We recorded food selection by free-ranging kudus (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), impalas (Aepyceros melampus), and domestic goats in the Nylsvley Nature Reserve in South Africa. The predominant vegetation is a deciduous wooded savanna growing on infertile sandy soils; patches of Acacia savanna occur on the more fertile sites of former human settlements. Keywords: Aepyceros melampus, browsing, food preferences, goats, herbivory, impala, kudu, ruminants, sacanna vegetation, soil nutrients, South Africa, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, ungulates, woody plants.