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The photo below is from my client Brett Valette. He hunted just last week with Pro-Hunt Zambia in the Kafue, where he put two arrows in this hippo with his 86lb Ferguson Long Bow, using 950 grain carbon arrows, and 310 grain Ashby broadheads. Apparently he got penetration all the way to the fletching with both arrows, and that was it. Pretty impressive, hippo on land, with a bow! BELOW IS BRETT'S EXACT ACCOUNT, SO I STAND CORRECTED ON THE TWO ARROWS, IT WAS ACTUALLY 5. I put a total of 5 arrows into that hippo..kept shooting till it collapsed. But the first one hit the heart, pumped blood everywhere...and Richard said I didn't need to even shoot it anymore...but, you know dangerous game, I kept shooting...At one point, the hippo turned to face me, I was kneeling on the ground about 10 yards from him...then he stumbled and I knew it was over. Scary, exciting, intense! Richard and Gavin were right behind me with back up rifles...I'm glad they didn't need to shoot.  | ||
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Outstanding, especially when you consider that it was done with a long bow!!!  | |||
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Pretty cool.. | |||
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Must have been exciting. | |||
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Very nice! Skip Nantz | |||
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Gavin Robinson did bloody well on that safari and put Brett onto a number of Hippo but could not get in closer than the required 25 yards. This Hippo had fought with Lions and was licking his wounds when they came across him. ROYAL KAFUE LTD Email - kafueroyal@gmail.com Tel/Whatsapp (00260) 975315144 Instagram - kafueroyal | |||
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That is very neat. I wonder how many sport hunters have killed a hippo on dry land with a bow, let alone a longbow? Very well done! | |||
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I didn't see it happen, but I was in a camp when Steve Kobrine shot a hippo with a bow. It is simply a stunning accomplishment no matter who does it with a bow. Archie Nesbitt has killed just about everything in Africa with a bow (as has Kobrine). Nesbitt has also killed the rest of the planet. He has got to be the greatest living hunter. Not only did he kill all his stuff with a bow, he made the money it took to do this himself as far as I know. | |||
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Very Safi! | |||
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Steve shot a Roan with me in Luangwa a couple of years ago. Walk and stalk and put an arrow in it's chest at a measured 130 yards. The above Hippo was shot between shoulder and neck and the broadhead managed to reach the heart! I am not a bow hunting fan but those who truely have mastered this skill are a class of their own. ROYAL KAFUE LTD Email - kafueroyal@gmail.com Tel/Whatsapp (00260) 975315144 Instagram - kafueroyal | |||
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Outstanding! Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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Awesome! ~Ann   | |||
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I know Gary Bogner took one with a bow in Tanzania several years back. I saw it on video somewhere. | |||
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There is a big difference between doing it with a long bow or with a compound bow, as many of you familiar with both, truly understand.  | |||
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That is an impressive accomplishment. However, I do wonder what percentage of bow attempts on hippo or elephant result in wounded and lost, as compared to the same info for rifle hunters. I do know of one cow elephant, one hippo and one baboon that were wounded and lost by a bow hunter on the same safari. 465H&H | |||
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Congratulations on a job well done plain and simple. Mike | |||
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Can't imagine its happened very often! Heck, I would just like to shoot one on land with a gun. | |||
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Jack Brittingham tried it with a bow and the arrow literally bounced off the hippo. When Jack next appeared on camera, he was toting a double rifle big enough that he could hide in the barrels. Will J. Parks, III | |||
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I shoot both recurve and compound. Hippo with a longbow/recurve is truly a feat. Congrats to the hunter. Tom Addleman tom@dirtnapgear.com | |||
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SilentT: Me too. (Old Bear Kodiak recurve and Hoyt Raptor compound) Aaron: I know that Fred Bear killed elephant with a recurve, not sure about hippo, though. | |||
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Ya, that too is impressive! Brett talked to me several times about the option/chance of getting the hippo on land with his bow. Having hunted this same area many times myself, I really thought it was gonna be impossible. Only because the hippos are back in the Kafue River in a big hurry. Rarely are they out of water during daylight. | |||
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Brett deserves to proud of that accomplishment. He picked perfect tackle. I recently sold my compound and am back to the recurve. Feels good, but I can't imagine closing on a hippo with such gear. There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t. – John Green, author | |||
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Hippo was one of those animals I thought would be "impossible" to kill with a bow due to the problems if getting close enough on land. Sometimes it's nice to be wrong! Dang I'd like a try at something like that, but by the time I've got the money I'll be too old to pull that much weight. | |||
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That's on my bucket list for sure! Oh yea...first time poster...looong time lurker  | |||
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Awesome Aaron! Good Hunting, Tim Herald Worldwide Trophy Adventures tim@trophyadventures.com | |||
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Very cool! Congrats! Alive | |||
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