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Hunt for Antelope at Gers Safaris

Our only partner in Northern Cape province, not so far from the town of Kimberley. Hunting for 30 different game species - including slightly rarer species such as White Blesbok, all 4 Springbok colour variants, Scimitar Oryx, Tsessebe, Sable and Roan

Highlights

Malaria free area
Observers and children welcome
Here we can offer hunting for 40 different game species
It is possible to hunt for many “rare” species
Here you can find all 4 colour variants of Springbuck
Scimitar Oryx, Tsessebe, Sable, Roan, Buffalo

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6 days from $2,100

Papkuil Reserve, home of GERS Safaris, lies nestled in the heart of untamed diamond country, 120 km from the historical town of Kimberley (Northern Cape) - home to the largest man-made excavation site in the world.

Owners Julius and Madelene Gers, and their team of highly trained professional hunters and trackers, have gone to great lenghts to create a fully authentic hunting experience that is about skill, and not just the kill.

The area´s wide open spaces, clear skies, flamboyant sunsets, brilliant starry nights, and palpable silence offer an experience found nowhere else in the world. It is a place where natural beauty and adventure go hand in hand.

40 species of game including a variety of species such as Buffalo, Roan, Sable, Lechwe, Tsessebe, Wildebeest slam, Gemsbok slam and Springbuck slam are available to hunt on 15 000 ha at Gers Safaris with access to more than 100 000 ha of privately owned land spread across large tracks of the Northern Cape.

Julius has a deep knowledge of South African Game, and is happy to share his experience with his guests.

Hunt for Antelope at Gers Safaris

Hunt for Antelope at Gers Safaris

Hunt for Antelope at Gers Safaris

Hunt for Antelope at Gers Safaris

Hunt for Antelope at Gers Safaris

Hunt for Antelope at Gers Safaris

Hunt for Antelope at Gers Safaris

Hunt for Antelope at Gers Safaris

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Accomodation

Klein Papkuil

Tucked under a canopy of ancient trees, the Papkuil Safari 4-star lodge with its spacious, classic farmhouse, conjures up memories of a peaceful and stylish bygone safari era. The elegant 12 en-suite units are well-appointed and situated within walking distance of each other, as well as the main house. Each unit is decorated with true South African elegance and offers views of vast open...

Hunting Area

Gers Safaris

Gers Safaris offers some of the best hunting opportunies on the continent. This is not canned hunting, but rather the thrilling, pulse racing, adrenaline thumping real deal. Vegetation is thick bush with clearings (pans) ideal for stalking. Your skills as a hunter will be challenged in many ways that you have never experienced before. Both bow and rifle hunting are accommodated at Gers...

Partner

Gers Safaris

Our only partner in the Northern Cape. Gers Safaris is managed by the husband and wife team of Madelene and Julius Gers, Professional Hunter Ronald Stock and Lodge Manager Lee Stock, who take pride in giving their guests not only unforgettable hunting, but also high class culinary experiences. Gers Safaris makes your safari dream a reality. Here you will quickly feel at home,...

Game

Barbary Sheep

Scientific Name: Ammotragus lervia Subspecies: A number of geographic subspecies are recognised, but we mention only the two that are huntable at present: Kordofan Barbary Sheep (Ammotragus l. blainei) Sahara Barbary Sheep (Ammotragus l. sahariensis) Distribution: Kordofan Barbary Sheep: Sudan Sahara Barbary Sheep: Chad. Habitat: Rocky dry mountains and broken country of the Saharan...

Black Wildebeest

Scientific Name: Connochaetes gnou Subspecies: none Distribution: South Africa ( lives on game farms in Namibia) Habitat: Open grass veld and subdesert steppes. Description: Middle-sized animal of the Gnu-family with a weight of 150 - 170 kg and a shoulder-height of 120 cm. General colour dark brown to jet black and its tail is pure white. A characteristic feature of the White-tailed Gnu is...

Blue Wildebeest

Videnskabeligt navn: Connochaetes Taurinus Underarter: White-bearded Wildebeest (C.t.mearnsi), Cookson's Wildebeest (C.t.Cooksoni) Udbredelse: Blue Wildebeest: Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Sydafrika, Namibia. White-bearded Wildebeest: Tanzania, Kenya. Cookson's Wildebeest: Luangwa Valley i Zambia Levested: Findes i alle former for bushlandskab, men foretrækker åben bush og...

Bontebok/Blesbok

Scientific Name: Damaliscus dorcas Subspecies: Blesbok (Damaliscus d. phillipsi) Distribution: South Africa and Namibia (in game farms) Habitat: Open bush and grassland Description: The two species are here described as one as the difference between them is negligent. (Bontebok is darker in colour, has deeper grooves in its horns, has all white legs and the facial white band is usually...

Buffalo, Cape

Videnskabeligt navn: Syncerus caffer Underarter: Dværgbøffel (Cyncerus c. nanus), Savannebøffel (Cyncerus c. S. c. brachyceros ), Nilbøffel (Syncerus caffer aequinoctialis). Cafferbøffel (Cyncerus caffer caffer Udbredelse: Nilbøflen er den af de fire arter der har det nordligste udbredelsesområde: Fra Senegal i vest i et bredt...

Burchell's Zebra

Videnskabeligt navn: Equus burchelli Underarter: Grant's Zebra (E.b. böhmi) Chapman's Zebra (E.b.antiquorum) Udbredelse: Burchell's Zebra: Botswana og Sydafrika. (den ægte burchell's zebra er uddød). Grant's Zebra: Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda og Ethiopien. Chapman's Zebra: Sydafrika, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Angola, Zambia. Levested: Åben bush og...

Duiker, Grey/Duiker, Grimm's (Common)

Scientific Name: Sylvicapra Grimmia Subspecies: Classification of subspecies is very variable, we have chosen only to count two: Western Bush Duiker and East African Bush Duiker. Distribution: From the desert rim in Northern Africa to the Southern tip of the Continent, the West African rainforest excepted. Habitat: As the species is a typical bush duiker it lives, as the name suggests in...

Eland, Cape/Livingstone, Patterson's

Scientific Name: Taurotragus oryx livingstoneiSubspecies: SCI lists Cape Eland as Tragelaphus oryx with three subspecies, which means that SCI counts the Cape Eland with the spiral horned antelopes. We have chosen to list Cape Eland under it's scientific name Taurotragus with two subspecies: Livingstone's Eland (Taurotragus oryz livingstonei) East African Eland (Taurotragus o....

Giraffe

Videnskabeligt navn: Giraffe camelopardalis Underarter: Girafferne deles normalt op i to grupper: de nordlige og de sydlige. De Nordlige: Nubian Giraffe (G.c.camelopardalis) Reticulated Giraffe (G.c.reticulata) Baringo Giraffe (G.c.rothschildi) De Sydlige: Kenya Giraffe (G.c.tippelskirchi) Southern Giraffe (G.c. Giraffa) Udbredelse: De forskellige girafarter har et fælles...

Hartebeest, Red

Scientific Name: Alcelaphus b caama Subspecies: Is itself a subspecies of Alcelaphus buselaphus. Distribution: South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Angola Habitat: Open grassland and savanna. Description: Middlesized antelope, that weighs around 170 kg and measures 120 - 140 cm over the shoulder. General colour light reddish brown. The horns are black and heavy, curved at first slightly...

Impala

Scientific Name: Aepyceros melampus Subspecies: East African Impala (Aepyceros m. rendillis) Angola Impala (Aepyceros m. petersi) Distribution: South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Angola, Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Congo (Zaire) Habitat: Open bush and Acacia savanna Description: The three species are here descriped as on as the difference in appearance is negligent...

Kudu, East Cape

Scientific Name: Tregelaphus strepsiceros strepsiceros Subspecies: The East Cape Kudu is a subspecies of the Greater Kudu,. Distribution: Only occurs in the East Cape region of South Africa. Habitat: Its preferred habitat is woodland (especially thornveld) close to water, but can occur in semi desert and thick valley bushveld with sufficient food and cover. Description: Large, elegant...

Nyala

Videnskabeligt navn: Tragelaphus angasi Underarter: Ingen. Udbredelse: Sydafrika, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia og Malawi. Levested: Tæt bush og i krat langs floder og vandløb. Beskrivelse: Middelstor antilope på 110 - 130 kg og en højde på 110 - 120 cm. Pelsfarven er gråbrun med hvide og lysebrune aftegninger. Nyalaen har ca. 11 hvide tværstriber....

Oryx, Gemsbok

Scientific Name: Oryx gazella gazella Subspecies: Beisa Oryx (Oryx g. beisa) Fringe-eared Oryx (Oryx g. callotis) Distribution: South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Angola. Habitat: Dry plains and sub-desert. Description: Large antelope with a very compact body. The Gemsbok reaches a weight of 220 kg and a height of around 120 cm. General colour pale fawn grey, with striking patternon head and...

Ostrich

Scientific Name: Struthio camelus Subspecies: There are three living and one extinct subspecies of common ostrich: North African Ostrich(S. c. camelus), South African Ostrich (S. c. australis), Masai Ostrich (S. c. massaicus) and the extinct Arabian Ostrich( S. c. camelus). Distribution: The Sahel, parts of East Africa and Southern Africa Habitat: Plains, open thorn bush country and...

Red Lechwe/Black Lechwe/Kafue Lechwe/Moor Antilope

Scientific Name: Kobus leche Subspecies: Kafue Lechwe (Kobus l. kafuensis) Black Leckwe (Kobus l. Smithemani) Distribution: Lechwe: Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Angola Kafue Leckwe: Zambia and Congo (Zaire) Black Lechwe: Zambia (Bangweolo swamps) Habitat: Swamps and wetlands (see Sitatunga) Description: The tree species will be described as one as the difference between them is negligent:...

Reedbuck (Common)

Scientific Name: Redunca arundinum Subspecies: None Distribution: Angola, Southern part of Congo, Southern Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia (Caprivi) and South Africa. Habitat: Open bush and savanna Description: Middlesized antelope with a shoulderheight of up to 100 cm and a weight of 70 - 80 kg. General colour uniform greyish fawn, tinged with brown, with a white...

Reedbuck, Mountain

Scientific Name: Redunca fulvorufula Subspecies: We use Asell's classifying which recognizes 3 subspecies: Chanler's Mountain Reedbuck (Redunca f. chanleri) Redunca f. adamauae (this species has not a common name, and very little is known about it.). Distribution: Mountain Reedbuck: South Africa Chanler's Mountain Reedbuck: Tanzania, Kenya and Ethiopia. Redunca f. adamauae: Cameroun and...

Roan

Videnskabeligt navn: Hippotragus equinus Underarter: Der anerkendes 6 underarter men vi har valgt kun at medtage de arter der er tilgænglige for trofæjægere idag. East African Roan (Hippotragus e. langheldi) Western Roan (Hippotragus e. koba) Udbredelse: Southern Roan: Sydafrika, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia og Botswana. East African Roan: Tanzania, Kenya. Western Roan: Fra de...

Sable Antelope (Africa)

Videnskabeligt navn: Hippotragus niger Underarter: Hippotragus n. kirkii, Hippotragus n. roosevelti. Giant Sable (Hippotragus n. Variani) beskrives ikke da den på nuværende tidspunkt er truet af udryddelse. Udbredelse: Sydafrika, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia Botswana, Namibia, Tanzania og Kenya. Levested: Åben bush og græssletter men findes også ofte i miombo- og...

Sassabe

Videnskabeligt navn: Damaliskus lunatus Underarter: Topi (Damaliscus l. jimela) Western Topi, Korrigum (Damaliscus l. purpurescens) Tiang (Damaliscus l. tiang) Udbredelse: Tsesseby: Sydafrika, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, Angola. Topi: Kenya, Tanzania og Uganda. Western Topi: Senegal, Gambia, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Cameroun, C.A.R, Chad, Sudan. Tiang: Sudan, Ethiopien,...

Scimitar Oryx/Scimitar-Horned Oryx

Scientific Name: Oryx dammah Subspecies: None Distribution: Chad, Niger, Mali and Sudan. Habitat: Sahel and semi-desert, even desert in Northern Africa. Description: Large antelope (150-200 kg) with a compact body, very pale coloured with no striking pattern on the body. Neck and chest ruddy brown, body white, washed with russet. Its ears bears a tuft of long black hair. Hunting method:...

Springbuck/Springbok

Scientific Name: Antidorcas marsupialis Subspecies: Antidorcas m. hohmeyeri, a. m. angolensis. Distribution: From Angola in the North till the northern parts of South Africa with main distribution in Namibia and Botswana. Habitat: Open dry plains and semi-desert. Small gazelle with relatively long legs. The Springbok reaches ca. 95 in height and has an average weight of 25 - 45 kg. General...

Springbuck/Springbok, Black

Scientific Name: Antidorcas marsupialis Subspecies: The black springbok is one of the colour phases of springbok, that have been bred on some South African game farms from naturally occurring animals. Distribution: South Africa Habitat: Dry grasslands, bushlands and scrublands of southern Africa. Description: A slender antelope species, up to 84cm high at the shoulder and weighing ...

Springbuck/Springbok, Copper

Scientific Name: Antidorcas marsupialis Subspecies: The copper springbok is one of the colour phases of springbok, that have been bred on some South African game farms from naturally occurring animals. The first copper springboks was found in Orange Free State. Distribution: South Africa Habitat: Dry grasslands, bushlands and scrublands of southern Africa. Description: A slender antelope...

Springbuck/Springbok, White

Scientific Name: Antidorcas marsupialis Subspecies: The white springbok is one of the colour phases of springbok, that have been bred on some South African game farms from naturally occurring animals. It originally arose in Eastern Cape Province. Distribution: South Africa Habitat: Dry grasslands, bushlands and scrublands of southern Africa. Description: A slender antelope species, up to 84cm...

Steenbuck/Steenbok

Scientific Name: Raphicerus campestris Subspecies: Authors dissagree on the number of subspecies, and 1 to 8 subspecies are more or less recognized. Distribution: South Africa, Namibia, Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Kenya and Tanzania. Habitat: Open plains with bush and very little woodland. Description: Small antelope weighing 10 - 15 kg with a shoulder height normally not...

Warthog

Videnskabeligt navn: Phacochoerus aethiopicus Underarter: Der anerkendes op til 7 underarter, der her beskrives under et. Udbredelse: Hele Afrika syd for Sahara med undtagelse af den vestafrikanske regnskov samt ørken områder i Namibia. Levested: Åben bush og græssletter. Beskrivelse: Mindre griselignende dyr der opnår en vægt på 100 kg og en...

Waterbuck

Videnskabeligt navn: Kobus Defassa Underarter: Common Waterbuck (Kobus d. ellipsiprymnus), Defassa Waterbuck (Kobus d. defassa) Crawshay's Waterbuck (Kobus d. crawshayi). Sing Sing Waterbuck (Kobus d. unctuosus) Udbredelse: Defassa Waterbuck: Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopien Sudan. Common Waterbuck: Sydafrika, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya, Sudan. Crawshay's Waterbuck:...

Zebra, Mountain

Videnskabeligt navn: Equus zebra Underarter: Hartmann's Mountain Zebra (E.z.hartmannae) Udbredelse: Mountain Zebra: Sydafrika. Hartmann's Mountain Zebra: Namibia. Levested: Åben bush og græssletter. Beskrivelse: Hestelignende dyr der opnår en vægt på 250 kg og en højde målt over s skuldrene på ca. 130 cm. Skindet er stribet i hvid og brunsorte...

Prices

The price includes

Return transfers Kimberley airport-Gers Safaris
5 days hunting with a prof. hunter
6 days accommodation with full board and non-alcoholic drinks.
Daily laundry service
All transport during the hunt
South African VAT at 14 %

The price does not include

Return flights to Kimberley
Airport taxes
Alcoholic drinks
Trophy fees
Taxidermy and shipment of trophies home
Gratuities
Booking fee, US$ 250 per hunter
Travel and cancellation insurance
EU liability insurance, EUR 9,00,-

Trophy Price List 2023 (USD)

Blesbok	560	-	Blesbok, white	730
Bontebok	1500	-	Grey Duiker	550
Eland, Cape	2850	-	Red Lechwe	3000
Red Hartebeest	1100	-	Steenbuck	550
Kudu	2600	-	Springbuck	500
		-	Springbuck black	800
Reedbuck (Mountain)	720	-	Springbuck copper	1500
Impala	600	-	Springbuck white	1000
Black Impala	2800	-	Springbuck painted	1500
Oryx	1300	-	Springbuck King	1500
Painted Oryx	3500	-	Black Wildebeest	1300
Golden Oryx female	2400	-	Seretse Wildebeest	2850
Blue Wildebeest	1300	-	Golden Wildebeest	2850
Zebra Mountain	2800	-	Roan <27	4400
Sable <40	3800	-	Roan 27/29	5500
Sable 40/43	4800		Roan 30/32	8900
Sable 44/46	7800		Sadleback Blesbok	3000
Zebra Burchell	1500		Giraffe	4950
Scimitar Oryx	2500		Nyala	2100
Cape Buffalo <36	8700		Barbery Sheep	3400
Cape Buffalo <40	10900		Tsessebe	2600
Cape Buffalo >40	13000		Waterbuck	2300
Cape Buffalo >42	14000
Cape Buffalo >44	16000