From: razorsharp
22-Jul-17
Wow! Nice animals!
From: Forest bows
22-Jul-17
Today was not so productive. I got a some kind of stomach bug..... But they have some pills that worked great. Christian shoot a cull Impala.
From: Buffalo1
22-Jul-17
This too shall pass !!
Good luck tomorrow.
From: Forest bows
22-Jul-17
Lol. I hope so
From: Forest bows
24-Jul-17
Getting a little tuff now we are hunting just hunting one or two different kind of animals. I'm trying to get a zebra and Crit a gemsbok. I shot a kill Impala today and Crit had a giant worthog get away.
From: standswittaknife
24-Jul-17
No red hartebeest or blue wildebeest???
From: Beav
24-Jul-17
Awesome stuff!
From: Buffalo1
24-Jul-17
Hang tough Forest and just be ready when they come in.
From: Forest bows
25-Jul-17
Danny could of shot both. Looking for a Zebra. No luck to day. 2 days left.
From: Chief 419
25-Jul-17
This looks like the trip of a lifetime in the making. Shoot until you run out of arrows. You can worry about the money when you get home. Take whatever Africa gives you. If you don't get a zebra this trip, you can always go back :)
From: standswittaknife
25-Jul-17
Got ya! Good luck!
From: Forest bows
27-Jul-17
Having trouble posting pictures. We have had great luck last couple of days and everything we have shot is Big! Rowland Ward is the standard over here I think. Some of you guys will know but the guide tells me everything we are talking makes it. I'm going to enter them out of respect.
From: Forest bows
27-Jul-17
From: Forest bows
27-Jul-17
From: Forest bows
27-Jul-17
From: Forest bows
27-Jul-17
Zebra was a dream come true?!!
From: Forest bows
27-Jul-17
From: Forest bows
27-Jul-17
25"
From: Forest bows
27-Jul-17
From: Forest bows
27-Jul-17
Full meat processing facility
From: Forest bows
27-Jul-17
From: Buffalo1
27-Jul-17
One awesome family adventure. Congrats on a great trip and some super trophies. As we say in the South, "You done good!"
From: standswittaknife
27-Jul-17
I knew that blue wildebeest was a target once he just sat there for ya!
From: Forest bows
27-Jul-17
Wildebeest was a 38 yard shot. Longest of the trip by almost double.
From: Forest bows
27-Jul-17
From: njbuck
27-Jul-17
Some great trophies, congrats!
From: Forest bows
27-Jul-17
From: Charlie Rehor
27-Jul-17
Oh my! Congrats!
Safe travels home!
From: Forest bows
27-Jul-17
We are out of arrows..... We will leave tomorrow
From: GhostBird
27-Jul-17
Great trophies, congratulations. Safe travels.
From: shawnm
27-Jul-17
Make sure you leave some of Africa behind..lol.. great pics and some beautiful animals. Congrats to you and your fam on the successful hunt!!
From: AZ~Rich
27-Jul-17
Congrats on a great hunt. I see you did have a ball..... so when are you going back?
From: Forest bows
28-Jul-17
I'll go back next year if you come with me Rich!!!
From: AZ~Rich
28-Jul-17
Sounds great but If I did I might not have a wife when I got back!
From: Forest bows
28-Jul-17
Shot 17 lost 2
From: Forest bows
28-Jul-17
From: Quinn @work
29-Jul-17
Nice job forest. You had a hell of a hunt. Thank you for sharing your trip. If you're not already please consider doing a pedestal mount on your zebra. Use the back skins as in lays in your panels. This is my favorite now out of all of my mounts. Hunting and nonhunting friends always comment on the zebra. There is nothing more that says south Africa like a zebra Pedestal mount.
From: BULELK1
29-Jul-17
Very nice indeed!
Thanks for sharing
Good luck, Robb
From: Forest bows
29-Jul-17
That's what I'm doing Chad. Could not agree more.
From: midwest
29-Jul-17
Wow....that's a lot of arrows! Thanks for sharing and congrats!
From: Forest bows
29-Jul-17
From: Forest bows
29-Jul-17
From: Forest bows
29-Jul-17
From: Forest bows
29-Jul-17
From: Forest bows
29-Jul-17
From: Forest bows
29-Jul-17
From: Forest bows
29-Jul-17
We could watch the shot video on the wall of the blind
From: Forest bows
29-Jul-17
From: Buffalo1
29-Jul-17
That hide is nothing less than deluxe !!
From: Forest bows
29-Jul-17
From: Forest bows
29-Jul-17
One way glass
From: Forest bows
29-Jul-17
Shot this guy out of a pop up we put up on a nother property mid Safari. Shot him with 15 min left of light on the last day.
From: Trial153
29-Jul-17
Fantastic trip, congrats !
From: Charlie Rehor
29-Jul-17
My, my, Your taxi bill will be three times the hunt cost!! Good thing you've got those high ceilings:)
Safe travels!
From: Buffalo1
29-Jul-17
Forest,
Can you elaborate on ya'll's equipment set ups? Average shot distance/tracking distance?
Tks
From: StickFlicker
29-Jul-17
No love for the big waterbuck?!
From: Forest bows
29-Jul-17
We shot Hoyt carbon defiant with FMJ. Started with muzzy 4 blade COC they failed bad....... The PH had a dozen slick tricks Magnum. The we're awesome. Will start to use them for sure. Most shots were 20-23 yards. I shot my Kudu at 30 wildebeest at 40 rest was under 25. All animals went down in 100 yards or less except the 2 we lost. Christian worthog and my first Impala got away. I aimed low anticipating the Impala to duck.......I hit dead center of the leg 2" low......
From: Buffalo1
30-Jul-17
Thanks for the feedback on the equipment setup.
And now the fun part starts, how to have animals taxi done and where to put them. A great challenge to be facing.
I agree with the pedestal mount of the zebra and also consider a pedestal for the kudus. They really look regal on a pedestal.
Congrats again !!
From: Forest bows
30-Jul-17
Kudus will both be on one pedestal
From: Dennis Razza
30-Jul-17
Looks like you and the family had a great hunt!
From: Forest bows
31-Jul-17
Christians Kudu went 57 1/2'' mine is just shy of 55.
From: bowbender77
01-Aug-17
Great Bulls, great fun, congrats !
From: Drahthaar
02-Aug-17
Awesome adventure. Forrest
From: otcWill
02-Aug-17
Very cool!
From: archer
05-Aug-17
You never mentioned the name of the outfitter. Can't read the sign.
From: Forest bows
05-Aug-17
Motsomi.
