Recent content by madabula

memory lane John; I think I remember being at your home way back when you were working on this project and it took up your whole living room. You and the mount are both holding up pretty well!!!

when in Rome.... Many counties and states have game laws that define their animals as "big" or "small" game, Fur bearers, Varmints, Dangerous, etc. But since the original question was; I would be inclined to agree with; Dartobowhunt, However, many folks I know consider themselves to...

another vote for bushbuck From my experence; I think that their sheer numbers eliminates the kudu. Big ones are certainly harder to come by but kudu can be found in very good numbers in most of SA. Eland are big and easier to spot in some terrain. We had very good luck finding and...

just curious Oli; I'm just curious.... If you have an overpopulation problem then why are you shooting stallions? I.m under the impression that one Stallion and 100 mares will make the herd 201 zebra in a season where as 100 stallions and one mare will only make 102 zebra in the same time...

Hunting an animal that has a tree stand view When hunting an animal that sees the world from a tree stand view one can often find the target animal standing facing the shooter. It seems very strange to hold and aim so high above level when not bird shooting or hunting mountain sheep. But it is...

a zebra rug with no holes The herd was feeding away from us and the old stallion stood straight as a poker facing us head high and extremely suspicious and likely getting ready to leave in a hurry. My PH was very apprehensive of the frontal shot but I had picked out a silver dollar sized white...

dittos on the 338 w/225 x bullets I've mounted and unfortunately on occasion been unable to mount a considerable number of plains game shot with all of the named cartridges. Which , I suppose, does attest to the fact that all are effective at downing game? As one that give considerable...

a problem as serious as anti's I strongly believe that trophy prep, crating, shipping, and handling are as serious a problem to the hunting and taxidermy industry as are the Anti’s! Obviously legitimate costs are going up $ values are doing down and hunting is an expensive sport. So some of...

small addition to some excellent advice Extremely useful info posted above!!!! The only thing I'd add is that planning the pose or more accurately "considering all your options" before your hunt is very important. Once an animal is on the ground you need to be able to decide on the pose and...

Tom; Lots of good info posted so far on this thread. One thing I'd add is that planning the pose or more accurately "considering all your options" before your hunt is very important. Once an animal is on the ground you need to be able to decide on the pose and the best skinning or caping...

budgeting and options Pre;First Safaris is an exciting yet potentially overwhelming time since most folks are on the brink of "living their dream" and certainly don't want it to turn up short or get the proverbial "wake up call" along the way or in the end! Regarding Taxidermy and trophy...