Great that you got to hunt that Old Bushbuck on his terms Brickburn,you do understand that hunting them that way becomes addictive? Well done
Marius did such an incredible job facilitating my Bushbuck stalking I was quite floored at the number of opportunities that I was presented with on each outing. I know it seems insane to be passing up trophy Bushbuck to go after a larger one when you have a bow in your hand but I was able to because of the quality of the PH and the Property. That confidence in Marius was renewed with each outing.
Imagine you have just set out from the Bakkie with instructions to go down the road and cut across the clearing in the bottom and head back up the middle ridge to get into position to stalk an absolute monster Bushbuck ram. One you would not pas up with a rifle in ten thousand years, even if you already had one. This is how I left the Bakkie this first morning to go no more than two hundred yards down the trail from the Bakkie and run into four Bushbuck rams. Three too small and you got to watch them saunter, not bolt, away into the bush and you continue to slowly walk your way to the chosen destination.
This picture is of the larger guy where I found him on the edge of the road in situ. Watching me. I assessed quickly I was not going to draw on him but, for fun I made like I was going to do so.
I slowly withdrew my pack and undid the zipper and retrieved the pocket camera (who thought I was going to be using it for Bushbuck counting on the way) and slowly inched my way sideways to get him clear of the bush.
I got to this position and ranged him at thirty yards. Moving about, swapping camera, range finder, pack etc. Perfect broadside shot at thirty yards with a calm ram. I was very glad that the camera had image stability control because I was shaking like a leaf.
This Bushbuck stalking was going to be easy!
I was still semi delusional from jet lag obviously. 
You can see from the angle of the two pictures that I had moved very very slowly a LONG way in order to get that ram clear of the bush and he remained calm and watched me. I was not in the Ghille by the way and running around in standard shades of green. You can not stalk in this bush with a Ghillie on. At least not the kind I bought. The "Blood Bank" rips your cloths as it is, never mind with all the strings and frills...
An incredible first 10 minutes of Walk and Stalk Bushbuck with a Bow in my hand.
Addicting, hell yes!
