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Comment August 2010 / About crossbows and licences The past couple of issues of ABH have contained a number of readers’ letters on crossbows. Most of the correspondents were much in favour of including crossbows in the ‘bow’ family as a legitimate equivalent to a traditional or compound bow. We at ABH accepted that there was a strong demand for crossbow coverage in the magazine, and this particular issue was in fact to have been devoted to that subject.
As we began gathering material and arranging for contributions, a different picture emerged. The great majority of our established collaborators and contributors strongly resisted the idea of a ‘crossbow’ issue. A crossbow was not a bow, they argued as one, and it was not seen as such by the majority of bow enthusiasts. If we did a crossbow issue, or devoted a section of the magazine to that ‘heinous contraption’, we would be running a serious risk of losing our status as a bow magazine. And we would lose more readers than we would gain. Besides which, hunting with a crossbow was illegal in this country. Etc, etc .... Read the rest of the article
Content preview JULY 2010 issue
Leading article / Choosing a compound bow - part 1
 Cleve Cheney begins a new series that discusses the compound bow. He starts with the very basics, to wit eye dominance, the choice of a right or left-handed bow, bow poundage, and draw length.
If you are considering taking up bow hunting, the choice of a bow – especially of the compound variety – can be quite confusing. The variety in terms of design, shape, colour and capability is quite mind-boggling and it can be difficult for the newcomer to make sense of it all. Hopefully this article and its follow-up will assist you in making an informed choice.
If you are not already familiar with the components of a compound bow please take a moment to refer to figure 1 as, in this series, frequent reference will be made to the parts of a bow.
A note of caution at the outset would be in order. Don’t be misled by advertising hype. People trying to sell a product will use a lot of superlatives about their particular product being the fastest, most powerful, most accurate and most technologically advanced bow on the archery market ...
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Patience with a Reezen  Gerhard van der Westhuizen tells of hunting a blue wildebeest on a Namibian farm.
When my 30th birthday approached in February this year, I made it my goal to have a decent shoulder mount on the wall as a birthday present. I discussed it with my better half, Janet, and told her that was what I wanted for my “Big 30”. What animal? I decided on the tough, short-tempered and extremely unique blue wildebeest or “poor man’s buffalo”. This animal had caught my attention some three years before. My planning started, and one of my phone calls reached a place called Kowas Adventures and Safaris in Namibia. The owners, Danie and Ansie Straus, assured me that their hunting paradise would give me something special. Danie had an opening for me from 25 to 28 March, so we finalised the arrangements.
The one vital aspect named shot placement could be the only problem on the day I would softly squeeze my release to claim my animal, due to the fact that mother nature can throw you a curve ball at any time – and normally throws it when you least expect it. Although I am a Muzzy three-blader and a G5 Montec fan, I … Page 15 in the August 2010 issue View the rest of the content preview article
ContentsAUGUST 2010 Contents 5 Comment: About crossbows and licences 7 From our readers 8 Choosing a compound bow - part 1 15 Patience with a Reezen 19 Keeping it legal 22 Newcastle Archery Club hosts SANIFAA provincial field championships 23 Product showcase: shot placement video 24 Oorlewing: water – te veel of te min? 27 The NASP-SA approach 29 Product showcase: the Rage Titanium 31 A day in the life of a bow hunter’s wife 32 What does it take to win a team Gold at the World Cup in Turkey? 34 SABA news 36 ’n Tyd om te wag 38 Readers' trophies 40 Preparing for 3D archery 47 Strings unlimited! 49 101 Bow hunting tips 50 Subscribe and win 53 A spoke in the wheels of the ‘kinetic energy versus momentum’ debate – part 4 56 Shemane Nugent in Africa 59 Readers’ bow hunting tips – win a pop-up blind 60 Make your own biltong dryer Traditional 65 Bandages for your bowstring loops 67 A longbow, a hot day, a bushbuck 68 Bow profile: Carbon Elite Longbow from Centaur Archery 70 Barky’s noteboo 72 Bushcraft: know your plants – part 6 74 Bow hunting opportunities 79 Bows for sale 80 Letter from the rookie Cover image by Hendrik Liebenberg from Cheetah Safaris |
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- IMPAKT broadheads
- Trail camera
- Rookie
- Timberpoint festival
- Knives
Check out these sturdy homegrown broadheads!   Impakt, a sturdy-looking 125-grain, one-piece broadhead of cast stainless steel, is new on the market. It has a cutting diameter of one inch and is manufactured by a local company, Kremetartpan Hunting Safaris. The manufacturer says the broadhead material has a hardness of 48 Rockwell. The broadheads are easy to sharpen, says Roger Brooks from Kremetartpan, and they fly like field points. The Impakt has a robust design specially developed for African conditions. It fits perfectly on Easton Nano and Easton FMJ arrows and, because of its robust design, is re-usable. An broadhead that was shot directly into a concrete wall during tests suffered barely any damage. The Impakt would be ideal for 3D-shoots and for shooting birds. For more information contact Roger Brooks at 083 231 2066 or send an e-mail to
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. You can also visit the website at www.estategroup.co.za. A pack of three broadheads sells for R250.
Monarch trail camera  By Engee Potgieter
Arguably one of the greatest hunting accessories in the 21st century must be the trail cam. It has made life so much easier for bowhunters and has taken the majority of hit and miss guesswork out of the equation. Now you can see what is where whenever you want to. Even the secret world of nocturnal creatures is now an open book. But even trail cameras have come a very long way since appearing on the scene in the nineties, infrared lighting is now standard, 35mm film is obsolete, digital now rules the scene and as with most digital equipment things get smaller by the day. I had the opportunity to test the new Monarch Trail Camera, an incredible little powerhouse of a trail cam that has all the features of the bigger models but in a package half the size. The Monarch’s dimensions are 5 ½ inches high, 3 ½ inches wide and only 2 ¼ inches deep. It features 24 high intensity infra red LED’s with an incredible 40 foot range with a 50 degree dispersion angle. Together with all the adjustments and settings one could ask why the Monarch uses only 8 x AAA batteries – which I found lasts much longer in this model than in other trail cams I have used in the past. Picture quality is also fantastic and you can set the Monarch to capture images at either 3MP or 5MP and store them on a SD memory card as big as 2GIG. The whole unit is also finished in a good looking camo with adjustable strap to secure it to any size of tree you might encounter. Monarch also has quite a few accessories that can go with the Trail Camera like an all metal, lockable “Bear Box” and rubber coated lockable cable. For any further information or any dealer enquiries go to www.monarchtrailcameras.com
 Letter from the rookie
Dear Mr PH sir Ever heard the saying “Trust your fellow traders in the marketplace, but tie up your camel anyway”? I always wondered why people were so untrustworthy. How can you trust somebody, but at the same time have to protect yourself against them? But then again, life does have a way of throwing one a curve ball once in a while, doesn’t it? A while back Theo decided to organise a “street braai” (Japanese for being bored with using the grill in your own lapa). Usually during these “braais” you get to meet the neighbour down the street from you. You know, the one with the dog that leaves its “trophies”, or as we refer to it locally, “slagyster” (or bear trap for that matter), on your perfectly manicured lawn. The owner of that dog that you practise your catapult shooting skills on. It is then that you find out that he is actually a nice guy, but decide that due to his dog’s behaviour, you wil try your best not to like him. Sometimes you discover that there are very nice people living next to you who enjoy the same things in life ... Read the rest of the story on page 80 in the July 2010 issue
Come to the Timberpoint Traditional Archery Festival!  Wax your bowstrings, fletch your arrows and get ready for a weekend of traditional archery fun.
If you are a traditional archer, or have an interest in traditional archery, be sure to join in the celebration of the traditional bow at the Timber Point Traditional Archery Festival at Rust de Winter, to the north of Pretoria. From Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 September, we will be shooting at 3D targets, field targets, and aerial targets. You can test your skills against friends with the popular water-shoot and golden-arrow shoot. Although you will be keeping score, the weekend is not in competition form, and is all about having fun. The shoot is in affiliation with TASA. You can look forward to learning from the experts during talks about subjects like 'Tuning arrows to your bow', 'Hunting with the traditional bow', and more.Don't know anything about traditional archery? Come try it out, ask questions, and shoot with many of our sample bows and arrows. Adult and kid friendly! Shooting starts at 9:00 on Friday 24 September. Food and beverages will be sold both at the club house and on the range. The price for the whole weekend is R250 per adult. Cubs and juniors shoot for free. TimberPoint Archery has a full traditional archery shop, open by appointment only.
Bring your family, bring your friends, come for a weekend of fun!
How to get there:
Take the N1 north toward Pietersburg (Polokwane), then take the Hammanskraal/Boekenhoutkloof offramp. Turn right to Boekenhoutkloof, then take the first turn left to Rust de Winter and go approx. 11 kilometres. Turn right on the Dewagendrift road (directly after the cattle grid). After two kilometres, take the first turn right into Patrys. After 700 metres you’ll see our gate (at the Timber Point sign). Follow the arrows. We will also have signage from the N1. For more information contact Jaco Wessels, 083 268 9671.  
Jan Wahl hand made knives (Visit our online shop) The following is included in the standard knife
Knife steel:
12c27 or 19c27 stainless, thickness is 3mm
Bolster steel:
303, 304 or 316 stainless
Handel material on standard knife:
Hard woods like: olive, tambotie, rooibos, hardekool, kierieklaper, rosewood, rodeasian teak, patrys, iron wood and the list goes on. Or synthetic materials like diamond wood.
Sheath:
Each knife gets n leather sheath Except the Biltong knife that gets a leather bag   
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