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    SCI Convention in Reno

    Does anyone of you bowhunters plan on attending the SCI Convention in Reno next week? I will be going there, and it will be my very first SCI Convention, so I am pretty excited. I have tickets for all the days, so I guess I will have time enough to see each and every one of the exhibitions. I...
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    Bowhunting Packing List?

    Packing list Dustyvarmint, Eventhough most items are covered by the list referred to by Jerome, there are a couple of items that I consider way more important than most of the others. And, that is a spare string and spare cable(s). If you accidently cut your string etc. with a broadhead on...
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    Bowhunting Giraffe

    The arrow hit a little above the heart, but it took out the arteries right above the heart. The giraffe went no more than 70 yards and he was down. I snuck up on him and gave him a second arrow through the heart at 30 yards. The blood really gushed out and it was all over in just a few minutes.
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    Bowhunting Giraffe

    I shot a Black Giraffe with a bow on July 31st, 2009 at Karoi Game Farm in the Limpopo province of South Africa. It was an exciting walk & stalk hunt, and I shot it with a frontal shot at 49 yards. I used a Mathews Monster bow set at 75 lbs, and an 817 grain arrow tipped with a 180 grain...
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    German Kinetics - Silver Flames

    I understand your last sentence as a question. The Mathews Monster is a two cam compound bow. It is not a crossbow.
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    German Kinetics - Silver Flames

    Hi Kristian55, I shot both a Giraffe and a Cape Buffalo in South Africa in August/September. I used a Mathews Monster bow set at 75 lbs and specially built aluminum arrows weighing 817 grains. The arrows were tipped with a 180 grain Silverflame broadhead, and they worked flawlessly. Best...
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    Never go into the hunting area without...

    There is one item I never go into the field without, and that is a First Aid kit. You never know when accidents happen, and I feel it is a good thing to be prepared for the worst.
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    Nuut uit Noorwe

    Takk skal du ha, browningbbr! Do you have relatives in Norway? I have hunted whitetails in Northern Wisconsin the last 5 years (not this year) in Bayfield county. I am also the Mathews dealer in Norway, so I visit the factory in Sparta as often as I can. I also have lots of relatives in...
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    Nuut uit Noorwe

    That's right, Tom. I am a member of several forums in order to try to learn as much as possible about archery and bowhunting. How has the hunt been stateside this year? Any luck?
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    Nuut uit Noorwe

    Hi, ek is Arve en nuut op die forum. Ek is 'n boogjag crazy oupa. Ek bly in Noorwe, maar ek het 15 kere in SA gewees, en baie Afrikanse diere geskiet. Ek hoop ek sal die forum geniet, en baie leer.
 
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