Upton O. Good
AH enthusiast
- Joined
- Jan 27, 2010
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- 347
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- Website
- www.beingkarl.wordpress.com
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- Member of
- NRA Life member, Nature Conservancy, Dallas Safari Club
- Hunted
- Zimbabwe, South Africa, Canada, Mexico, United States, Louisiana
My SA 2012 trophies are home and without any of the challenges of last year. Three of the heads (Steenbok, duiker and bushbuck) will be mounted together in a group, they're small enough to fit into the low ceilings of my home. The remainder were processed as skulls and hides and they will be displayed throughout the house.
I find myself holding and feeling the hides, the blue wildebeest, black wildebeest, and impala are particularly striking, so is the springbok. I love looking at the scars that personalize the hides of the older animals, they've obviously been through some territory/female acquisition battles. And I can recall each of the specific hunts that is welded to each animal, none of them were "Oh, there it is, shoot it." They required stealth and effort and focus. And my PH Evert guided me for each, his skill and patience I remember with great fondness. Thanks once again, Evert.
And my wife loves the trophies almost as much as I. I guess my own "female acquisition scars" were well worth it.
I find myself holding and feeling the hides, the blue wildebeest, black wildebeest, and impala are particularly striking, so is the springbok. I love looking at the scars that personalize the hides of the older animals, they've obviously been through some territory/female acquisition battles. And I can recall each of the specific hunts that is welded to each animal, none of them were "Oh, there it is, shoot it." They required stealth and effort and focus. And my PH Evert guided me for each, his skill and patience I remember with great fondness. Thanks once again, Evert.
And my wife loves the trophies almost as much as I. I guess my own "female acquisition scars" were well worth it.
