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My tips on Walk & stalk equipment. Clothes. Of course clothes is essential. I have found out that all the fancy camos in cotton I have tried of the well-known brands SUCKS, and they suck big-time! They work as long as you stay in the shadow. The second you step into the African sun, antelopes spot you and show you their white rear-parts when they leave the area as fast as a F-16 going on a mission over the pacific ocean. My personal theory for this is that the antelope’s se UV colour and the cotton is bleached hard before printing the camo-pattern to make it look good for us in the store. This probably means that we shine like white teeth in uv-discolights! Personally I use a modified British chemical protection camo-set. The modification is that I took away the active coal on the inside, added some belt-loops and cut some unnecessary bits away. It doesn’t look fancy and it was cheap, but it works like a dream! One memory I will never forget was when I was almost surrounded by 2 Rhinos, 5 zebras, 30 or so impala and an incredible 70-80 Eland! The ones that were furthest away were within 80 meters from me and the closest ones were as close as 10 meters. I sat under a four-meter high tree and a tiny dead bush was all the cover I had. Finally the giant Eland leadercow`s calf came a little to close and she became suspicious and came in to about 15 meters staring very hard at me. She called her calf and told the heard that it was time to leave, the left orderly without a hurry keeping an eye at me. That’s how good this camo is! The whole situation lasted for approximately 15 minutes. I never had a chance to get any arrows flying but that doesn’t matter what so ever. This moment is one of the best memories in my hunting life! I have hunted in old lumberjack shirts, fleece, army stuff and some old camos that were given as a present and they all worked better than the new fancy ones. One other important factor is size of pattern. Avoid the small intricate patterns, animals don’t care if you look like a replica of the local African olive tree. Go with bigger blobs, as they are better of braking up your outline. And always cover your whole body, face and hands. A wide hat is good as it shades your face, try to avoid showing your eyes as two eyes looking in the game’s direction have meant danger for thousands of years. Most predators have their eyes in a forward direction to get a good perception of distance. Do you want to look like a leopard to the game? Bow. Whatever bow you shoot well with of at least 65 pounds if you plan to shoot the bigger game as eland, kudu, zebra and so on as African game is very much tougher than European and American game. Stay away from to complicated gadgets on your bow, the easier the better. If you prefer to have arrows on your back or on the bow is less important. Broadheads. Now here is an infected area to debate with as many opinions as there is hunters, I will just give you my five cents of wisdom. Stay away from two-bladed broadheads! Many of my friends and me have shot a lot of game with twobladers and the amount of not recovered game with good hits increased dramatically for us compared with game shot with three or more blades. My own theory for this is that if you are unlucky a two-blade broadhead could pass between parallel blood vessels without doing enough damage. With three blades or more it is almost impossible to pass between blood vessels. Stay with sturdy, high quality broadheads! If you choose fixed or mechanical is in my mind not important, they will both do the job. I always have mechanicals with me as a backup. It has happened that my muzzy fly perfect at home but when I arrive at hunting ground they just do not want to fly properly. Then it is good to screw on the mech and shoot a bulls eye. Fannypack. I prefer to use a fannypack to store my essentials for the hunt. I bring with me: Water 2 liters, small knife, gps, whistle (if you get injured), rangefinder, cell phone (if there is cover) binoculars, markers*, camera, toilet paper, radio and energy bars. * Markers are clothespins with white one-meter long plastic-bands on. I use them for marking where I shot game and out to the closest road to make it easier to find my way back to pick up game with land rover. For me a backpack makes my back dripping with sweat, fanny pack let my back ventilate better. Shoes. Whatever you feel comfortable in. On my first hunt in Africa the soles of my boots melted when I walked on the cliffs (old boots) so hunted in a pair of black Nike running shoes! I have after that hunted in low running shoes with soft soles, as they are comfortable to walk in and quiet. Avoid shoes with air pockets, as it is easy to get a punctured shoe. Sun. Do remember that the sun will bite your ears, nose or whatever part of you body it could. Cover up properly as the African sun most likely is tougher that what you are used to. Patience. Do wear fully covering patience under your hunting gear if you want to harvest any trophies.