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Gemsbok or Hemsbok

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28 December 2010, 19:59
MacD37
Gemsbok or Hemsbok
quote:
Originally posted by johnfox:
Where I hunted in Namibia they were Oryx.. Smiler


They are Oryx everywhere, but there are a lot of different kinds of Oryx, and the GEMSBOK (PRONOUNCED HEMS-BOK)is just one species of Oryx!


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28 December 2010, 20:47
Anton van der Spek
It is pronounced Hemsbok only because Europeans,not Afrikaners battle to pronounce the guttural g sound. The correct name for this antelope of the red Kalahari dunes is Gemsbok.
28 December 2010, 23:38
Ackley Improved User
Just got back from a hunt near Kimberley RSA - all locals and my PH said quite clearly - gemsbok. Saw many and shot a nice one. Didn't see any "hemsbok" - nor did anyone else, so far as I know. Regards,
AIU