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Happiness is picking up a crate of trophies........
In August of 2018, my daughter and I did a seven day PG hunt with @Game 4 Africa Safaris. The hunt report for that hunt is: https://www.africahunting.com/threa...orn-slam-x2-with-game-4-africa-safaris.44777/
Fast forward almost a year and the trophies were delivered to IAH and I picked them up yesterday (July 25) and they are hanging on the wall today! Zebra flatskin and shoulder mounts for Eland, Waterbuck, Blue Wildebeest, Bushbuck x2 and Warthog x2
This was the first and only time I had my taxidermy work done in RSA. The quality is okay, but not great. I think I will go back to the D&P routine and have the taxidermy work done in the US.
Happiness is getting the email from Coppersmith that the trophies have cleared Customs and USF&W inspection and good to go. Beautiful, sunny clear day in Houston and only in the 80s with low humity.
Happiness is having a crate that will just barely fit in the truck...........and a skilled and friendly forklift operator to gently load it. The lady at Coppersmith that I had all my email correspondence with, Tammy, even came outside to say hello and thanked me for the business.
Happiness is unloading the crate into the garage, having a cold beer and a charged up drill to unscrew the mind boggling number of screws. I am guessing 10% of the 300 lb crate is from the screws.
Total happiness wasn't achieved until a friend showed up with the appropriate Robertson square bits for the screws. I've had crates with Phillips, Torx and now Robertson.........gee I wish the crating industry would standardize!
Air shipping was via Delta. Once it landed in ATL, the crate had to be opened for a USDA vet inspection. The Delta "Flight" to IAH was actually via truck.
The two Bushbucks and two Warthogs fit nicely under the existing Kudu mounts.
The Eland and the Waterbuck on the right are new and both were taken by my daughter, Elise. Elise has dubbed them "The Dynamic Duo." The Waterbuck on the left is one I took in Zim a few years ago. This photo gives me new appreciation for the size of a Waterbuck, they too are quite large animals. The Eastern Cape WB is the bigger of the two and went 31.25".
The Blue Wildebeest I was not happy with. I had asked the taxidermist to give it a "looking down" pose, as I knew the place I would be hanging it was fairly high. Oh well.
The zebra flatskin turned out nice, very happy with it!
The man cave is getting full!
In August of 2018, my daughter and I did a seven day PG hunt with @Game 4 Africa Safaris. The hunt report for that hunt is: https://www.africahunting.com/threa...orn-slam-x2-with-game-4-africa-safaris.44777/
Fast forward almost a year and the trophies were delivered to IAH and I picked them up yesterday (July 25) and they are hanging on the wall today! Zebra flatskin and shoulder mounts for Eland, Waterbuck, Blue Wildebeest, Bushbuck x2 and Warthog x2
This was the first and only time I had my taxidermy work done in RSA. The quality is okay, but not great. I think I will go back to the D&P routine and have the taxidermy work done in the US.
Happiness is getting the email from Coppersmith that the trophies have cleared Customs and USF&W inspection and good to go. Beautiful, sunny clear day in Houston and only in the 80s with low humity.
Happiness is having a crate that will just barely fit in the truck...........and a skilled and friendly forklift operator to gently load it. The lady at Coppersmith that I had all my email correspondence with, Tammy, even came outside to say hello and thanked me for the business.
Happiness is unloading the crate into the garage, having a cold beer and a charged up drill to unscrew the mind boggling number of screws. I am guessing 10% of the 300 lb crate is from the screws.
Total happiness wasn't achieved until a friend showed up with the appropriate Robertson square bits for the screws. I've had crates with Phillips, Torx and now Robertson.........gee I wish the crating industry would standardize!
Air shipping was via Delta. Once it landed in ATL, the crate had to be opened for a USDA vet inspection. The Delta "Flight" to IAH was actually via truck.
The two Bushbucks and two Warthogs fit nicely under the existing Kudu mounts.
The Eland and the Waterbuck on the right are new and both were taken by my daughter, Elise. Elise has dubbed them "The Dynamic Duo." The Waterbuck on the left is one I took in Zim a few years ago. This photo gives me new appreciation for the size of a Waterbuck, they too are quite large animals. The Eastern Cape WB is the bigger of the two and went 31.25".
The Blue Wildebeest I was not happy with. I had asked the taxidermist to give it a "looking down" pose, as I knew the place I would be hanging it was fairly high. Oh well.
The zebra flatskin turned out nice, very happy with it!
The man cave is getting full!
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