Who Likes to Hunt the Tiny 10 Antelope?

[Hunt anything]

Of the 3 I’ve shot the bush duiker and steenbok were shot with a 7mm rem mag, 154gr hornady, I shot both at around 130 yards basically center mass. No damage at all on the duiker but repairable on the steenbok. My klipspringer was at about 80yds with a .308win and 125gr federal fusion reduced recoil load. It didn’t even exit.
Full body all the way , including anymore that I’m fortunate enough to take. Plenty of floor space but not so much wall space.

 

[flying sailor]

Wow, guess I have to consider these now. The photos are getting me excited about the pursuit of these creatures.

 

[meigsbucks]

I only have a steinbok and no illusion of hope of collecting them all, but would like to collect a few more species, especially duiker and Klipspringer..

 

[ActionBob]

I love hunting the tiny ten and silent seven.... now if I could figure out just which species make up the seven that would be great And I have the big 5 so need hippo and croc someday.

So far I have several common bush duiker. 3 Steenbok.... those two are pretty commonly seen when out hunting other stuff. I've also seen Klipspringer many times in 3 countries. And have taken a nice one. I have both a Cape and a Sharps Greysbok. And a red duiker.

Still need oribi, blue duiker, suni and dik dik.

Duiker sort of full mounted with my Leopard.

Klipspringer shot with round nose180 grain solid out of a 30-06.

The two Greysbok and red duiker were taken with a 22 Hornet.

A shot through the ribs with a 275 Rigby but with a 173 grain 7x57 round. Shot another length way down the backbone and split it wide open. And one with Trophy Bonded out of a 375 that hit too far back and took the rumen full of grass out the side with it.

 

[ftrovato]

It fascinated me that African PHs often get just as excited about these little guys as they did by a nice kudu or gemsbok. It’s just one more way Africa is different.

The trackers went absolutely crazy when I took the Sharpe's Grysbok! Might have been the most excited I saw them on the whole safari (and we took a lot of animals).

 

[Green Chile]

The trackers went absolutely crazy when I took the Sharpe's Grysbok! Might have been the most excited I saw them on the whole safari (and we took a lot of animals).

Same with my big red duiker...over the moon excited. Pretty cool.

 

[PHOENIX PHIL]

I love the tinies, but I can't seem to get them except for some reason I've been blessed with the red duikers. For some reason I've got 3 of them now. In 2010 in the Limpopo my PH and I were "charged" by a Sharps Grysbok. We were walking up this path and this ram came out of the bush and turned down the path we were on that not more than 4 or 5 feet wide. We held our ground as the beast approached. He passed so closely I probably could've kicked him. But discretion won out over valor and I decided not to risk a sure goring.....

We saw a ton of Steenbok out in the dunes near Mier, South Africa, but there were all small. Then there was a lightning bolt I caught a glimpse of in Mozambique that was proclaimed to be a Suni, hell if I could tell ya.

Below are a couple of my reds. The first is from like 2014 in Hluhluwe, South Africa. The second is from the Niassa from our trip this past summer. For some reason I don't have a pic of the third. The third one would be just a bit smaller than the second.

 

[ftrovato]

I love the tinies, but I can't seem to get them except for some reason I've been blessed with the red duikers. For some reason I've got 3 of them now. In 2010 in the Limpopo my PH and I were "charged" by a Sharps Grysbok. We were walking up this path and this ram came out of the bush and turned down the path we were on that not more than 4 or 5 feet wide. We held our ground as the beast approached. He passed so closely I probably could've kicked him. But discretion won out over valor and I decided not to risk a sure goring.....

We saw a ton of Steenbok out in the dunes near Mier, South Africa, but there were all small. Then there was a lightning bolt I caught a glimpse of in Mozambique that was proclaimed to be a Suni, hell if I could tell ya.

Below are a couple of my reds. The first is from like 2014 in Hluhluwe, South Africa. The second is from the Niassa from our trip this past summer. For some reason I don't have a pic of the third. The third one would be just a bit smaller than the second.


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Interesting story on the Sharpe's & Suni. They are tiny, fast and hard to see!

 

[Hunt anything]

Interesting story on the Sharpe's & Suni. They are tiny, fast and hard to see!

I enjoyed this story as well, first time a grysbok has been called a beast that I’m aware of.

 

[Green Chile]

I enjoyed this story as well, first time a grysbok has been called a beast that I’m aware of.

I like to call them little man...or beastie. Awesome creatures.

 

[Tra3]

The tiny antelope are wonderfully fun to hunt. I’ve only got 3 (common duiker, damara Dik-dik and steenbok). I plan to hunt more of them and have more interest to complete the tiny 10 than I do for the big 5.

I’ve shot them, or been present for the hunt when using a 6.5 CM, .270 Win, 7 mm Rem mag and .375. In seeing around 10 of the small antelopes shot, I think the .375 with solids is by far the best choice for caliber. The 7 mm and .270 are way too violent, like smashing a stick of butter with a hammer.