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Immediately to the left of the 2,000 lb eland is the dik-dik which together with the blue duiker are South Africa's smallest antelope weighing a mere 9-11 lbs.


At the top right is a klipspringer (translated as "rock jumper", weighing around 20 lbs.  The name suggests its habitat - rocky outcrops. It has two unique features - it is the only species in its genus, and it is totally independent of water.


To its left is a female common duiker and typically weighs 35 lbs. Common is the identifying description - they are all over South Africa and commonly seen.  The duiker has very, very good meat and maybe the only one of the tiny ten which is now and then hunted.  In fact I still have two duiker rear legs and a sirloin in my freezer.


Below the duiker is a Sharpe's grysbok, which weighs 20-23 lbs. "grys" refers to the individual "greying hairs" inbetween the rufus pelt.

For those readers who have not seen the comparisons yet - the attached photo shows a few of the tiny ten antelope mounted with the 2,000 lb eland.

It is an old thread but when I saw it I thought it merits some input.


Of course one does not NEED anything larger than a .22 LR to kill most antelope - but there are situations that makes it a clever choice to use a heavy bullet at moderate velocity that will not change its frontal shape or slow down even the tiniest bit.
 A .375 bullet of 300 gr impacting at below 2,400 ft/sec and that does not slow down at all causes no lateral damage and leaves only a tiny entrance and exit hole.  So a .375 calibre monolithic solid like the Peregrine VRG-2 or the GSC Flat Nose solid or the Impala solid or any such bullet is a clever choice on these little animals.


Having said that - South African hunters do not really hunt them.