Kob Antelope Hunting

The kob antelope is a floodplain inhabitant which looks rather like a stocky impala. Other members of the Kob antelope family include the waterbuck, puku and lechwe.

Kob Trophy Minimums

Technically there a 3 species of kob antelope but as of 2003 SCI differentiates between and carries records for the Central African or Buffon kob from CAR and northern Cameroon and the western kob from southern Cameroon, Benin and Burkina Faso. The kob is scientifically the same animal, Kobus kob kob. SCI says this is because of differences in horn size between specimens from Central Africa and West Africa.

Kobus kob leucotis (White-Eared Kob)
RW Minimum	RW Record	RW Measurement Method	SCI Minimum	SCI Record	SCI Measurement Method
19⁵/₈"	26"	7	49"	65¹/₈"	1

Kobus kob thomasi (Uganda Kob)
RW Minimum	RW Record	RW Measurement Method	SCI Minimum	SCI Record	SCI Measurement Method
19⁵/₈"	27¹/₄"	7	49"	70⁷/₈"	1

Kobus kob kob (Western Kob)
RW Minimum	RW Record	RW Measurement Method	SCI Minimum	SCI Record	SCI Measurement Method
19⁵/₈"	25⁵/₈"	7	36	57⁷/₈"	1

Kobus kob kob (Central African Kob/Buffon's Kob)
RW Minimum	RW Record	RW Measurement Method	SCI Minimum	SCI Record	SCI Measurement Method
N/A	N/A	N/A	40"	64⁶/₈"	1

Where To Hunt A Kob Antelope

You can hunt the western kob in Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic (CAR) and Cameroon. As mentioned earlier, if you want to enter a record western kob in the SCI book, you will need to have hunted it in Benin, Burkina Faso or southern Cameroon only. If your 'western' kob was taken in CAR or northern Cameroon it is no longer 'western', but a Central African or Buffon's kob.
You can hunt a Uganda kob in Uganda.
White-eared kob occur south-west Ethiopia but are currently not allowed to be hunted.

Kob Antelope Hunting Prices

In Benin you can hunt a western kob for between 240 Euros and 1500 Euros.
In Burkina Faso you may hunt a western kob for between 360 Euros and 1350 Euros.
In Cameroon the western or Buffon's kob is a Group B savanna animal with a trophy fee of between 400 Euros and 700 Euros. Most outfitters do not make a distinction between western or Buffon's kob on the trophy lists, so check with them if this is important to you.
In Uganda you can hunt a Uganda kob for between US$2500 and US$2950.

Kob Antelope Hunting Methods

Walk and stalk in the likely habitat.

A Good Kob Trophy

Horn length with thick bases will make a good trophy.

Kob Antelope Hunting Shot Placement

As kob antelope shot placement is similar to other antelope plains game species, go to Shot Placement On Plains Game.

Kob Vital Statistics

Kob Vital Statistics
	Western Kob	Uganda Kob	White-Eared Kob
Shoulder Height	32-34" 81-86cm	35-36" 89-91cm	35" 89cm
Weight	150lb 68kg	180-200lb 82-91kg	180lb 82kg

Kob Antelope Habitat and Requirements

The kob is a grazer of floodplain grasslands but avoids flooded areas and steep slopes.
Water dependent.

Kob Antelope Social Structure

Kobs occur in small herds of between 5 - 15 female animals with the males spaced apart.
When the population density increases up to about 40 animals, they form a breeding arena called a 'lek'. Then hundreds of animals congregate in the area for mating opportunities.

Kob Antelope Gestation Period

After a gestation period of around 8 months, one offspring is born.

Kob Antelope Gender Identification

Males are larger in the body than females and darken with age, becoming a deep mahogany colour.
The "S"-shaped horns are found only in males, and bend sharply backwards, then curve up.

Uganda Kob

Kob Antelope Image Gallery

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Uganda Kob

Uganda Kob

Western Kob

Western/Buffon's/Central African Kob

Kob Antelope Trophy Permits (2015)

All Kob Antelope
CITES	USF&W	EU	AUS
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Kob Antelope Trophy Taxidermy

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Uganda Kob Full Mount

Uganda Kob Shoulder Mount

Taxidermy photos courtesy of Life-Form Taxidermy

What About The Name?

The western or Buffon's kob was named in honour of the French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707 - 1788). A century before Darwin, Buffon wrote 'Historie Naturelle' which is a 44 volume encyclopedia describing everything known about the natural world.

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