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After a four star breakfast with Dries Visser Safaris, we walked
around the back of the compound to site in our broadheads. A friend
of mine was using a four blade fixed 125 grain broadhead while I
shot the G.R. 85 grain. My friend's shots were varying from arrow
to arrow due to the plane of his broadheads. They were no where
near where his field points were hitting. I shot four field points
at 20 yards and then took out the G.R. Razortips and they all hit
where my field points hit. There was no difference….not even
an inch which would have impressed me. Another amazing thing is
that I shot the same G.R. Razortip into a sand pile a half a dozen
times and it never broke, bent or missed the two inch target a single
time. Now that's incredible!
Dries dropped us off at our hunting blind on their 24,000 acre
ranch. On the way to the blind we probably saw 25 animals, anywhere
from 150 to 1,500 pounds. I kept worrying about using an 85 grain
head wondering if it could really "do the job". I was
soon to find out. We'd only been in the blind about two hours when
four Zebra approached from our left. They stayed at about 50 yards
for at least a half an hour. Zebra are about as cagey as plains
game gets. Then, just when I thought they were coming into the waterhole,
they circled behind the water and stood on the other side for another
twenty minutes. I was amazed at how smart and cautious these animals
were. Wade reminded me that if bad things happened every time you
went to get a drink, you'd be skittish too. Good point!
Slowly, two of the Zebra came in for a drink. The only problem was
that they were standing side by side. If you made a bad shot and
hit both animals it could get really expensive really fast, let
alone injure a beautiful animal. Finally, the rear animal backed
up enough for me to shoot. I came to full draw, took a couple of
relaxing breaths, followed the line up the back of the front leg
to the kill zone and squeezed my release trigger. When the arrow
hit, it hit with such force that it rocked the Zebra sideways.
Now, a Zebra can run up to 50 miles per hour when alarmed…and
I'd just pulled the fire alarm! The Zebra ran behind some small
trees when we heard it crash just out of sight. It hadn't been more
than six seconds and seventy five yards later and the Reaper had
done its job.
We backed up the video in the blind and watched the footage several
times. Before the Zebra had been able to take a single step, he
was already leaking out of the wound. I'm sure that was the last
breath the animal took…and it was done with a 1 3/8 inch 85
grain mechanical broadhead! If you want to put a tag in their ear…
then sharpness, integrity and performance matter, and the Grim Reaper
Razortip is by far the best mechanical I've ever used.
Every hunt has a winning combination, and on this particular hunt
I want to give a special thanks to:
ASAT Camo www.asatcamo.com
ATSKO UV-Killer www.atsko.com
Grim Reaper Broadheads www.grimreaperbroadheads.com
Editors Note: I try to spend about a month in Africa every year
because it's good wholesome fun. I take a group of bowhunters over
for a real adventure every June. We don't do the normal stuff but
our trips are cranked up so there is plenty of real adventure, like
sleeping in a little tent with lions roaring all night or photographing
the Big Five or even working with biologists capturing big things…
like Rhino. We have the best property in South Africa for bowhunting.
When you're ready to crank it up a notch let me know. There's room
for you. >>Wade
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