The Versailles Republican Sports
June 28, 2007
Hoosier bowhunter captures
Namibian gold medal with pending world record springbuck
Gary Franklin - Sports Editor
After a flight of about 15 hours, the Ripley County Indiana
resident, Rick Mittendorf arrived for a 10 day hunting trip
in Namibia, Africa. It is a small country of about 2 million
people located on Africa's west coast.
Mittendorf hunted with Julio and Fernando Lopes of Damara
Dik Dik Safaris near Tsumeb, Namibia. The season at the time
of the hunt was winter there with temperatures of near 70's
during daytime and 50's at night. Near perfect weather with
bright sunshine and cloudless skies as Mittendorf put it,
"looks a lot like Arizona." "The terrain has
small mountains covered with thorny bushes and trees, and
the soil is sandy and very rocky."
While on the trip, Mittendorf took eight head of game with
his bow. They included two kudu, a gemsbok, a blue wildebeest,
a blesbuck, a duiker, a warthog and of course the pending
new world record springbuck as scored by Safari Club International.
The Namibian government awarded him an official scoring sheet
and a gold medal.
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Pictured above is Rick Mittendorf with his pending world
record springbuck, taken by his bow, as scored by Safari
Club International.
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Pictured from left are Mittendorf with along side friend
and fellow hunter Wayne Bowden. During the trip he had
an encounter with a black mamba snake. Bowden shot the
9' black mamba with his bow from 22 yards. The black
mamba is Africa's deadliest snake and has enough venom
to kill seven cows.
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Pictured above are bowhunter Rick Mittendorf and one
of two Kudu Bulls that he shot on his Namibia, Africa,
safari during what is their winter months, (70's during
the day and 50's at night).
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Bonnlander signs with Grace Bible College
Gary Franklin
- Sports Editor
Grace Bible
College Tiger's Basketball Head Coach Gary Bailey announced
that 2007 Jac-Cen-Del Eagle graduate Jacob Bonnlander has
signed. "Bonnlander is a 6'11" forward/center that
should help GBC inside next year", states Bailey. Bonnlander
is the son of Tom and Tammy Bonnlander of Osgood.
"It has been a wonderful process of recruiting Jake the
past couple of months." "It has been a pleasure
to visit Jake and his parents and get to know them. Jacob
will be a great fit at Grace and will mesh well with the returning
players", said Coach Bailey.
"He has a great personality and unlimited support from
his family. He just turned 18 and has a lot of time to develop."
He added, "Jake has the potential to be a dominate player
and it will be fun to watch him mature this season."
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Jacob
Bonnlander
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