Habitat
Orixes are real desert animals. They mainly live in south-west Africa, in or near the Kalahari, South Africa, Namibia, Angola and Botswana. The orix is one of the very few animalkinds which can live without ever drinking water. It has built an ingenious system that optimizes the use of water in plants and limits ist own trnaspiration to the very least. If there is enough food available, an orix can live on an area of 25 km2. If there is shortage of food it can use over 1000 km2 of land.

Breeding
Orixes are not breeded.

Hunting
They are real wildlife antelopes, that are even very difficult to approach for professional hunters. Since orixes are well equipped to living in dry desert areas, they do not thrire well in more wet southern African areas. This kind limits a further expansion of their kind. Many game farms would love to add this beautiful antelope to their 'game stock'. The hunt mainly takes place at night. As Namibia has much larger numbers of orixe, most of the orixes shot for their meat come from this country. Orixes are hunted in the African hunting season, which lasts from the end of March until the end of August. The deep frozen supply arrives in Europe from the beginning of September and is usually sold during the European game season.

ORIX MEAT

The meat is light-red and well blooded which makes it very tender.

Cuts:
Imported orix parts which are available are the better parts, like backfillet, tenderloins and haunch 4 cuts.