SA PROFESSIONAL HUNTING STATISTICS FOR 2021- INDIGENOUS SPECIES HUNTED BY INTERNATIONAL VISITORS
DFFE
April 2023

These statistics are based on the information contained in provincial Professional Hunting Registers submitted to DFFE in May each year. 

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SOUTH AFRICAN PROFESSIONAL HUNTING STATISTICS
STATISTICS PERIOD       1 January 2021 –  31 December 2021
       
               
STATISTICS           INDIGENOUS SPECIES HUNTED
       
               
SPECIES   TOTAL INCOME
  TOTAL UNIT PRICE USD SA Rand
  NUMBER (Average US $) 14,7955
               
Aardvark / Erdvark   4 100 400 5 918
Aardwolf / Maanhaarjakkals   20 100 2 000 29 591
Baboon – Chacma Baboon   222 349 77 511 1 146 818
Blesbok  – Common   1 174 595 698 237 10 330 758
Blesbok –  White   157 1 088 170 738 2 526 147
Blesbok – Yellow   34 1 950 66 300 980 942
Bontebok   48 2 931 140 688 2 081 549
Buffalo – African / Cape Baffalo   761 12 140 9 238 819 136 692 940
Bushbuck – Cape / Limpopo   448 1 431 641 200 9 486 875
Bushpig   125 764 95 483 1 412 724
Caracal   135 1 130 152 550 2 257 054
Cat – African Wild Cat   18 661 11 894 175 970
Cat – Black Footed Cat   1 100 100 1 480
Cheetah   0 5 000 0 0
Civet – African Civet   43 1 183 50 852 752 378
Dassie / African Rock Hyrax   7 75 525 7 768
Duiker – Blue Duiker   62 1 895 117 490 1 738 323
Duiker – Grey/Common Duiker   295 482 142 106 2 102 535
Duiker – Red Duiker   46 1 697 78 070 1 155 080
Eland – Common / Cape Eland   419 3 371 1 412 652 20 900 886
Eland – Livingstone Eland   4 3 669 14 676 217 139
Elephant – African   18 26 500 477 000 7 057 454
Fox – Bat Eared Fox   18 2 000 36 000 532 638
Fox – Cape Fox   4 2 000 8 000 118 364
Gemsbok – Oryx Gaselle   1 025 1 656 1 697 195 25 110 849
Genet – Large Spotted Genet   17 570 9 690 143 368
Genet – Small Spotted Genet   43 463 19 909 294 564
Giraffe   212 3 550 752 515 11 133 839
Grysbok – Cape Grysbok   28 2 150 60 200 890 689
Grysbok – Sharp’s Grysbok   4 2 330 9 318 137 864
Hare – Cape Hare   1 50 50 740
Hare – Schrub Hare   0 100 0 0
Hartebeest – Lichtenstein Hartebeest   11 2 375 26 125 386 532
Hartebeest – Red Hartebeest   382 1 355 517 610 7 658 299
Hippopothamus   39 9 084 354 257 5 241 402
Honey Badger   20 1 527 30 530 451 707
Hyaena – Brown Hyena   11 3 356 36 916 546 191
Hyeana – Spotted Hyena   20 4 253 85 063 1 258 542
Impala   2 627 540 1 417 354 20 970 462
Jackal – Black Backed Jackal   93 256 23 849 352 864
Jackal – Side Striped Jackal   43 220 9 460 139 965
Klipspringer   62 1 711 106 092 1 569 689
Kudu – Southern Greater   1 350 3 087 4 166 876 61 651 018
Leopard   0 7 830 0 0
Lion   395 15 000 5 925 000 87 663 338
Mongoose – Large Grey   7 213 1 491 22 060
Mongoose – Yellow / White Tailed   15 275 4 125 61 031
Monkey – Samango Monkey   3 100 300 4 439
Monkey – Vervet Monkey   102 302 30 838 456 264
Nyala   951 2 821 2 682 866 39 694 345
Oribi   50 2 445 122 238 1 808 565
Otter – Cape Clawless Otter   0 100 0 0
Porcupine   139 420 58 380 863 761
Rabbit – Rock rabbit   2 50 100 1 480
Reedbuck – Common Reedbuck   134 1 579 211 575 3 130 355
Reedbuck – Mountain Reedbuck   164 1 106 181 384 2 683 667
Rhebuck – Vaal / Grey  Rhebuck   77 2 508 193 114 2 857 219
Rhinoceros – (Dart / Vita dart)   1 7 500 7 500 110 966
Rhinoceros – Black Rhinoceros   0 300 000 0 0
Rhinoceros – White Rhinoceros   56 43 000 2 408 000 35 627 564
Roan Anthelope   194 6 205 1 203 673 17 808 944
Sable Anthelope   885 5 460 4 831 731 71 487 880
Serval   67 1 990 133 330 1 972 684
Springbuck – Black   172 1 329 228 502 3 380 801
Springbuck – Common / Kalahari   1 127 695 783 513 11 592 466
Springbuck – Red / Gold /  Other   165 1 906 314 435 4 652 223
Springbuck – White   126 1 623 204 498 3 025 650
Springhare   47 50 2 350 34 769
Squirrel – Ground Squirrel   5 50 250 3 699
Steenbuck   271 571 154 741 2 289 470
Stripped Polecat   0 100 0 0
Suni   11 3 623 39 853 589 645
Suricate   4 100 400 5 918
Tsessebe   89 2 977 264 923 3 919 673
Warthog   1 636 495 809 275 11 973 623
Waterbuck   453 2 581 1 169 376 17 301 498
Wildebeest  – Golden / Other   250 1 796 449 000 6 643 180
Wildebeest – Black Wildebeest   472 1 304 615 394 9 105 056
Wildebeest – Blue Wildebeest   1 168 1 280 1 495 001 22 119 288
Zebra – Burchell Zebra   983 1 346 1 323 528 19 582 252
Zebra – Cape Mountain Zebra   15 1 200 18 000 266 319
Zebra – Hartmanns Zebra   87 2 434 211 732 3 132 679
OTHER   6 0 0 0
    0 0 0 0
    0 0 0 0
    0 0 0 0
    0 0 0 0
    0 0 0 0
TOTAL   20 380 534 204 49 036 713 725 522 685

 

NUMBER OF HUNTING CLIENTS & COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
         
COUNTRY   TOTAL
 
  NUMBER
        3 579
Africa    
Angola   0
Botswana   1
Cape Verde   0
Egypt   0
Ivory Coast   0
Malawi   0
Mauritius   1
Mozambique   0
Namibia   1
Nigeria   0
Senegal   0
South Africa   106
Tanzania   1
Zambia   0
Zimbabwe   0
Mid East   0
Afganistan   0
Ohar Qatar   0
Dubai   0
Iran   0
Israel   0
Kuwait   2
Lebanon   1
Oman   0
Saudi Arabia   21
United Arab Emirates (UAE)   0
Asia   0
Bangladesh   0
China   0
Hong Kong   0
India   0
Indonesia   0
Malaysia   0
Pakistan   3
Phillipines   0
Singapore   0
Thailand   0
Vietnam   0
Europe   0
Austria   51
Belgium   28
Bulgaria   11
Croatia   0
Cyprus   2
Czech Republic   9
Denmark   157
England   1
Estonia   31
Finland   0
France   28
Germany   85
Greece   1
Holland   0
Hungary   47
Iceland   0
Ireland   0
Italy   6
Latvia   0
Lithuania   1
Luxemborg   12
Netherlands   10
Norway   4
Poland   51
Portugal   6
Reunion   0
Romania   47
Russia   53
Scotland   1
Serbie   13
Slovakia   4
Slovenia   1
Spain   90
Sweden   41
Switzerland   6
Turkey   0
Ukraine   5
United Kingdom   45
North America & Northern Areas   0
Alaska   1
Canada   27
Hawaii   0
USA   2 518
Central & South America & the Caribbean   0
Argentina   0
Bahamas   0
Brazil   0
Chili   1
Costa Rica   0
Culombia   0
Dominican Republic   0
Equador   0
Guatemala   0
Mexico   34
Nigaragua   0
Paraguay   0
Peru   0
Puerto Rico   0
Venezuela   0
Australia & New Zealand   0
Australia   0
New Zealand   0
Other   0
Un-Identified Countries   14
Unidentified   0
Malta   0
Tasmania   0
Bahrain   0
Morocco   0
Uruguay   0
Un-Identified Countries   0
Un-Identified Countries   0
Un-Identified Countries   0
Un-Identified Countries   0
Un-Identified Countries   0
TOTAL   3 579