Huntable Game

Greater kudu
(Tragelaphus strepsiceros)

Length: 190-250 cm

Height at the shoulder: 120-150cm

Weight: 200-250 kg

Trophy: the males have horns with two and a half twists, with a length about 120cm

Eland
(Taurotragus oryx)

Length: 79-136 cm

Height at the shoulder: 125-183 cm

Weight: 300-900 kg

Trophy: both sexes have horns, about 65cm long and with a steady spiral ridge

Oryx, Gemsbok
(Oryx gazella)

Length: 180-195 cm

Height at the shoulder: 115-125 cm

Weight: 180-230 kg

Trophy: both sexes have horns with a length of 60-150cm

Red hartebeest
(Alcelaphus buselaphus)

Length: 175-245 cm

Height at the shoulder: 120-145 cm

Weight: 120-180 kg

Trophy: both sexes have horns which can reach lengths up to 70cm

Steenbok
(Raphicerus campestris)

Length: 70-95 cm

Height at the shoulder: 45-60 cm

Weight: 7-16 kg

Trophy: males carry straight, smooth, parallel horns 7–19cm long

Duiker
(Sylvicapra grimmia)

Height at the shoulder: 50-120cm

Weight: 12-25kg

Trophy: the male bears horns which can grow to 11cm long

Springbok
(Antidorcas marsupialis)

Length: 120-150 cm

Height at the shoulder: 65-90 cm

Weight: 20-45 kg

Trophy: both sexes have horns, average horn length 35cm

Blesbok
(Damaliscus dorcas phillipsi)

Length: 140-160 cm

Height at the shoulder: 95-100 cm

Weight: 70-80 kg

Trophy: both sexes have horns, the length of the horns averages 38cm

Black wildebeest, Whitetailed gnu
(Connochaetes gnou)

Length: 150-240 cm

Height at the shoulder: 100-120 cm

Weight: 140-280 kg

Trophy: paired horns curve down, forward, and then up, like hooks, and are up to 78cm in length

Blue wildebeest, Brindled gnu
(Connochaetes taurinus)

Length: 200-250 cm

Height at the shoulder: 100-140 cm

Weight: 140-280 kg

Trophy: large horns shaped like parentheses, extending outward to the side and then curving up and inward, a total span of almost 90cm

Warthog
(Phacochoerus africanus)

Length: 120-150 cm

Height at the shoulder: 65-80 cm

Weight: 60-140 kg

Trophy: both sexes have two pairs of tusks, the lower pair is shorter, the upper pair up to 30cm long

Common impala
(Aepyceros melampus melampus)

Length: 110-150 cm

Height at the shoulder: 70-90 cm

Weight: 40-80 kg

Trophy: rams have lyre-shaped horns, which can reach up to 90cm in length

Waterbuck
(Kobus ellipsiprymnus)

Length: 170-240 cm

Height at the shoulder: 120-136 cm

Weight: 160-300 kg

Trophy: the long spiral structured horns, found only in males, sweep back and up

Dikdik
(Madoqua kirkii)

Length: 50-70 cm

Height at the shoulder: 30-40 cm

Weight: 3-6 kg

Trophy: the males have horns, which are small about 7.5cm, slanted backwards and longitudinally grooved

Cape buffalo
(Syncerus caffer)

Length: 300-340 cm

Height at the shoulder: 150-170 cm

Weight: 600-1.000 kg

Trophy: from the base the horns diverge, then bend down, and then smoothly curved upwards and outwards, adult bull's horns have fused bases, forming a continuous bone shield

Black springbok
(Antidorcas marsupialis)

Length: 120-150 cm

Height at the shoulder: 70-90 cm

Weight: 20-45 kg

Trophy: both sexes have horns, average horn length 35cm

Hartmann's zebra
(Equus zebra hartmannae)

Length: 200-220 cm

Height at the shoulder: 120-150 cm

Weight: 260-370 kg

Trophy: skin

Burchell's zebra
(Equus quagga burchellii)

Length: 200-230 cm

Height at the shoulder: 130-140 cm

Weight: 300-320 kg

Trophy: skin

Leopard
(Panthera pardus)

Length: 125-165 cm

Height at the shoulder: 45-80 cm

Weight: 23-91 kg

Trophy: skin

Cheetah
(Acinonyx jubatus)

Length: 121-150 cm

Height at the shoulder: 67-94 cm

Weight: 36-65 kg

Trophy: skin

Klipspringer
(Oreotragus oreotragus)

Height at the shoulder: 50-60 cm

Weight: 10-13 kg

Trophy: the males have wide-set, spike-like horns averaging 10cm long

Black - faced impala
(Aepyceros melampus petersi)

Length: 110-150 cm

Height at the shoulder: 70-90 cm

Weight: 30-80 kg

Trophy: rams have lyre-shaped horns, which can reach up to 90cm in length

White blesbok
(Damalisqus pygargus phillipsi)

Length: 140-160 cm

Height at the shoulder: 95-100 cm

Weight: 70-80 kg

Trophy: both sexes have horns, the length of the horns averages 38cm

Lechwe
(Kobus leche)

Length: 130-180 cm

Height at the shoulder: 90-100 cm

Weight: 70-120 kg

Trophy: the long spiral structured horns are vaguely lyre-shaped, they are found only in males

Roan antelope
(Hippotragus equinus)

Length: 220-265 cm

Height at the shoulder: 140-160 cm

Weight: 225-300 kg

Trophy: horns in both sexes rise from the top of the head and sweep backwards in an even curve, ridged almost to the tips and are often described as scimitar-shaped

Sable antelope
(Hippotragus niger)

Height at the shoulder: 120-140cm

Weight: 200-270kg

Trophy: both sexes have horns, which are massive, ringed and more curved backward, reaching in length 81-165cm

African elephant
(Loxodonta africana)

Length: 600-730 cm

Height at the shoulder: 350-400 cm

Weight: 6000-9000 kg

Trophy: their incisor teeth, which are well-developed in both sexes into tusks about 245-250cm and can weigh about 60kg each

Giraffe
(Giraffa camelopardalis)

Height at the shoulder: 200-350 cm

Weight: 1200-1900 kg

Trophy: skin

Hippo
(Hippopotamus amphibius)

Length: 290-510 cm

Height at the shoulder: 150-165 cm

Weight: 1.500-3.000 kg

Crocodile
(Crocodylus niloticus)

Length: 4-6 m

Weight: 225-730 kg

Ostrich
(Struthio camelus)

Length: 200 cm

Height at the shoulder: 180-275 cm

Weight: 63-130 kg

Black - backed jackal
(Canis mesomelas)

Length: 68-75 cm

Height at the shoulder: 38-48 cm

Weight: 5-10 kg

Trophy: Skin.

Namaqua sandgrouse
(Pterocles namaqua)

Length: 24-28 cm

Weight: 175-240 g

Helmeted guineafowl
(Numida meleagris)

Length: 53-58 cm

Weight: 1,1-1,3 kg