Cape Bushbuck Frank with a great Cape Bushbuck: Eastern Cape, RSA Nile Bushbuck from Uganda Mark with a Limpopo Bushbuck, Zimbabwe Limpopo Bushbuck taken on the Bushman River bottoms in Natal. Wylie's Cape Bushbuck: Eastern Cape, RSA Super Cape Bushbuck ram from our Eastern Cape ranch This is a Gold class Cape Bushbuck. Measuring nearly 16 inches! Taken with the .280 in the Fish River Valley of the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Trophy class Bushbusk are very  shy and elusive. The average Bushbuck from this region measures 8.5-12 inches, but our Professional Hunters will take you where the trophys live. CAPE BUSHBUCK  (black phase)    Beautiful "black phase" coat and symmetrical 14 inch horns. Taken with the .223 using Federal Vital Shok Premium Nosler Partitions. A great challenge to hunt, and a beautiful trophy! We offer several species of Bushbuck to hunt. This buck will score around 39-40 SCI. CAPE BUSHBUCK June 2007  Heavy horned ram taken just before sunset in the Eastern Cape Kloofs. Another gold class Bushbuck. Taken at 179 yards with a .223 Remington using Nosler Partitions. Chobe Bushbuck I took this Gold class Chobe Bushbuck on February 11th 2007 in the Misvingo Provence of Zimbabwe. Again I used the .280 Remington with 160 grain Nosler Accubond bullets. This buck scores 44 SCI and is my second Gold class Bushbuck. Bushbuck ( Tragelaphus scriptus) Species Harnessed, Nile, Abyssinian, Menelik, East African, Chobe, Limpopo and Cape Bushbuck. As recognized by Safari Club International and Rowland Ward. Characteristics The bushbuck is a small to medium antelope which relies on vegetation for cover. The bushbuck has very powerful hindquarters. Weight and Height males: 88-176 lb (40-80 kg), ht 28-40 in (70-100 cm) females: wt 55-132 lb (25-60 kg), ht 26-34 in (65-85 cm) Horns Nearly straight with one twist close to the bottom. Mature males horns will measure 10 to 22 in (26-57 cm) long following the spiral curve of the horn. Cape Bushbuck are smaller and average 8.5 inch horns with 20.5 inches being the world record. Color The color varies depending on geographic location. Eastern and southern bushbucks are a yellow color with relatively few markings. Northern and western bushbucks are reddish colored with stripes and spots. Some species will be dark brown to black. Females resemble Nyala females and have the white vertical stripes. Both sexes tend to darken with age. General Locations Bushbucks can be found in most of sub-Saharan Africa, especially in areas where it can easily be concealed. They will live anywhere from sea level to mountaintops at 10,000 ft (3000 m). All types of habitats from rainforest to subdesert terrain are appealing to the bushbuck. One of the places where bushbucks are most common is Queen Elizabeth NP. Activity The bushbuck is primarily nocturnal, but it is also fairly active during the day. In Queen Elizabeth NP, the ranges average 51 acres (19.6 ha) because there are separate day and night ranges. 50% of the day is spent standing and grazing, 38% feeding and 12% moving about. Around dusk bushbucks move toward their night range where they feed for almost 25% of the time. Before dawn, however, all bushbucks move back to their day range. Social System The bushbuck is the only non-territorial and solitary African antelope. Neither the males nor the females defend any part of their home range, which means that many home ranges overlap. In Queen Elizabeth NP, the density of bushbuck was found to be 67 bushbuck/sq mi (26/sq km). In some small areas, each female had 1/3 acre and each male 1.25 acre (0.5 ha). Reproduction The gestation period for the bushbuck is 6 to 7 months. This means that females are able to reproduce twice a year in some areas. Both sexes reach puberty at 11 months, which means that they are able to mate any time after that point. The birth peak is generally during the rainy season in dry regions, but in high-rainfall areas there are not really any peaks. Predators Hyena, Lion, Leopard and all larger carnivores. top Home