Another first kill for a new bowhunter is this kudu, shot by Chappie Benade, who hunted on a private game farm near Rustenburg and used a Bear Lights Out bow set at 60 pounds. The kudu expired at 69 yards.

This blue wildebeest was hunted by Kobus Steyn at Batshumi game farm with a 70 pound Reflex Growler and a Razorback broadhead.

Jean Steyn shot these two bushbuck at Mbebala game farm near Port Elizabeth. He hunted with a Reflex Growler set at 65 pounds and a Montec broadhead.

Juno van der Merwe is longing for last winter’s hunt at Tilodi farm near Leeupoort. He shot this 580 kilogramme eland with 28 inch horns from a distance of 20 yards using a Bowtech Extreme VT bow set at 80 pounds. The Muzzy broadhead did the trick and the eland went down after 40 yards.

Helgard Mosterd shot this impala from 40 yards with his PSE X-force Dream Season and a Gold Tip arrow with a Grim Reaper mechanical broadhead. The impala expired within 30 yards.

Ida Mostert shot this warthog with her PSE X-force and a Carbon Express Terminator arrow with a Grim Reaper mechanical broadhead. She watched it drop within 18 yards.

Christelle Wray took this 32 inch eland cow with a 46 pound Mathews Mustang bow and an 85 grain Montec broadhead. She hunted at Fig tree Safaris in Ellisras.

Mike van Leeuwen shot this magnificent waterbuck with an 80 pound Elite Envy and a 500 grain Easton Axis arrow.

A very proud Thys Cronje on his first bowhunt. Thys shot this big kudu cow at Nyala Lodge with his Martin Shadowcat bow set at 70 pounds and the arrow tipped with a 100 grain Grim Reaper broadhead.

TJ du Preez shot a blue wildebeest walk-and-stalk with a Mathews Switchback set at 70 pounds. The shot was taken from 25 yards and the arrow was tipped with a Slick Trick broadhead.

This kudu bull was shot by Loot van Rensburg at Mbebala game farm near Port Elizabeth. He used a Browning Rage set at 60 pounds and a Razorback broadhead. This was his first bow kill.

Francois Smit shot this eland bull on the farm Marnitzkraal at Marnitz. The Easton arrow, tipped with a 100 grain Thunderhead, went through both lungs. Francois used a Hoyt Valcon set at 75 pounds.

Carel Bekker shot this 56 inch kudu at Fig Tree Safaris with a Martin Pantera set at 63 pounds, a Carbon Impact 6500 arrow and a100 grain Muzzy three-blade broadhead.

Willie Jansen van Nieuwenhuizen bagged this impala from a distance of 20 metres with a Mathews DXT and a 100 grain Nitro broadhead.

This trophy impala was hunted from an elevated hide at a distance of ten metres. Leon Halgryn used a Mathews Outback set at 70 pounds and an Easton Powerflight arrow tipped with a 100 grain Montec broadhead. Leon said the first arrow was slightly too high and severed the spine. The buck dropped on the spot, allowing for a second shot, in the heart, within seconds.

Three photos, three friends from Virginia in the Free State and three gemsbuck hunted at Zingela. On the left is Brad Isham who sent in the photos, and in the middle is Jerry Coxsey. Both men made their own longbows and have bagged several animals with them. Steven Puttnam (right) used something “less organic” but still had great results. All three used Grizzly Stick arrows from Alaska Bowhunting Supply and Silver Flame broadheads from German Kinetics.