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Where to hunt Black Springbok
Black springbok is a color phase variant of the common springbok, a small, graceful antelope with lyre-shaped antlers, which is one of the symbols of South Africa. Melanistic animals are not infrequently born into herds of free-ranging springbok, but for a real chance to harvest one, a hunter is advised to focus on game farms in South Africa and Namibia, who sometimes practice selective breeding to improve the probability of the occurrence of rare and desirable color phases.
Price distribution
A black springbok trophy fee starts at about $500 in South Africa, and may go up to $1000 in Namibia. Add two of three days’ worth of daily rates, or from $500 to $1000, for the price of complete hunt. Some outfitters offer combination hunts for all color phase variants, including also white, copper, and common springbok. Such “springbok slams” are typically priced in the $5,000-$7,000 range.
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“I beheld the boundless plains, and even the hill sides which stretched away on every side of me, thickly covered, not with" herds," but with " one vast herd" of springboks; far as the eye could strain the landscape was alive with them, until they softened down into a dim red mass of living creatures.” wrote Rouaelyn Gordon-Cumming of the springbok “trek-bokken”, or migration, he witnessed in 1843. How did they hunt springbok back then, and how have things changed since?
Mar 24, 2019
Good Times, Bad Times: Springbok hunting in Gordon-Cumming’s “Five Years in South Africa” and today
When to hunt Black Springbok?
It’s not easy to pinpoint the best times for springbok hunting. In many areas of South Africa hunting opportunities exist year round, and in Namibia from February to November. Springbok is one of the animals that don’t have a specific time for the rut, so this is not a factor either. If you have to pick a few months, that would probably be the end of the dry season.
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Hunting methods
Springbok are the creatures of open plains, and spot-and-stalk is the method of choice for springbok hunting. The hunter and PH travel through the concession in search of a suitable trophy. Trophy estimation in case of a springbok may not be easy, as both sexes carry horns, and the springbok have an unusual in the mammal world case of sexual dimorphism, with females larger than males. Look for a smaller animals with horns that are bigger and thick at the bases. Fortunately, hunters are accompanied by a PH, whose job is to notice such details. Long shots are the rule in springbok hunting, and the target is small (a springbok seldom weighs more than 50 pounds), so it’s a good idea to select an accurate rifle for a cartridge with a flat trajectory.
Why hunt Black Springbok?
In the XIX century hunting was often the means to “clear the land” for cattle and farms. Today, the situation is totally opposite. Hunting concessions and game farms often use the land that formerly housed pastures and fields, rewilding it to the ecosystem that existed before European colonization. The process is financed totally by hunters’ dollars, so “hunting for conservation” is not just empty words. A hunter who pursues springbok to collect a slam of all color phases does not only engage in a challenging spot-and-stalk hunt, but also helps bring the legendary “trek-bokken” back into the picture.
Eastern Cape Trophy Hunt 1x1
Eastern Cape, South Africa
Black springbok, Baboon, Black wildebeest, Black-backed jackal, Blue duiker, Blue wildebeest, Burchells zebra, Bushpig, Cape bushbuck, Cape eland, Cape mountain zebra, Cape springbok, Caracal, Common blesbuck, Common duiker, Common reedbuck, Copper springbok, Fallow deer, Gemsbuck, Grey rhebuck, Grysbuck, Hartebeest, Impala, Klipspringer, Kudu, Mountain reedbuck, Nyala, Oribi, Red lechwe, Sable, Steenbok, Warthog, Waterbuck, White blesbuck, White springbok
Rifle Hunting, Stalking
Season: Apr 1, 25 - Nov 30, 25
Daily rate fee
$2,590
for 5 days, 1 hunter
Sable in the Cape Package Hunt
Western Cape, South Africa
Black springbok, Ankole, Baboon, Black impala, Black wildebeest, Blue wildebeest, Bontebok, Burchells zebra, Bushpig, Cape buffalo, Cape bushbuck, Cape eland, Cape grysbuck, Caracal, Common blesbuck, Common duiker, Common springbok, Copper blesbuck, Copper springbok, Duck, Eastern cape kudu, Fallow deer, Francolin, Gemsbuck, Giraffe, Golden gemsbuck, Golden wildebeest, Goose, Grey rhebuck, Hare, Helmeted guineafowl, Impala, Kings springbok, Kings wildebeest, Klipspringer, Nyala, Ostrich, Porcupine, Red hartebeest, Red lechwe, Roan, Royal wildebeest, Sable, Saddleback blesbuck, Saddleback impala, Steenbok, Waterbuck, White blesbuck, White springbok, White-flanked impala
Bow Hunting, Crossbow Hunting, Hunting From a Blind, Rifle Hunting, Stalking
Season: Jan 1, 25 - Dec 31, 25
Daily rate fee
$1,200
for 4 days, 1 hunter
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Plains Game Hunt 1x1
Northern Cape, South Africa
Black springbok, Black wildebeest, Blue wildebeest, Bontebok, Burchells zebra, Cape eland, Common blesbuck, Common duiker, Common springbok, East African greater kudu, Gemsbuck, Giraffe, Golden wildebeest, Hartebeest, Impala, Kalahari springbok, Lynx, Nyala, Ostrich, Red lechwe, Roan, Sable, Steenbok, Tsessebe, Warthog, Waterbuck, White blesbuck, White springbok
Bow Hunting, Hunting From a Blind, Rifle Hunting, Stalking
Season: Feb 1, 24 - Nov 20, 25
Daily rate fee
$1,560
for 4 days, 1 hunter

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