Welcome to the Alaska Bowhunting Supply-GrizzlyStik success pages. Take your time and enjoy browsing these photographs of bowhunters who know the satisfaction of hunting hard with GrizzlyStik arrows, broadheads, and other quality gear from Alaska Bowhunting Supply.
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We love it when our bowhunting friends share their successes with us and bowhunters around the world enjoy looking though bowhunting success pictures like these.
"Garrett, Ed and Everyone at Alaska Bowhunting: You were right!!!!! You got me the right combination – the GrizzlyStik Safari Arrows and the 315 grain broadhead worked great on this 40+” Cape Buffalo. Thanks for all of your help making this hunt a success." John G. Parker
Brett Valette shared a couple pictures with us of a large adult hippo he took from 20 feet, on the ground, on foot with a 86# Ferguson longbow and GrizzlyStik Ashby broadheads. (Adult hippos run about 6,000 pounds! That's a big, mean animal!) He told us to get his story from a post he made on Tradbow.com. Here is his story...
"A while ago, I posted that I was going to shoot an elephant with my bow. I had great responses...instead, I shot a huge hippo bull with my Ferguson long bow and 315 grain Ashby broad head two weeks ago.
Briefly, on the second to last day of the hunt in Zambia with Pro-hunt Zambia (Richard Bell-Cross), Richard radio'd Gavin, my PH, that a hippo was feeding on land! We found the hippo, stalked to within 20 feet of that monster hippo. My first shot was right in the heart with my 86 lb Ferguson long bow. I shot 950 grain arrows and the Ashby head sliced right thru the 2 inch thick skin,up to the fletchings and right into the heart. ( I do have film of the broken arrow actually in the heart). I continued to shoot the hippo and it dropped in about 1 1/2 minutes! My son Dalton, filmed the entire hunt. Being that close to this huge animal with only my bow and arrow was exciting and scary but fully gratifying with awe and amazement when that animal dropped from my arrow!
Everyone in camp was truly amazed that this "little stick" took down such a huge animal. It's kinda amazing to me that so many people have forgotten that Ben Pearson, Bill Negley, Fred Bear, all shot dangerous game with traditional bows. I just wanted to do what they did. It's truly an experience I'll never forget! My elephant hunt is next month in Zimbabwe." Brett Valette
"Garrett,
Nice to hear you again. Yes, I have been busy with lion. Very difficult hunt, at night and very noisy. I used your safari stick with 635 grain with your 150 gr broadhead total weight 785 gr.
It worked very good. The arrow has broken the spine of the lion and died. 20 meters far with 80 pounds bow. Obviously the broadhead has dissapeared inside the bone, but it did the job. I will order safari stiks next weeks to be used in elephant hunt."
This hunt was booked with Neil Summers of Bowhunting Safari Consultants.
This is a really nice Cape buffalo taken by Steve McCalmant with a 72# Cougar take-down recurve bow and our 315 grain Ashby broadhead. He tells the story best so we're hoping to get an email from him soon where he can describe the hunt. When we talked on phone, Steve shared with us that his PH actually hugged him after the recovery because he was 99% certain that a Cape buffalo could not be taken with a bow, much less a stick bow. He had been sweating the day the hunter would arrive and did everything he could to convince the hunter to use a gun.
Steve's son contacted us the day before they were leaving for the hunt but they decided they HAD to have the Ashby broadheads. Fed Ex delivered them the next day at around noon and they left for the airport a few hours later.
The arrow was 960 grains in total weight with the Ashby and all Steve did was screw it on and take some test shots. Flight was perfect. (They did test the Ashby on a fir 2x4 and when the broadhead split that with no problem, they were confident that this was the broadhead they needed to get this done.) Steve was ready for action...
At the shot Steve and the PH couldn't believe it, the arrow sunk all the way into the buffalo with only about 6" showing. The buffalo took off at a dead run, plowing over 6" trees and snapping them off. He died on his feet in less than 10 seconds.
The tracking job as a joke, he died almost in sight. With that kind of penetration, both hunter and PH assumed the arrow must have missed the ribs, but they were wrong. The Ashby broadhead had easily split the near side rib and the arrow continued all the way to the far side where it nearly split the far side rib. (Imagine what a heavier arrow would have done... Probably complete pass-through.)
Steve had an awesome hunt. He proved to himself and to the PH that when the right broadhead is used, amazing things can happen. If I recall correctly, Steve was told by his PH that this was the first and only Cape buffalo taken there with an arrow that did not have to be shot with a rifle to finish the job.
Well done Steve! Thanks for sharing your pictures and your story with us!
Steve booked his hunt with Neil Summers of Bowhunting Safari Consultants.
"Recently shot a cape buffalo with a 175 grain Samurai. Buffalo went about 60 yards and laid down. That was pretty much it. When the bull was cleaned we found that the broadhead went through rids on one side and stuck in the ribs on the opposite side. Double lung and heart."
Brian D. Campbell
" I's sending a couple pics to you concerning my recent trip for Cape Buffalo. I shot this bull with the 315 grain Nanook head. What a great product, flew like a dream and performed flawlessly!"
Martin L. Hug
Dr. Jan Seski took this elephant bull with 45 pound ivory with one Ashby tipped arrow. He booked his hunt through Neil Summers of Bowhunting Safari Consultants. Look at the penetration Dr. Seski got with the Ashby broadhead even after going through the elephant's rib! Congratulations Dr. Seski!!
"Garrett, I finally got my elephant and with an Ashby head. It performed great! I was shooting a 1235 grain arrow and 102 ft- lbs of KE and the arrow totally disappeared in the “crease”. After the shot we backed out and came back 3 hrs later and the bull was dead and hadn’t gone 30 yards. After recovering the broadhead it was in perfect condition and still fairly sharp.
I also got to test the broadhead on another bull that was killed by my PH and a forest official. In all I shot 3 more shots with the Ashby head through the shoulder muscle of the elephant. I purposely shot through the shoulder muscle and the results were as follows.:
One went through 12 inches of shoulder muscle and hit a rib directly but for some reason hit the rib at an angle. It did not breach the rib. However, I got poor arrow flight on the shot.
The second arrow went through 13 inches of shoulder muscle and totally disappeared within the elephant.
The third arrow went through the forward third of the shoulder and 13 inches of shoulder muscle, broke through a rib, and penetrated almost 15 inches inside the rib.
After the shots none of the Ashby heads showed any damage."
"Thanks for the fast service regarding my trip to Zambia. I shot a big male Elefant 5000 kg I used just one arrow - GrizzlyStik Silver Flame 150 grains ran 70 meters and died in 1 minute."
Bo Christensen
Take a look at the penetration Jan Seski got on this hippo with a GrizzlyStik Ashby broadhead. Jan used an 85# Mathews Monster with a heavy arrow that drove the Ashby broadhead into the far rib. Congratulations to Jan on a fine hippo taken with one shot.
Now THAT's an Elephant! Not only was this elephant big, he was tough AND taken with one arrow, head on. Yes, the shot was a FRONTAL SHOT! Think about that, have you EVER heard of a bowhunter taking an elephant with a frontal shot? And only one arrow? The hunter used our GrizzlyStik Safari tapered carbon arrow and a GrizzlyStik Ashby single bevel broadheads. If you're going after big and dangerous game, don't take any chances. Use the GrizzlyStik Safari and an Ashby broadhead, just think of us as the 500 Nitro of bowhunting.
Leopard taken with one of our GrizzlyStik tapered carbon arrows and a GrizzlyStik Maasai single bevel broadheads.
"Hi all, we are back from Zimbabwe, safe and sound. We had a great trip. Killed my elephant on day 5 of the hunt. It was part of a group of 3 that we tracked for over 10 km! 1 arrow at 27 yards, double lung shot, put him down in less than 150y.
Tim (my PH) estimated that the bull was 20 -25 years old and had 25# ivory. Pretty average for the area.
The bull was 1 of a group of 3 that had been hitting the locals crops hard and had attacked and gored a farmer just days before. Everyone from the community was very excited that we had rid them of a problem bull and at the huge amount of meat!" Darrin West
Darrin took this rogue elephant with our 315 grain Ashby broadhead. Congratulations Darrin!
"Dear Ed and Garrett, I have just returned from my recent trip to Mozambique and the Ashby head performed flawlessly. The arrow was a Full Metal Jacket Dangerous Game tipped with a 315 grain Ashby broadhead. Total weight 1000 grains and developed 107 Foot Pounds. I broke through ribs going in and going out. The broadhead was at the skin on the far side."
Neil Summers, Bowhunting Safari Consultants
“In the past I have shot several Cape buffalo in Africa as well as Asiatic Water Buffalo in Australia and Indian Water buffalo in Argentina. These bovine top out at one ton. I have use a variety of broadheads on those big animals in the past but nothing penetrated like the Ashby head did on the hippo, which is twice as heavy as any buffalo.”
Neil Summers, Bowhunting Safari Consultants
Thomas Marks, Cape Buffalo 2010
“This Cape buffalo was shot with GrizzlyStik Safari arrow tipped with a Nanook broadhead. The arrow weighed 900 grains and chronographed at a speed of 235 fps shot out of an 82# APA Black Mamba. The shot was 42 yards and the GrizzlyStik exited the chest wall after splitting ribs on both sides. When the arrow was recovered from the ground, the Nanook was still hair shaving sharp. The blood trail was impressive and he was dead before he made it 70 yards. As a matter of fact, the TV crew that filmed the hunt and shot said that it would have to be edited because of the massive blood lose. My PH said he was amazed by the arrow and broadhead performance and had never seen a buff killed with an arrow so quickly. ”
Ken Greer
"I've just returned from Africa, and I could not be happier with the performance of the GrizzlyStiks or the Ashby broadheads.
The Cape buffalo, shot at 26 yards, died within 1 minute, with penetration through both near and far ribs, the arrow finally resting under the skin.
Thank you for making this possible. What a great arrow-broad head combo for the very largest of game.
I think I should try it on elephant next..." Wadih Macksoud
Here's a BIG African elephant bull. One shot with our Ashby broadhead. was all it took.
"Ed, attached are the photos of my buffalo. In addition, as I mentioned I also included a photo of the penetration test we did. The grizzly stick with an Ashby head weighed 970 grains and was shot from a Hoyt Katera at 18 yards. The draw weight was 74 1/2 lbs. and the arrow speed was 200 feet per second. With what I would deem a perfect shot on a buffalo, the arrow sank down to the fletching. As for my buff, this hunt was spot and stalk and on the morning of the 2nd day, we crossed buffalo sign early got our gear and set off, I should mention at a VERY fast pace. In fact, the PH estimated we covered about 15 miles in less than 2 hours. We finally caught up with a herd of buffalo, estimated to number about 70. At that time we were in a malpani tree and under brush area. Which is when we started having problems with the wind direction. We would get into what we thought was a perfect position and the wind would change direction. The buffalo never went too far as they only caught a whiff of us periodically and never saw us. At one point we found a dry stream bed I thought was going to be perfect for an ambush. We were in this bed, setting up for what I hoped was going to be an easy, take your time type shot. However, as we know sometimes the best laid plans of mice and men go awry. Once again, the wind changed direction and the buffalo spooked. The next plan had us coming up from behind the herd, hopefully dead down wind! As it worked out we got to about 40 yards and they spotted us. There happened to be a great bull at the back of the herd and even though we did not have time to range him we both estimated him at 40 and the PH said use your 40 yard pin and shoot now! I did even though he had just started moving. My shot was about 6-8 inches further back than I would have liked, but it ultimately did the job. In fact, after the pictures were taken and he was field dressed we cut out part of a loin built a fire and had buffalo for lunch! A great end to a great hunt. This hunt was in a area of Zambia called the Rufunsa. It was on the Zambeze River right across from Zimbabwe and about 8 miles upriver from Mozambique. I actually got in some good Tiger fish and Cornish Jack fishing. My PH was Strang Middleton of Bowhunters Zambia. I have hunted with a lot of PH's all over the world but none have worked harder for me than Strang, I can highly recommend him."
Don Ingram
