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Roberts/Grant Gazells??

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02 February 2005, 21:53
Lorenzo
Roberts/Grant Gazells??
Is there any significant difference between them?
They look the same for me. How can somebody judge them in the field?

Thanks
Lorenzo
02 February 2005, 22:11
DB Bill
To me they are the most elegant looking trophy in the antelope/gazelle group. It's a shame you need to go to Tanzania to hunt them.


DB Bill aka Bill George
15 February 2005, 11:19
Bwanamich
The horns of the Robert's curve more outward and the tips curve downwards. The Grant's horns get much longer than the Robert's.

Geographically they occur in different regions although in few cases they can overlap.

The robert's generally are found around the serengeti and Ngorongoro ecosystem whereas the Grant's are found further East and South of there.


"...Them, they were Giants!"
J.A. Hunter describing the early explorers and settlers of East Africa

hunting is not about the killing but about the chase of the hunt.... Ortega Y Gasset
16 February 2005, 02:39
Rich Elliott
DB Bill,

We have Northern Grants Gazelles running out of our ears in the Omo Valley Concession. Cool

Rich Elliott


Rich Elliott
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16 February 2005, 19:46
Lorenzo
Thanks everyone .
L
16 February 2005, 20:57
mufasa
You need to be west in Tanzania to hunt Robert's, like in the short grass plains of the Serengeti. I hunted Grant's east of Lake Natron.As stated the Grant's horns come up and make an arch but the Robert's come up and flatten out to the side.
17 February 2005, 01:34
Nickudu
quote:
Originally posted by DB Bill:
To me they are the most elegant looking trophy in the antelope/gazelle group. It's a shame you need to go to Tanzania to hunt them.


Indeed! thumb