African Hunting the White Springbok

The springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) is a medium-sized antelope inhabiting Southern Africa. While the common springbok is a welcome sight in Southern Africa and often included in African plains game packages, there are now numerous color variants available when hunting in Africa. These color variants include black, white, and copper-colored springbok. 

These colored springboks are not a subspecies, but rather color variants that have been bred on Namibian and South African game farms employing selective breeding methods.

The habitat of white springboks is the same as that of the common springbok. They have adapted to various habitats but prefer arid and grassland regions. These gazelles are herbivores, consuming a diet of grasses, succulents, and shrubs. Vegetation is often sparse within their habitats, resulting in wide areas being covered while searching for food and water. They are water-independent and can for many days without drinking. 

White springbok hunting in Africa occurs in Southern Africa’s most arid regions of Namibia, and South Africa, and they are often included as part of an African plains game hunting package, with hunters targeting each of the different colored springbok as a unique set of game hunting trophies.

The springbok has a unique pronking or stotting behavior that is characterized by their ability to straighten their legs, making them rigid as they jump. This propels them high into the air as if they were bouncing along. These jumps or leaps can reach remarkable heights of up to 6 feet at a time!

The springbok is prey for many predators such as lions, cheetahs, spotted hyenas, caracals, leopards, crocodiles, pythons, and wild dogs. Juveniles are preyed on by smaller carnivores such as raptors, black-backed jackals, and African wildcats.