SPECIES GALLERY
For a larger image of any of the game species below please click the animal image.
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African Buffalo |
| Another contender for the title of ‘most dangerous animal in Africa’, the Buffalo is a stunning creature with bulls exceeding 800kg and standing approx 1.5m tall at the shoulder. Although the cows are approx 25% smaller, it is the females that command more authority within the heard, some of which exceed hundreds running into thousands of animals. Buffalo are now largely restricted to the major conservation areas. |
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African Elephant |
| This iconic mammal is the worlds largest land animal with mature Bulls weighing in at a massive six tonnes standing four metres high at the shoulder. The smaller cow can exceed 3.5 tonnes and reaches just over 3 metres at the shoulder. Elephants are the ultimate vegetarians eating in excess of 150kg of roots seeds and tubers per day which is washed down with up to 200 litres of water drunk in a single session! |
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Baboon |
| Southern Africa often seems over run by these little chaps as they sit and survey you from the side of the road and on all manner of terrain as you pass. First-time hunters rarely shoot baboon although often we find that shooting monkeys is the first thing on the wish list for second visits! Used as bait, Baboons are plentiful and leopards love them, but beware as one look at their ferocious teeth will tell you all you need to know about their ability to cause harm! Generally considered a pest, many farms allow you to shoot two for the price of one, especially if you interrupt their favourite pastime! Male baboon grow to 40kg, approx twice the size of the female although both can be aggressive when disturbed. |
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Black Gnu |
| The Black Gnu is also known as a Wildebeest and has been the subject of numerous natural history documentary programs due to their long migration journeys. Primal herds have long since been shot out for food and their hides although stocks continue to exist in Southern Africa, Kenya, Namibia and Swaziland due to the endeavours of farmers and hunting outfitters. Tough and resilient, all the Wildebeest family could be described as ‘bullet resistant’ so something in a .300 calibre should be considered a minimum! |
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Black Faced Impala |
| Like the standard Impala, the Black Faced Impala stands approx 90cm tall at the shoulder and also boasts a reddish-brown coat fading to fawn on its flanks with a white underbelly, the principal difference being it’s blasé of black down the centre of its face |
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Blesbok |
| While separate species, the Blesbok and Bontebok are so similar in terms of appearance these to purplish antelope sometimes cross-breed and therefore for the purposes of illustration we have combined them together, after-all, if they can’t tell each other apart, we’ve got no chance! These small antelope grow to approx 80kg and are pure plains game animals disliking woodland and therefore you would be best to consider a rifle/bullet combination with a long, flat trajectory such as 22-250 or .243 although many larger calibres will certainly do the job just as well! Both animals have medium-length lyrate horns and a white blaze down their face. |
