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My wife and I have booked our first trip to South Africa for June of 2025. We plan on hunting with both bows and rifle. We are both very excited about the trip but believe it or not this is her trip. She is the one that brought it up and planned the whole thing. I'm just here to build arrows and have fun.

. It will be an adventure. Great that your wife will be able share it with you. Or rather, you're sharing her adventure? What do you plan on hunting? Kudu is a must but shooting one with a bow would be a tall order I think. Warthog is a good item for bow. Blue wildebeest and impala can be stalked close in heavy cover. Springbuck and blesbuck are typically 200+ yards in open country. Similarly it is difficult to close the gap on black wildebeest. They also like open country. Seems a lot of guys have success stalking gemsbuck in gillies gear. They have a weakness for being curious, especially lone bulls. Hartbeest are difficult to get close because they are herd critters and usually found in semi open country. Too many eyes. Your wife should start out on blesbuck and I'm sure that will be your PH's plan. Not terribly wary but wide open spaces critter. Hard to get closer than 150 yards but possible in broken country. They are also afflicted with curiosity. I expect kudu will wait till she has settled in and taken at least blesbuck and impala. Actually, I get a kick hunting impala though most guys treat them like they're varmints. They are quite numerous and on many properties with low fences they are free roaming. So the property owner and PH rarely know what will turn up. Impala can be found just about anywhere. Often in groups but not always. My two best rams were lone bachelors. And they are a cheap trophy so go ahead and take a couple. I was hunting waterbuck last year when this fine ram appeared. We weren't having much luck finding a certain waterbuck bull so I took him.