I have my African trophies at Jonas as I write. I hunted RSA last July, had some backskins tanned there, so it wasn't until early Feb this year that my crate arrived. So, it has now been 6 months & my capes are still not back from the tannery. I emailed Jonas a few times, the guy I sat down with initially is gone, so his replacement has just said the tannery is backed up. I wish I could at least get an estimate of when. I still expect good work to be done, but I'm probably 3 more months minimum before I see the first one. Right now I just hope to have them by Christmas, a year & a half later, & hope the capes are good! I'm so disappointed in the delay & lack of updates that I decided to have the Namibian trophies that I just took last month be done at Kings Taxidermy in Namibia. I won't save any money by the time I pay the higher crating & shipping, but they said I should have them before a year is up. I take that back, I may save money because they told me at Jonas two weeks ago their prices on African mounts are going up soon. My buddy who went to RSA with me last year, had his taxidermy done there & they are hanging on his wall already, since last month, received in a year. He says they look fine & pictures he sent look good to me. Are others experiencing long waits within the US? Are there fewer tanneries or just more people getting taxidermy done?
