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You should be fine. Basically it all starts in the field. Skinning the animals out properly and proper salt drying. Once the taxidermist has them for dip and pack they will dip the skins in solution and they continue to dry, crated and packaged then Inspected for approval. They are then...

Had lion skulls done by them same way -way overboiled and crumbly to touch, skins however turned out fantastic.

Have a good trip Dennis!

Man that sucks. Hopefully you get them out with out any more trouble

Depends on the grass. The stuff that I get in that's collected out west are in clumps with the roots on -no dirt so you plug them in to your base where you want -usually making a hole in the foam or if your case probably go wire mesh style base because its a bigger base. Then its secure with...

Bill, Just pick it dormant. If you want to be on the safe side you can spray raid with the grass in a garbage bag to kill bugs. As far as the grass itself goes once installed in the habitat you can even mist with Elmer's glue and water or seal with a krylon matte finish.

Bill- You have to use the real stuff. It's collected naturally outside in the late fall when it turns color. Different parts of the US will have different grasses regionally. I used to get my stuff from a guy that had collectors working for him out west/southwest US.

Michael, - you'll have to get a broker lined up to clear your trophies whether mounted in Africa or brought to US for taxidermy. You can do this on your own, but I'd rather pay $300-350 for a professional broker to make sure everything goes smoothly...

Thanks Eric! Just let me know when you want to stop by to go over your mounts and lunch is on me. -Matt

Yeah crazy how those guys can skin and well with some of those machetes they use. If I'm not using a scalpel, my go to knife is these pairing knives made by victorinox. They have flex and can get really sharp and easy to sharpen with a steel or stone about 7" long and only about $6 a knife.

Brickburn- For sure. Maybe I'm lucky and guys are using some good outfitters. Did have a shipment few years ago -plenty of skin but just skinning cuts all over the faces of a sable, tsessebe, monkeys were pretty bad too around the eyes -but seems to be norm for primates. Skinned out a baboon...

Yeah that's a good deal with tanning of 4 backskins.

#1- Kudu horns are removable off the skulls, Wildebeest - you wont get those to come off during the skull cleaning process. We've had wildebeest come in where the dip/pack guys drilled right on the show side of the horns for bug treatment - when in reality they should drill into the backside...

Keep in mind if bringing warthog skull/tusks and or skin back to the USA it will have to go through USDA processing. If you are just wanting the skull have them put it on a plaque in Africa then its cleared. But if looking to have a mount done back in the states it will have to go through USDA.

Nyati- Thanks for sharing that is a cool trophy room!