To start at the start, the plan was for a lion hunt in South Africa but we’ll come to that in a later issue. It seemed like a waste of a good time to travel halfway around the world and fire only a couple of shots. Thus, the hunt for some plains game was conceived as an add-on to the lion. What better game to target on a hunt for the King of Beasts than that very regal-looking animal, the sable antelope?
SABLE bulls have jet-black bodies, white bellies and white faces with dramatic black stripes running vertically down their faces. Scimitar-shaped horns curve back from their heads towards the rear. These horns are heavily ridged and on a representative trophy will be about a metre long (40”) around the curve. A male weighs 250kg, stands about 140cm tall and present a very noble appearance.
A guide to trophy size is that the horns will reach back, above the withers, when the animal is standing, looking forward. This will indicate a mature, shootable trophy.
The sable eats mainly grass and will
