Spiral Horn Slam with archery gear

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20 May 2010, 01:38

Gerhard.Delport

Spiral Horn Slam with archery gear

I want to know what has completed the "Spiral Slam" with a bow.

The animals in the Spiral slam :

Eland

Kudu

Nyala

Bushbuck

The other members of the spiral horn family are not included due to availability as well as price and location hunting them.

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26 May 2010, 08:11

bo-n-aro

All but the eland for me. For some reason they just do not ring my bell??? Maybe if I had a chance at a Lord Derby, but I have only hunted RSA.
I have a 50+ kudu, a 14+ bushbuck and cant remember the length of my nyala but is average or above.

26 May 2010, 08:46

Gerhard.Delport

quote:
Originally posted by bo-n-aro:
All but the eland for me. For some reason they just do not ring my bell??? Maybe if I had a chance at a Lord Derby, but I have only hunted RSA.
I have a 50+ kudu, a 14+ bushbuck and cant remember the length of my nyala but is average or above.

Can you post some photos?

I would love to see them.

Eland can be one of the toughest animals to hunt with the bow. They are also some of the best eating...

Gerhard
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27 May 2010, 07:51

bo-n-aro

Thanks 505!! Ya, he was a real toad for sure. Check out that right ear of his. He was very very old and had hardly any hair or teeth. He was all alone when I shot him and the PH and owner of the property had never seen him before. He said he was the largest bodied kudu bull he had ever seen. I believe it because when I picked out the form I had no choice of poses because it was the only one and the largest I could find. It started out as a regular straight wall mount and I just started hacking and whacking and this is what I ended up with.

21 October 2010, 08:05

s goldsmith

I have all but the bushbuck and all with recurve or longbow.

I prefer Namibia but will hunt RSA. Will people give me good ideas about bushbuck locations to hunt for 2011

21 October 2010, 10:48

zimFrosty

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Originally posted by s goldsmith:
I have all but the bushbuck and all with recurve or longbow.

I prefer Namibia but will hunt RSA. Will people give me good ideas about bushbuck locations to hunt for 2011

If you are looking for a fantastic bow hunting destination I would recomend that Save Conservancy in Zim. I have shot all 4 of the above animals there and it has some fantastic Bushbuck . Camps are stunning, properties all have bow blinds and stands and the walk and stalk is superb.A few of the operators I know have Bow packages which are really great deals

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01 November 2010, 10:28

zimFrosty

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Originally posted by s goldsmith:
Can you give me any specifics on who to contact in the Save Conservancy regarding bushbuck bow huntin?

PM sent

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01 November 2010, 17:47

jbderunz

I think that Dan Hunsaker has done the 5 spiral horns, especially an incredible Kudu. He has also shot the dangerous big 5. I think he has got most of African game, hippo apart though he shot one last year with me but we couldn't recover it, just a nice footage of the action as a memory. He has also hunted all what is worth in Australia and NZ. Few games seem missing on his American shopping list.
Just have a look on FOB website gallery. Every Dan's pics are pic of him :
pictures of Dan Hunsaker

A pity that Dan is so discreet, though he was quite active on the African hunter forum.