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Submit your pics of roan here...date, time, place, number in herd etc etc.....lets see if we can make it work and find out where they hiding out!

I have some pics and will post tomorrow as my hard drive is at work...I thank you all for helping on this and hope we can make it work and let those who have never seen these magnificent animals see them..!!

Either post here with the details or email me on goddardm@live.com

Regards,
Mgoddard

Thanks Mgoddard

Well I sure wish I had a sighting to post here
We will make it work

Hi there,

A single roan antelope was seen 100m south of Boyela waterhole on the H1-7 near Babalala.
Date: Sunday March 13th 2011,
Time: around midday
Remarks: The Photo is not of good quality but a proof, it was a hot and humid day so photographic conditions were bad around lunch time. Note the oddly shaped horns.

If interested, see my trip report:
viewtopic.php?style=2&f=27&t=53430&start=15
Cheers, Manovo-Gounda

Thank you Manovo-Gounda. Very interesting as I have seen this one in the same area, but she was with a big herd of about 20+ (Both pics not so good, so difficult to say if it is the same one, as maybe the one horn broke after I've seen it...or maybe just another with a funny horn)

I saw this one in July, 2009

Mgoddard I think it is the same one
Not only is there the distinctive 'funny horn' but also the notch at the end of the mane. very visible in
Manova-Gounda's photo, and also can be seen in your photo
So I guess you are going to name this one

Is this "funny horn" the result of inbreeding in small populations ?

The other horn seems fine...often bent horns are a result of damage received when young.

Hi Mgoddard,

We only saw one Roan during our visit at Tsendze in March.

Date : 31/03/2011
Time: 7:38
Road: S50 1-2 km east of Mooiplaas waterhole
Area: Mopani

A single Roan ran into the road and then disappeared off into the bush south towards Nshawu river.
Not sure what scared it, but there was not much time to get a good shot. We saw a hyaena about an hour earlier on the same road, so maybe it smelled it and wanted to get away.

Excellent!

Martie, my roan pics are all under the relevant antelope thread, sorry, but saved those small versions!