Recent content by Rakman

I just spoke with the people in the Chicago Coppersmith office…what they communicated is they have a coppersmith owned warehouse. Once the trophies arrive there from the airport you will not accrue the crazy storage fees. It’s when the trophies are at the airport itself is where/when the...

2x. Jacques is a fantastic PH and better human.

It’s worth it when you are wanting your trophies home after they’ve been sitting in camp for 6 months and the back and forth with some Kyrgy thru google chat isn’t going how you want. Use and agent and coppersmith for Asia. Africa, Europe, and South Pacific a guy can deal with operators...

Go thru profihunt or Niel & Brownlee. Profi provides excellent hunts at a fair price. They are Moscow based company but if that bothers you then Neil & Brownlee would be a good alternative. I’ve booked with Profi and they’re great. Friends just got back from their Russia brown bear hunts...

I buy used Carhartts off eBay.

I spoke to Jared and Conservation force last week. I’d feel comfortable with either. Their prices were inline with each other and I’d feel confident with either to get the paperwork done and approved in and expedient manner.

Did they give you any specifics on why the storage is so much?

He has gotten really bad. It’s unfortunate. The first couple of times I used him years ago he was pretty good. But your story is not unusual. My taxidermist has been proactively telling clients to not use him.

Did you run across any roan? What all species did you see?

Who will be doing the reproduction? Are you sending them somewhere in Africa or utilizing photos and measurements for someone stateside?

@bwanamrm Good to know about the Airlink issue. I wonder if that is for all flights returning back to the US via Joberg from other African destinations or just the location you were at.

Yes Husband/wife or Parent/child. I think some operators will try to separate so as to make more $ on the D&P.

Which operators/GMAs offer good huntable Cooksons numbers? I know some may have 1 on quota but I’m interested in this as one of my main species within the hunt.

My friend would love to hunt bongo in the forest of Cameroon. My friend has a $100k pickup. He trades her out about every 3-4 years. He hunts deer on state ground and when he gets an invite from someone at their lease. I would love a new truck. I hunted bongo last year and drive a Toyota...

I didn’t say it was specific to this thread. Do you have an issue with my replying to him. You seem to get triggered awfully easily.