Your offline field guide for an ethical shot
Shot placement for 33 species, a guide to 21 hunting cartridges, and what to do with the meat once the animal is down. Everything is on your phone, so it works where there is no signal.
33 species on two continents
21 southern African, from steenbok to Cape buffalo, and 12 North American, from coyote to grizzly bear.
Southern Africa
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Sable Antelope
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Nyala
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Gemsbok
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Blue Wildebeest
North America
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Elk
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Moose
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Grizzly Bear
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White-tailed Deer
Shot Placement Guide
Photos of each animal from three or four angles, with the heart and lungs marked and an aim point, so you know where to place the shot before you are behind the rifle. Each animal also has its tracks, horns or antlers where it has them, weights and trophy information.
Swipe through the animals, or search by name, scientific name or area.
Caliber Guide
21 cartridges, from the .223 Remington to the .500 Nitro Express. Compare range, velocity, energy and recoil, read the Taylor Knock-Out (TKO) figure for each, and see which calibers suit which class of game.
Meat Processing Guide
What to do once the animal is down, step by step:
- Field dressing
- Skinning
- Cooling and hanging
- Cuts of meat
- Biltong
Built for the field
- Works offline
- Everything is stored on your phone, so the app works in the veld with no signal at all.
- Metric or imperial
- Caliber figures in metres and joules for Africa, and in yards, feet per second and foot-pounds for the USA. Switch at any time.
- Your colours
- Five colour themes, on a dark or a light background.
Hunt responsibly
Hunt Buddy supports your judgement in the field. It does not replace it. The figures are guides, every animal and every shot is different, and the decision to shoot is yours. Know and follow the hunting laws where you hunt. Read the terms of use.