I hunted with Nel’s Safari out of Botzwana on a concession in South Africa he has access to
I shot this bull through the lungs at 12 yards. Ricus Nel has guided around 20 bow hunters and I’m the first where recovery didn’t require a gun
I used a 70lb V3 matthews, grizzly sticks and Ashby broadheads. About 12-13” of the arrow was sticking out the back side
The bull ran about 200 yards. He taped 43”
Can’t say enough great things about Ricus Nel. He also then went on to get me 12 other awesome animals
Thanks for all the sharing over the years. Huge bucket list checked for me
I shot it at 548PM or so. Immediately they called the tracker and we were on the track. Two PH leading with rifles. It was like these guys were jacked to get on it
I asked, since it was getting dark, shouldn’t we let it lie up. They said we’ll only go in a few meters till it gets thick
Well it got dark. They were tracking in the dark on hoof hood prints and about 150 yards in the herd got up. I almost wet myself.
They then said it’s too dangerous. We have to come back in the morning. Well at day break we found the bull 30 yards from where we quit the night before. My bull was all beat up. Some of the younger ones had some fun with it
There was a huge blood trail but the PH didn’t want me to use my flashlight because it created shadows
I think these PHs live for those moments with a wounded buffalo
If they hook it by legs it’s too long and they can’t get it in
Thanks for sharing the photos.
He told me I got 3/4 of the spiral slam in one day and 3/4 of the Impala slam during the week. Just need to go back and spend a little more time
I assume the meat goes to local natives ?
I've gotta do an African hunt someday ....
They sell the carcasses for $0.75/lb to local shops. Nothing goes to waste. The skinners take all the edible inside parts.
I hunted 5 different concessions. Smallest was 1500 acres and the largest 15,000. 3 of the concessions were bow hunting only. It made a big difference on how spooky the animals were.
If I go again I’d make sure they have bow hunting only areas where if you want a crazy hunt.
All my sits were over water and most stands feed. With the high population of animals and dead of winter they feed and water the animals.
We left camp at 6am almost every day and the hunts ended with either a late animal or darkness at 615pm. Bring lighted sights for the dusk hours or you’ll lose some shooting time
I stayed in two different camps. Both didn’t have electricity. The whole camp was run on solar. I was amazed at how well that solar powered everything. We had everything you’d expect in a top line US hunting camp
The other big difference was the tips. Standard was $100/day for the PH. Not the standard 10%.
Ricus said there are a lot of camps that focus on quantity vs quality. Ricus only shoots good trophies or culls. Some days I saw 200 animals picking through them to find a trophy. The shots were easy. Longest I took was 32 yards. Getting the trophy broadside without another animal in front of it or behind was the hardest part
Getting pulled into the truck by the balls!!! You'd think it would tear them off....I was grimacing the whole time I wrote this!
Kurt, you beat me to it, made me cringe too. I had to look twice at the loading picture to see that he was actually being pulled in by the nuts....OUCH!
John, Safe to say you both have balls of steel!
They sell the carcasses for $0.75/lb to local shops. Nothing goes to waste. The skinners take all the edible inside parts.
I hunted 5 different concessions. Smallest was 1500 acres and the largest 15,000. 3 of the concessions were bow hunting only. It made a big difference on how spooky the animals were.
If I go again I’d make sure they have bow hunting only areas where if you want a crazy hunt.
All my sits were over water and most stands feed. With the high population of animals and dead of winter they feed and water the animals.
We left camp at 6am almost every day and the hunts ended with either a late animal or darkness at 615pm. Bring lighted sights for the dusk hours or you’ll lose some shooting time
I stayed in two different camps. Both didn’t have electricity. The whole camp was run on solar. I was amazed at how well that solar powered everything. We had everything you’d expect in a top line US hunting camp
The other big difference was the tips. Standard was $100/day for the PH. Not the standard 10%.
Ricus said there are a lot of camps that focus on quantity vs quality. Ricus only shoots good trophies or culls. Some days I saw 200 animals picking through them to find a trophy. The shots were easy. Longest I took was 32 yards. Getting the trophy broadside without another animal in front of it or behind was the hardest part
