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Blesbok Hunting
Blesbuck and bontebok are smaller and brighter versions of a tsessebe.
Blesbok/Bontebok Trophy Minimums
| Damaliscus dorcas phillipsi (Blesbok) | ||||||
| RW Minimum | RW Record | RW Measurement Method | SCI Minimum | SCI Record | SCI Measurement Method | |
| 161/2" | 205/8" | 7 | 39" | 46" | 1 | |
| Damaliscus dorcas dorcas (Bontebok) | ||||||
| RW Minimum | RW Record | RW Measurement Method | SCI Minimum | SCI Record | SCI Measurement Method | |
| 14" | 163/8" | 7 | 36" | 423/8" | 1 | |
Blesbok Facts
Habitat and Requirements
- These antelope are water-dependent and selective grazers and are found on game farms all over southern Africa.
Social Structure
- A fenced range imposes the typical small herds of females and young with one territorial male.
Gestation Period
- After a gestation period of around 8 months, one offspring is born.
Blesbok Gender Identification
- Both sexes carry the strongly ridged, lyre-shaped horns
- Female horns are slightly more slender.
- The blesbok differs from the bontebok by having less white on the coat and the blaze on the face, which is usually divided, their coats are also a lighter brown than that of the bontebok.
Blesbok Hunting Methods
- Walk and stalk in the likely habitat.
A Good Blesbok Trophy
- Look for good horn length and thick bases.
Blesbok Hunting Shot Placement
- As blesbok antelope shot placement is similar to other antelope plains game species, go to Shot Placement On Plains Game.
Blesbok Pictures
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Related Topics
- Blesbok Shot Placement for detailed shot placement diagrams by African Hunter Magazine.
- CITES Form 3-200-22 For US Applicants for importing bontebok trophies into the US
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