Recent content by masonmc

@Shootist43 Im hoping to go on a buff hunt maybe in 2019. We will likely go back to RSA and spend a couple three days in Cape Town.

@Tom Leoni The following numbers will include all 7 trophies combined into one crate Lifeform: dry...

I agree @Nyati on the Hartebeest. On the way back home we started to wonder if we should have caped it for a shoulder mount it but I much prefer the Euro look on those.

Great hunt and trophies. Like the Nyala! Hope I can hunt one one day.

Enjoyed the pics thanks for sharing!

Thanks to all for the kind comments. I enjoy reading all the reports on this site, was very happy I could finally contribute. Some more thoughts to share. Getting trophies back and taxidermy planning was the thing that concerned me the most. I wish I had asked more questions and actually...

Day five was started in the mountain range near the river. I started to refer to this as "Kudu Country" because I was learning they like to drink in the river and sneak back to the mountains and hide in the brush. No luck today and I am starting to wonder if we will ever find the right Kudu...

Day four started with spotting a nice group of Giraffes in this first pic as we ride to the first area to look for Kudu. You can see in the pic the small range which made for varied terrain in spots. Luckily I had taken up running and was in pretty good shape. Climbing a few of these was in my...

We saw several Red Hartebeest the evening of Day 2 and had become quite taken with them. When it came to keeping an open mind the Red Hartebeest fell into the why category. While making our wish list we had no intention of taking a Red Hartebeest but once we started seeing these animals and the...

Attention to detail was clearly a priority for Vlam and his crew. Dennis our main tracker and Nicolas our driver/tracker paid close attention to Lena's needs and kept her more than comfortable at all times. Temps would start out in the mid 30s and climb to 70s so layers were important. The...

I am finally getting around to posting a report on a first time plains game hunt in RSA. Its a slow week for me so I hope to post some information that would be helpful to other first timers. One thing I loved about planning a trip to Africa was how helpful everyone was. If you ask a question...

and tanning

Jim P I meant turnaround on outsourcing tanning. I also wonder now if an RSA taxidermist would even tan the capes for you if you weren't having them do the mount. Doesn't matter anymore they will come home for final work.

good point on turnaround time

Will do as my taxidermist has recommened. Glad to hear others had done the same here in US. Thanks for all input!