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With my bow setup and arrows tuned, I set-off on my hunting trip with my brother in 13 Apr 2011 to hunt Blue Willebeest. We went to a farm approx 60 kilometers North of Johannesburg.
Upon entering the farm, we already saw a big herd of Blue Willebeest (BWB) grazing to our right. The farmer greeted us and gave us the mandatory "shoot test), where you have to put 2 arrows into the bud at 25 yards. The arrows need to be within the space of 1 inch of a small white dot he had on the butt. Satisfied that we could shoot the white dot (both my brother and I actually shot the white dot with both arrows), he indicated that we could start the hunt.

My setup for the hunt was a Hoyt Maxxis 35 with dangerous game series limbs (92 pounds, 31 inch draw lenght). Arrows are Goldtip Kinetic Pro, 11.6gr/inch. Arrows are cut at 31 inches, 100gr G5T3 mechanical broadhead was used. Total arrow weight was 552gr, shot at 312fps. KE is 119.94 and momentum generated is 0.77 slug units.

I started walking in the bush and saw same BWB after picking up their fresh dung and spoor in the grass. I followed them for 2 hours. Due to the heavy rainy season, the bush is immensely dense. I had at several times come as close as 20 yards from the BWB, but it was so dense that I could not take the shot.

After walking and stalking them for another 3 hours (total time stalking is 5 hours), I saw that they finally left the forest and that they were entering the Savannah grasslands. There was a young bull that stood out and the PH indicated that I must take the shot on that one.

Our current location was that we were elevated about 50 feet above the savannah with the BWB grazing on the 55yards mark. The bull was standing on a quatering away angle. Luckily I have studied the anatomy of the BWB and I knew that they had big lungs that strectched quite far back. I picked my spot on the BWB and sqeezed the trigger. The arrow flew straight and hard, and with a loud "thwack" it hit the BWB right where I aimed. The BWB jumped in the air and started on the death run. I immediately saw bright red blood starting to pour out of the exit would (exit wound was on the vital triangle on the opposite site, double lung shot just through above the heart). I had a complete passthrough. Please see attached picture of the animal that was harvested.

We saw the BWB go down about a 100yards from where he was shot. We gave him another 10 minutes to expire. During this time, we looked for the arrow, but could not locate it. The video camera indicated that after passing through the BWB it bounced off the ground and then continued onwards. We looked for another 100yards in the direction that the arrow went, but could not locate it.

We then went to the BWB. The shot looks high, but due to the elevation we stood at, we took out both lungs. Man, what a nice, succesfull hunt after a long walk and stalk. Upon slaughtering of the animal, we saw that the arrow broke ribs on entry and exit. The slaughtered carcass weight was 250 pounds.

Picture of me(with Camo) and my brother and Blue willebeest

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Hoyt Maxxis 35 90#, 31' GT Kinetic, 200 spine, 552gr, SlickTrick magnum 100gr, 315fps G5 T3 100gr, KE=129!!

RPALT1

Congrats on the trophy

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'10 martin cheetah,apex sight,bodoodle300 zapper rest,60x strings,swhacker 100 gr

BradClifford

great job!