First ever hunting video from my first hunting trip

[mrpoindexter]

So I shot a bushbuck that had an abscess at the request of my outfitter who wanted him put down. The bushbuck wandered to about three feet in front of my GoPro session and proceeded to try and drink water for almost 20 minutes, as I had 18 minutes I cut from the video so it wouldn't be so crazy boring. Unfortunately, my arrow deflected off some branches and hit a bit high but he went about 20 yards and was dead inside a minute.

I suspect my videos will be better from future safaris but we all have to start somewhere.

 

[cpr0312]

Thanks for sharing! Always feels good to take part in conservation and take an animal out who might suffer a slow and agonizing death. Congrats

 

[CAustin]

Good job sir! The GoPro is a lot of fun to work with!

 

[CAustin]

Where was the GoPro mounted!?

 

[PHOENIX PHIL]

Thanks for sharing. Sitting a blind can be boring, but when the animals come in and they don't know you're there for me makes the wait worth while.

 

[BRICKBURN]

You had most of a Spiral slam all in range at the same time.

Thanks for sharing your blind time with us.

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

I was waiting for the croc to burst through the green pond scum

Very entertaining though. Thanks!

 

[mrpoindexter]

I had two GoPros - one was a Hero4 Black sitting right where the blind opening was but unfortunately the video is upside down and I need to fix that before I can upload it. The second, which is this camera angle, was a Hero Session and it was attached to a bush on the right side of the waterhole.

I didn't even think of the spiral slam being mostly in range, but this is the same place I shot both my bushbucks and where I shot my kudu and my eland. My nyala was shot elsewhere though. I uploaded a video of the Blue Wildebeest after I got this one up. I will look at making a few more videos but I cannot upload them from my work - the pipes are too small. I have a nice shot of my zebra from an elevated blind where it looks like half a zoo comes by and it is about 15 minutes or so. I will try and get that one done too.

I just looked it up and it turns out that a copper level spiral-horned antelopes of Africa slam only needs 3 for a bow, so there was an entire slam in range. I got the bronze level slam on my first trip!

 

[buck wild]

How many animals do you see ?

 

[mrpoindexter]

My vision isn't so great but I see 8 here.

 

[mrpoindexter]

I see 16 here though...

 

[BRICKBURN]

How many animals do you see ?


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three kudu, one bushbuck, four warthogs, one Nyala, one impala or BB

 

[Lee M]

The Nyala looked like a good one! Do you like the no cam?

 

[mrpoindexter]

I do like the no cam, but I wished I had 70lb limbs. Although I was able to down the animals with 60lbs, I would have liked better penetration on the wildebeest and eland. I actually bought a used no cam with 70lb limbs and am going to swap the limbs so I can keep my warranty valid and just resell the no cam I bought with the 60lb limbs. It came in today so I can swap them tomorrow and hopefully sell it soon.

There were some good nyala there and I got a nice one with 26" horns but don't have a video of it.

 

[rinehart0050]

Cool video. Definitely no shortage of animals at that watering hole!