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We will keep you posted as the season develops we are taking a break now to do a major game capture operation which involves a number of rhino and buffalo. After that it will be back to hunting. Watch this space. If you would like more info please email us on bowhunt@telkom.net. Oh the photo is one of our new blinds. Please click on comments if you would like to add to any one of these items. Click on comments below the picture and sign in as "other" we would like to make this interactive and get your comment. Be good to get your ideas on bows arrows broadheads etc.

Steve - Warthog

Steve also harvested this warthog on the last evening of the hunt.

Steve - Duiker

Steve rounded off the hunt for us with this grey duiker very difficult animal to hunt with a bow and one that we don't often see at the blinds.

Max - Wildebeest

I did say it was the year of the wildebeest and Max helped to make my prophecy come true with this nice bull.

Mike - Warthog

Well we managed to catch up on a few pigs on this hunt. Mike brought down this old boar at black Rhino Wallow one of our big aerial blinds.

Mike - Impala

Mike got a little touch of impala fever on this hunt. The only cure is to hunt more impala.

Steve - Wildebeest

This year is the year of the wildebeest bull on the Ferroland hunting calendar. Steve put this bull down close to the blind. Steve's broadheads on this trip where he believes not up to scratch and 2007 he intends coming back with the Steelforce cut on contact.

Max - Kudu

Max had a busy time helping Ashley and hunting for himself but as this great kudu bull demonstrates he definitely managed to keep up.

Mike - Blesbuck

Here is Mike with great example of our unusual white blesbuck. He came very close to collecting a nice brown blesbuck too but hey there is always next year.

Ash -Hartebeest

Here is a photo specially for all our friends at Scentblocker we made sure Ashley was scent free for this particular hunt with a Scentblocker clothing cover. The result was this fantastic red hartebeest.

Max - Warthog

I am not sure who is prettier. Nice one Max.

Steve - Impala

Steve shot these two impala within a few minutes of each other, note the black face on the right hand side impala. Both lying within a few yards of each other, both over 23 inches, both perfect shots.

Ash - Zebra

This is Ashley's zebra ended up about 60 yards from the blind. She puts them down this girl.

Max - Zebra

We did chat about Max's zebra so we better show a photo. Both Max and Ashely wanted rugs. Oh yes she shot a zebra too. So this was Dad's contribution to the rug collection. Max was also using 100 gr Rocky Mountain titanium 3 blade broadheads.

Ash - Warthog

She does it again this warthog had us running round in circles but that had nothing to do with the "Ice Princess's" shooting she stopped him cold. Well done Ashl ely them warthogs are so ugly they are cute.

Mike - Wildebeest

Those of you that know me and Ferroland will understand that the first thing we try not to do when hunting is haul out a tape and measure the trophy. We try here to see the value of what we hunt from a different perspective. That does not mean we do not hunt world class trophy animals with the bow. As you witnessed on Ned and Wayne's hunt we harvested wildebeest all high in the SCI record book. This wildebeest of Mike's had a spread of 30.5 inches to match those great bases, definitely one for the book.

Ash - Kudu

Ok, ok I will try and not to over-sing Ashley's praises but it is difficult. I have two daughters of my own who both shoot bow and really if we want to see hunting survive we need to make sure our children have the same passion for hunting that we do. I really admire Max for bringing Ash out here and for letting her hunt and hunting with her all the time. We at Ferroland have tried to promote this kind of hunting from our very beginings ten years ago. The "Ice Princess" so called for no other reason then her total coolness when taking the shot brought this monster 54" kudu bull down with a 41 pound Mathews using a Steelforce two blade broadhead with bleeders. You will see more of her trophies in this blog. The young lady is 15 years old. Another legend is born at Ferroland.

Steve - Hartebeest

Steve also a Texan, did I mention we were hunting with an all Texan group. Steve hunts with the new Mathews Switchback and says it is very smooth. We opened up some new areas on the Manketti Biosphere this year and are getting good results. This red hartebeest was one of three taken on this hunt he only went about ten yards. Steve was the first hunter to hunt out of this blind.

Max - Nyala

This is Max Ashley's Dad with a great nyala which he took on the same day as he took a zebra which we will show you a bit later in this blog. The nyala went about 80 yards and the zebra not even that far.

Men at Work

Thought I would just throw this shot in as another perspective. The Outfitter at work and yes that big nyala was shot on this trip.

Mike - Impala

Here is Mike again with a very good impala he gave us a few moments of concern as he was not where the team had seen him go down but Jack the Russel picked him up just a few yards further on in some thick bush, a great shot.

Mike - Gemsbuck

On the big areas we hunt the gemsbuck occasionally visit the blinds. They are not water reliant and wary by nature. Mike had the priviledge of having this one come into his blind and he made sure it didn't leave. Great shot Mike. As you can see in the photo Mike shoots a 70 # Mathews Outback. We our not expressing our bow opinion here because despite our loyalty and promotion of a specific brand they seem reluctant to aknowledge our efforts on their behalf. Mike has vowed to come back for African game with a little more poundage and heavier arrows.

Mike - Zebra

I am sure most of you recognize the character on the right, our GQ PH Andries. I swear Mike who is on the right came out of the same pod as Andries. Mad as each other these two. A laugh a minute. Despite all the joking they did do some serious hunting. This first class Zebra stallion went about 150 yards at which point a well paced Rocky Mountain Titanium got the better of him. You will notice that all our PH's are wearing "SCENTBLOCKER" clothing, hey it works for us.

June Hunt 2005

June 2005 in the dark moon, which happens to have been in the last ten days. Mildest weather we have had in June for ten years. Perfect weather for hunting. Four hunters ten days and an amazing hunt. The young lady in this photo is Ashley with a gorgeous impala she harveted herself, but more about this as you browse through our blog - read on...