African Hunting Gazette

SPRINGBOK SLAM with Bow and Arrow

Highly strung

On the first afternoon and evening, we were sitting in a camouflaged tent blind approximately 25 meters from the natural waterhole where the springbok usually came to drink. I had forgotten that evenings in August in South Africa can become crisp, and I felt a bit chilly just in my Sniper Africa shirt after sitting still for a couple of hours. That changed when Izak pointed to the left and whispered that I should get ready because some springbok were on the way to the waterhole. Immediately my blood pressure rose when I saw a nice white ram in the group of

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