Hunting White Springbuck in South Africa

IDENTIFICATION:  A Springbuck is a medium-sized specie. The White Springbuck’s color of the skin is all white except for the dark facial stripes and eyelashes. The skin fold on the back is usually closed but when the animal becomes excited, it opens, fanning a length of stiff dark hair. Both sexes have horns, the horns are a lyre-shape and are heavily ridged; the male’s horns are heavier and longer than those of the females.

SHOULDER HEIGHT: 78-84 cm

HABITAT: Dry savannas, sub-deserts, and deserts.

MASS: 36-50 kg

BREEDING: Springbuck breed all year-round, with birth peaks in the rainy season; 1 calf is born after a gestation period of 6-7 months (160 days).

DIET: Both browses and grazers. Roots, bulbs, short grass and leaves of various bushes are taken. Independent of water but will drink regularly when water is available.

CHARACTERISTICS: The Springbuck is the national emblem of the Republic of South Africa. They have good eyesight and are highly gregarious. When moving at speed, they will bounce into the air with a stiff-legged pronking action, during which the hooves are bunched. The White Springbuck is not a subspecies, but a colour phase of the South African Springbuck. The White Springbuck usually has the smallest horns and body of the four variations