African Hunting Gazette

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Though often overshadowed by the Big Five, with much attention focused on hunting the large and glamorous African species like kudu, gemsbok or wildebeest, hunting the tiny 10 species of pygmy antelope in Africa can be an extremely challenging and fulfilling experience. Tiny), Red Forest Duiker (), Cape Grysbok (), Sharp's Grysbok (also called Northern Grysbok), Klipspringer, Oribi, Steenbok (also known as Steinbuck or Steinbok), Suni. All of these antelope are extremely small, the largest specimen, a common duiker weighs less than 50 pounds and therefore it is very demanding to get close for a shot on such a small target. Luckily, over the last seven years I had successfully taken a common duiker in Namibia, a steenbok as well as a blue duiker, red duiker, klipspringer and grysbok on bowhunts in South Africa.

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