The blesbok is a so-called goat-Antelope.

Habitat
Blesboks live in the centre of South Africa, up north to Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. They are one of the most common antelopes and are real herd animals. A fully grown blesbok has a shoulder height of about 90 - 100 cm and a weight of around 40 to 50 kg. Blesboks breed fast and have almost no natural enemies. They are grass eaters and mainly live on open grassland.

Breeding/Hunting
Blesboks are mostly semi-wild animals. Farmers often have several blesboks on their land, but they do not have them for any particular purpose. Therefore, their behaviour on the huge African farms is because of that always the behaviour of a wild animal.
They cannot be approached from closer distance than 300 metres. Most of the blesboks still live as real wild animals in the northern parts of South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana, but they are hardly ever hunted.
In most areas the hunting season for blesboks starts in the beginning of April and lasts until the end of August. This is the normal African hunting season. Compared to gnu's, the number of hunted blesboks is larger but it is not as large as orix or kudu.

BLESBOK MEAT

Blesbok meat is dark red meat. It is very tender and has a wonderful taste. The legmuscles are also very tender and can be cut into good steaks. Because of its unique taste blesbok should be prepared as natural as possible.

Cuts:
Like other antelopes blesbok meat is sold in the saddle parts; fillets, and inner fillets, 4 cuts and goulash