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    Any love or Hate for the .458

    Needs/Wants my next safari has me wanting to add a new gun to the safe last trip I took my .300 win mag with great success. I’m looking at trying to bring a larger bore gun on this trip if nothing more than for the experience, is there a reason that there are more .458 win mags for sale than...
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    Man Cave Decor

    How did you commission the art work?
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    Man Cave Decor

    What’s the link?
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    Man Cave Decor

    I just bought a candle and 2 pictures I was going to earlier and lost the link thanks for posting
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    Current Production Winchester Mod 70 Safari Express

    Have you found one for sale I can’t find any?
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    Shoulder vs Euro Mount

    That’s wildly impressive
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    Vortex Razor Scopes

    Expert voice I think is who I went through scope was at my house under a week later
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    Vortex Razor Scopes

    Also a veteran and have used my discount to buy a handful of scopes from vortex, it’s what I used in South Africa on my hunt, good scope for the money with the discount
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    Shoulder vs Euro Mount

    Haha fair enough
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    Shoulder vs Euro Mount

    Caracal is on my list as well There is around 10 animals but I’m going to put having a good time over completing my list
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    Shoulder vs Euro Mount

    How much does it save shipping with just euros?
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    Shoulder vs Euro Mount

    I like the layout you can fit a lot like that
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    Shoulder vs Euro Mount

    That’s a good point I’m going to let future me worry about what to do with them when I pass away, I do get lots of enjoyment looking at my taxidermy work, living in Arkansas not many people have Africa animals in there house
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    Shoulder vs Euro Mount

    I have a really nice pedestal Kudu mount in my dining room takes up a large wall , the eland was one that i agree will need to be a Euro, I was torn on the black wildebeest, I have both a euro and a shoulder mount of the blue I really like both of them like they say poor man’s buffalo
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    Shoulder vs Euro Mount

    This will be my second trip and the first trip I did All shoulder mounts other than my second blue wildebeest I did a rug and euro, takes up a lot of space but I do like looking at them all
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    Shoulder vs Euro Mount

    I’ll be hunting 10 days and eland and blue duiker ( full body mount) as well as black wildebeest ,springbuck, Vaal reedbuck, bushbuck and then I have a few more opportunity animals on my list
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    Shoulder vs Euro Mount

    Somehow I still haven’t shaken the taxidermy bug yet and my house is starting to look like a bass pro Museum. With 3 international hunts coming up within the next year one being in the eastern cape, What are some animals that should be done as a shoulder mount and those that still look good as a...
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    Anyone getting ready for fly fishing season?

    It’s year round where I live
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    Firearm insurance recommendations

    I have USAA not sure if that’s a option for you but u have pretty much everything with a s# insured, I have had 2 guns stolen out of my truck both window break smash and grabs and the money to replace the guns was in my account 2 days later no deductible
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    Giraffe question from newbie

    How tall was the neck mount?
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    Hunting Clubs

    That’s a pretty legit logo
  22. Spur-Winged Goose Full Mount Taxidermy

    Spur-Winged Goose Full Mount Taxidermy

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    Spur-Winged Goose Full Mount Taxidermy

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    Spur-Winged Goose Full Mount Taxidermy

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    My recent kudu metalized Euro

    Interesting but I like it
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    Spur Winged Goose

    The spur wing goose hunt was the closest I thought I had come to dying sense Afghanistan but I was determined not to return to America without one
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    Spur Winged Goose

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    Spur Winged Goose

    Finally had my birds arrive From South Africa feathers were a little rough from shipping but overall happy to have them on my wall, I had forgotten how large the Spur winged Goose was struggled to find a place for it, not pictured was my Egyptian Goose and Yellow billed duck
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    Giraffe question from newbie

    I think u would just try to have it made into a rug in Africa to save cost, I have been burned by more American taxidermist than African so far but I’m fairly new
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    CZ 550 Safari 416 Rigby

    This is tempting, 416 might be a little big for my next plains game hunt
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    Giraffe question from newbie

    That’s a shame is a giraffe rug that expensive to ship over that was on my future list
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    Southern France Stag Hunt Taxadermist shipping quote

    Planning on 1 stag 1 chamois 1 roe deer my brother will just be hunting 1 stag and the part that is bothering me is the little fees per animal not total like xray, pick up fee drop off fee plus shipping per animal not total
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    Southern France Stag Hunt Taxadermist shipping quote

    My brother and I will be hunting in southern France for Red Stag in October, I just got the quote from them for there shipping quote and it seams pretty steep on all the extra fees like 300 euro per animal to crate and then charging per animal for each step of the process is this normal? Or...
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    New Production Winchester Model 70 in 375 H&H back in-stock

    What a let down when I realized this thread was a year old
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    this sucks

    How much did that end up costing?
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    this sucks

    My only shipment was through Houston but via Cargo ship no added fees worth the 10 hour drive for me to pick it up from coppersmith. I had all finished taxidermy including a warthog. Is this an airport specific problem or a clearing agent problem?
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    Bringing rifle w/o assistance

    I did it in 2022, my “case” was lost for around 2 hours and didn’t really seam important until my PH showed up and started ruffling feathers, also if you use a service they cut you to the front of the line it felt like, my next trip in 2025 I’m paying for a service 100%
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    Wanted Pre 64 Model 70 Or Sako 85 In .375 H&H

    That’s the kind of set that’s needs to stay together and be hunted for sure
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    One gun or two? On safari

    What’s the best factory round for a plainsgame hunt with a .375 eland down to springbuck
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    Snow Goose Guide Recommendations

    Habitat flats
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    Dove Hunt Argentina

    Big no go on birds from Argentina
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    Age of first African hunting trip

    Dirty thirty
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    Dove Hunt Argentina

    My better Half got carried away at a DU Banquet and bought an Argentina Dove hunt at a David Denies Lodge. Does anyone have any advise on if it’s worth trying to find something else to do during the trip or any sight seeing , I understand that you can total up a sizable ammo bill by the end...
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    So I built a Book/gun case

    Timeless classic, extremely well done
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    AR-type Rifles

    Psa on the cheap end wilson on the higher end all about how much you want to spend psa sales some cheap kits to get you into the game and figure out what you like https://palmettostatearmory.com/
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    Contacts Austria?

    Looks like some fun hunts
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    Kudu Skin Wanted To Make Something For The Wife

    Could you send me the names as well
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    What Line Of Work Are You In

    Lineman
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    Victoria Falls

    Was thinking about just staying after the sightseeing to hunt my girlfriend can’t take 2 weeks off. She wants to watch me hunt but not for 7 days, what all did you do around Victoria Falls
 
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