Sofala Safaris

11/27/2024

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ND3xu9HkgXg&pp=ygUOc29mYWxhIHNhZmFyaXM%3D

Three friends meet at Sofala for an unforgettable hunt. Dangerous game and plains game combination with Sofala Safaris.

10/31/2024

My grandfather's double rifle (built in 1918) is what I use when following up on dangerous game. I just love those doubles. So it was extra special to have Ric Williams back at Sofala and to hunt with Hershell Morgan for the first time. Ric made history in hunting the first Sofala plains game animal with a double rifle. I had to pull out the .470 to share that moment with him! Hope to see you guys back at Sofala again in the near future.

Rick shot the first plains game trophy with a double rifle in Sofala history: an old blue wildebeest bull with face covered in mud. Hershell made the most of...

10/31/2024

Thanks again for the Denmark hunters coming all the way to Sofala

Follow Morten Skotte on his quest for Warthog in South Africa at Sofala Safaris, with his recurve! The riser is Win & Win Black Elk and the limbs are Uukha ...

10/21/2024

https://youtu.be/BLHuPg8tZGQ?si=eBVvF6A7tnTt1smo

These Alabama kids know how to shoot! We had a great time with the Powell family at Sofala. Top notch animals including a huge kudu bull!

10/21/2024

https://youtu.be/8DBHdkM_7LY?si=kRe-I7kMYR-NyGk3

A first hunt in Africa to remember for years to come.

10/18/2024

The Sofala 2024 Wall of Fame is growing. Adding two more hunters to the list today:

Sheila Smith (first lady hunter)

Curt Cochran (first youth hunter)

(Reportedly Curt made a 60 yard kill shot with a crossbow on the whitetail buck but this still has to be investigated and verified 😜).

10/08/2024

Kirk and Sheila share their adventure and perspectives after a 2024 Sofala experience as trad bow hunters.

Kirk and Sheila share their adventure and perspective of hunting at Sofala. Sheila is the First Lady hunter to shoot a waterbuck and warthog with a tradition...

10/08/2024

The Sofala International Wall of Fame is growing fast. Our next three Sofala hunters include:

Billy Jack Portwood with wild turkey bow kill (I remember Billy's kudu shot at the pan in 2023 - it was almost too perfect!)

Gary Cook with feral hog shot in Texas. (The gemsbok bull Gerald shot at 2Krip in 2023 was so intense I remember I could hardly breathe fearing the gemsbok might use that "6th sense" and stop just outside bow range as they so often do... )

Bill Coppage with antelope he hunted just a week ago. He also got a huge mule deer. Bill shot a Roland Ward Cape buffalo bull in 2023 with Sofala, I will never forget the "stare down" between Bill and the old bull.

Billy Shawn This is what it is about, bow hunting a whitetail doe to start restocking the freezer with venison. (Shawn had the most incredible trad bow hunt in 2024. The trophy list: sable, gemsbok, waterbuck, impala, blesbok, nyala, steenbok, duiker (and the kudu that somehow got away!)

10/07/2024

An honor to add the next hunter to the Sofala Wall of Fame: LEE NICOLS with water buffalo hunted in Argentina.

Talk about heavyweights... Lee used his bow to shoot a monster Cape Buffalo with Sofala in 2021 standing face to face with the Black Death.....

10/07/2024

Starting with some trad bow heavyweights on the Wall of Fame... Peter Juulsgaard with what may remain a very rare entry: Roebuck hunted in Denmark.

10/07/2024

Hey now.... Sofala Safaris decided to start the SOFALA... INTERNATIONAL... WALL OF FAME 2024

If you want to make the Sofala Wall of Fame, you have to meet the following criteria:
1.) Only hunters who have been to Sofala Safaris in South Africa qualify
2.) Only animals hunted outside the African continent
3.) Only hunts from the 2024 Hunting Season

Our first Wall of Famer is the one and only from Louisiana JOE NUNN.

Let's see if we can fill the wall this hunting season.

Two categories: bow and rifle.

09/20/2024

There are trad bows and then there are primitive trad bows. I doubt any person alive can quite hunt with a self bow (primitive archery) like Mike Yancey does. To complete the Southern Spiral Slam with a self bow is unbelievable. Mike will be talking primitive archery and his quest for the spiral slam with Sofala on Feb 8th at the UBM Festival in Springfield, MO. I may have to look at my calendar to see if I can be there!

I know it's early, folks, but set aside February 8th 2025 on your calendar for the UBM Festival in Springfield, MO and our keynote speaker, Mike Yancey, as he tells us about his multiple hunts in Africa to complete the Spiral Slam with a selfbow.

09/09/2024

The last hunt of the season came to an end with Peter Juulsgaard making a perfect shot on the incredibly jumpy "southern or common duiker" which is part of the "tiny ten" antelope species. Peter also shot an impala ram with his longbow, and we know how they can string jump! Svend Erik added a blesbok and steenbok to complete the hunt with our friends from Denmark. What a fantastic time for both hunters and guides and we hope to see you again soon.

09/07/2024

Hard hunting from basically sunrise to sunset every day. Of course the few breaks to recharge in-between. These African animals are so amazingly tough and smart and everything else to keep testing our skills and patience day in day out. Here are some of the trophies hunted over the last couple of days.

09/03/2024

A good day of hunting. Peter Juulsgaard made a perfect shot on a nyala bull - what a beautiful trophy. Morten did the same as he shot a warthog and Sven Erik shot an impala ram at the Sofala pan.

09/03/2024

Morten released the arrow just at the right time towards this impala ram - our first game animal down and a very happy hunter! FOR THOSE who think it is “too easy” to hunt from a blind, we had unbelievable trophy animals all day with ZERO trad bow shots at all (except the impala ram) due to either distance or shot angle. Only 3 photos to illustrate the extreme patience these guys have to have day in day out. The wind basically messed up each of those moments….

After a cold beer at the fire, Marinus, once again, had us all happy and smiling after a wonderful “safari style” Danish meal: pork (grilled or “braai” chops on the open fire) and Danish Parsley Sauce (Persillesovs) on potatoes with a fresh salad.

08/28/2024

NEXT HUNT: Sofala Safaris is very excited about our second hunt with Peter Juulsgaard from Denmark in just a few days! In 2022 Peter shot a record book Sable bull with Sofala Safaris.

If you do not know Peter yet, let me tell you a bit more about him. Peter is probably one of most popular traditional bow hunting advocates in Europe. When it comes to trad bows, he is absolutely a master teacher and archer. Peter often finds himself in an environment (social media especially) where many people push against any kind of hunting. The eloquent and intelligent manner Peter engages with critics and how he continues to put out so many great videos showing bow hunting in a respectful way is truly amazing.

In 2020, Peter Juulsgaard won the Monocular Hunting Videos Award. Many consider The Monocular the biggest hunting video award in the world.

For the hunt at Sofala, Peter will be joined by his bow hunting friends from Denmark Sven Erik, Morten and Anders.

Here is a link to Peter's first hunt and video with Sofala Safaris:

Follow me on my quest for Wilderbeest in South Africa! After almost five days without succes I changed my strategy.This bull ended up scoring 99 6/8” which i...

08/14/2024

My son James received his first bow from Mike Yancey today. Our group are safely back at the airport to get on the flight back home. Awesome times and experiences with a great group of people. Shawn and Don both shot beautiful nyala bulls and Casey got his trad bow impala!