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Class of 2018
Bowhunter, Contributor to the Sport
Bob has bow hunted all over
the world, every continent except Antarctica. His travels to
Russia, Czechoslovakia and many South Pacific nations are
legendary. His journeys throughout North, South and Central
America have been as productive as his immense and beautiful
trophy room will attest.
Bob, however, is primarily
known for bowhunting Africa. He has taken more than 35 safaris
on the Dark Continent, most of them Teddy Roosevelt-style
safaris, backpacking and tenting in the deep bush. At one time
or another he has hunted every nation that allows archers to
take big game including Angola, Tanzania, Sudan, Zimbabwe,
Mozambique, Cameroon and Central Republic of Africa.
In Africa Bob was the first
modern day archer to take many trophy species such as bongo,
Peters duiker, Lord Derby (giant) eland and sitatunga. More than
45 years ago, Bob had already harvested Africa’s Big-5: lion,
leopard, black rhinoceros, African bush elephant and the African
buffalo with his bow. Today he holds the bowhunting world record
for several African species.
During a strenuous trek through
Angola with professional hunter Antonio Guerrero of Angola
Safaris in January 1975, Bob succeeded in taking the modern SCI
world record African elephant with his 90-pound draw weight bow.
Its tusks measured 137 lb. x 133 lb. It is a record that will
probably never be challenged.
His world record elephant tusks
are elegantly displayed beside the doorway to
greet and astonish visitors.
Notes of Interest
• The first bowhunter to collect all 29 African Grand Slam
Species
• Holds the world record for the largest Elephant taken with a bow in
modern times
• Pioneered Carbon arrow development and introduced over 750 other
archery and hunting products
• Personally guided more than 600 archery dealers on whitetail deer hunts
in Michigan
• Pioneered the first “Diana” all-woman deer hunt
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