HOEKSFONTEIN SAFARIS - Bow Hunting

E-mail: bennie@hoeksfontein.co.za
Mobile Phone: +2782 664 3810 Land Line and Fax: +2742 246 1488
Hoeksfontein Safaris, PO Box 15, Pearston, South Africa, 5860

Friends, old customers and new customers have been asking to bow-hunt with us because the area is so well suited for this purpose. I have been bow hunting here for some time and it is possible to hunt from blinds or to walk and stalk to bow hunting distances. We have therefore added this exciting form of hunting to the services we offer.

Bow hunting is an ancient craft with a history that spans several thousand years. Even though modern technology has improved the equipment we use, one important point remains unchanged: How do you outfox your quarry on his home ground when he is so superior to you in respect of sight, smell and hearing? How much time and patience do you have?

Bow hunting at Hoeksfontein offers you the freedom of choice to hunt for the thrill of the chase, for trophy, representative or meat animals, male and female of the specie. If you have the desire to take home the trophy of a lifetime or the experience of a lifetime, the choice is yours.

Come and enjoy the unique experience that Africa offers you. The challenge of African Game. Contact me to discuss your requirements. I can offer you non trophy and representative animals at prices that are very affordable.

Hein Siebert from Germiston, South Africa, with a big smile when his shot his Blue wildebeest Bull at 25 meters ( walk & stalk ) with Hoyt Maxis 35 bow 90 pound setting. He used an Easton ST Axis arrow with 125g Nitron Broadhead's. The bull ran only 30 meters before it went down.
PH: Deon Bezuidenhout

Ray Dawson of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, shot his Springbuck at Hoeksfontein on a walk and stalk hunt with his bow and arrow.

Craig Hurn from Cape Town, South Africa, spent his summer holiday at Hoeksfontein Safari's with his family and parents. They alternated hunting days and family days. This worked very well. He shot Kudu, Impala and Warthog with his Martin Cheetah 70lbs bow. He used G5 Stryker 125 grain Broadheads and Easton Epic arrows.

Jacques Wessels and myself "Johan van Niekerk at the back" were looking for warthogs, walking on a small path next to a valley with dense vegetation. Jacques was in front and had an arrow knocked and ready when all of a sudden a warthog walked out on the path 13 meters directly in front of us! Jacques, who was concentrating on walking through the vegetation, hadn’t seen the warthog. I started to worry that the pig would spot us so I slowly took out an arrow, knocked it and started to draw. Jacques realized I was drawing my bow behind him, so he knelt down. Before the warthog had any idea of what was happening I put the arrow directly in its vitals. It ran less than 50 meters before it dropped stone dead, just short of its burrow. We then had to carry the carcass out to the roadside. The warthog was taken with a 70lb Matthews SwitchBack XT, an Easton full metal jacket arrow and a Hypershock Expandable 125 grain broadhead.

Jacques Wessels from Port Elizabeth in South Africa with his 28" Eland bull. Here is his story: "Johan van Niekerk and I went up the mountain looking for a Black Wildebeest bull. We walked up on several animals when I heard what sounded like a mini avalanche caused by a herd of probably 60 Eland moving up the mountain about a kilometre away. I heard another noise coming towards me. I drew my Hoyt's 70 pounds bow with a Hyper shock 125 grain broad head, took aim and started following the sound. What happened next took only a split second but feels like hours. A lone eland bull walked out 5 meters from where I stood. I released the trigger, the bull saw the movement and jumped - it was gone. I panicked. Was the shot good or bad? I sat down and waited, after calling Johan to help with the search. At first we found no blood, but we spotted an Eland in thick bush 80 meters away. It still had enough life to scare and jump up. The arrow had broken off and the blood flowed freely. It was getting dark. The next morning, with Bennie's help, we picked up the blood trail and found the Eland 600 meters from where I shot it. It was an immense joy and sense of accomplishment. Now, when I visit my freezer filled with Eland steaks, I recall that amazing feeling of being 5 meters from such a large and wonderful animal. I can almost still hear it's breath and the sound of his movements. A most amazing experience."

Flippie Nell of Jeffreys Bay in South Africa with a 27" Eland bull taken with a bow. Flippie has taken three Eland this year with his bow. The first and the third were taken from the same blind and all three were textbook shots. It is not what you shoot with that matters, it is where you place the shot.