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Thanks Para For the record, of all my trophies - the baboon is the one my wife really doesn’t have much use for. For me this is one of my favorites, it was the best shot for me – the longest and the most relaxed shot of the whole trip. Even though my wife is not fan of the baboon, she shows...

Thanks Johnny I took a look at some of your trophies, some very nice stuff. I have a question regarding the trophies in what looks to be the back of a truck. They appear to be attached to the walls and floor etc... What's going on in the two photos? Is this how they were shipped to you, is this...

I think anything is possible, look what they managed to do - to make the Wildebeest mount on the shield for me. When I look at the picture you posted the Giraffe neck looks short to me. I thinks as long as you have open dialogue with the taxidermist and ask them if the mount is going to look...

Now I gotcha.. I have added that to my file of trophy mounts. That would be an excellent mount, hope it all works out for you. Des...

Hi Huntinlabs I think it is quite possible and I’ve attached a photo of a Giraffe mount I found after mine was delivered. As I have since learned the older of some species of Giraffe can become quite dark in coloring, I always thought if I ever decide to add one more Giraffe that would be the...

I wish I could take better picture of the Giraffe for you all to see, but I can’t. We rent a corporate employee house in Gillam Manitoba; I work for a provincially owned hydro electric company. When I decided to hunt in Africa for the first and only tine back 2012, (was I ever wrong on that...

Thanks Forrest There isn't a day that goes by, be it the beginning or end when - where I sit in the big chair beside the Zebra and admire my room. I told my wife yesterday afternoon while admiring my wildebeest that each specimen hanging on the wall has its own little story. I was fortunate to...

Well folks the last of my African trophies have arrived. This was a different experience since my 2012 hunting trip with my son. After Cecil the lion met his final demise, the world took a more conservative approach to shipping hunting trophies back to North America or around the world. Hence we...

Well, I'd like to be, I've done two plains game hunts and would like to be successful at elephant and Cape buffalo. I never thought I'd want to, but back in 2013 I saw a few YouTube videos and have been hooked since then. I'm fifty nine years old and I go to sleep most nights dreaming of the...

The last two years I've been a Compliance officer for a publicly owned electrical utility. I did roughly seven years of HR career promotion and the first twenty years I was the Operator of a 1200 mega watt generating station. Five years till retirement and around two to three before I go my...

Hi all... I have a question, is it possible to sell the tusks from a successful elephant hunt to offset the costs. If so let's say a humble Canadian hunter was able to bring down a pair of 35 pounders. What would the value for such a pair be? My son really would like to see a shoulder mount...

My picture is from Namibia, 2012 when me and my son went hunting, one of the greatest trips of my life. I'll attach the whole photo. My name is me and the town I live in in Northern Manitoba Canada. Other greatest trip was when my daughter decide to hunt while back in Namibia last year.

Excellent looking mounts I have not done any European style mounts myself, but I have used TROPHAENDIENSTE (Taxidermy) in the past a great company to work with. I just got back from Namibia and will be using their services again. I was able to get the Wildebeest that eluded me back in 2012. I...

Oh this is so unfair... I arrive for a photo safari starting at Victoria Falls, eventually ending up in Cape Town S.A. with my wife and daughter from the 25th of March to the 20th of April. I would so love to buy this right now, I fear if I did - I might as well jump in the Zambezi river and be...

Well that was a lot of Bla, bla, bla… Allow me to add my own. I wish I had all the “Special” powers that Captain Paul Watson has. His ability to know the precise thinking of all the parties involved is astounding. His accumulative knowledge and expertise on all things wild on the planet make...

I am so envious, I can't wait till next year to try again. Yours looks great from what I can see looks like a nice job on the taxidermy!

Awesome Hyena Anton, I so want to get one of those, I mentioned it as an option to my PH when we are there in April 2016. It's mostly a photo vacation for my wife and daughter, but I have set aside a couple of days for the Wildebeest I was not successful with in 2012.

Longwalker, I like your story, I have a similar picture of me from cleaning my driveway after a typical winter dump of snow in northern Manitoba. I have always thought of doing one of those trek's, your story is very inspiring…

My avatar is me right after I shot my Giraffe in Namibia no more than five hundred meters from the Botswana border line. It was all over, we were just starting to position the Giraffe for the photo and the PH's wife snappEd the shot. This was such a great trip, my son I had the time of our life...

It's on my list to purchase a 500 nitro to hunt the Big Five. I'm sort of nostalgic that way, I must say, the sight of that recoil does make a man's scrotum tighten up, if you'll excuse my French... Nicely put together

I gotta tell you, I thought I had to jump through some hoops. I had an extra $600.oo off loading charge at the ship docks in Canada and because of a missing "original CITES document" I paid another $580.00 for storage while that was sent to me from Hamburg. I am so glad you received your stuff...

I appreciate your opinion and don't think I didn't wrestle with this for some time before making the decision to use a Namibian taxidermist. What I'm trying to get across is this particular company's name was asked about at the beginning of the thread. At the time I spotted the thread we had...

She looks very happy, we were equally as happy when ours arrived, hats off very nice display

i can appreciate your anticipation, we were excited when the crates arrived it was neat when people were driving by to see us unload, we're a town of only fifteen hundred people I hope your trophies arrive safe and sound all the best

We were very happy when we saw the great work they did. When my son and took all the plastic wrap off and we could the quality, the grins on our faces pushed our ears to the back of our heads, it is so fantastic when "people come stomping through" to see the, they are always in such awe. All...

I did have them shipped by sea and that was a surprising process in itself. Once they were ready to ship and the bill was paid which think was July or August 2014, we open the crates on the April 2nd 2015. Mind you, there was the twenty one day added storage period for missing documents. In the...

I am not sure on the original weights, as I stated above they are replicas. The shop had a set on display and I thought they would look good on either side of my throne, every man should have a throne. At the time it was my belief I would never hunt Elephant so I purchased them. I thought they...

As I had stated in the previous comments, I would give the final opinion once the trophies were home. I am pleased to say; all but one occupies my living room or sitting room as we use it. After they arrived and we got them all unpacked and then you suffer the “Holy Crap” where am I going to put...

This was a hunting trip with my son and I in 2012. By far the greatest experience we both shared in our lives thus far. It was going to be a hunt of a lifetime, a one time trip. Two hours into day 2 of 10 we were planning our return... I shall return in 2016 with my wife and daughter on more of...

Well here goes my shots…

Hi Enysse Thanks for the feedback and insight, and like I said I don’t have a lot to contribute yet. Thus far all I have done is to kill some animals and select a taxidermist. When they are in our hands and we get to see them up close and personal then I’ll be able to give a full accounting the...

Hi All… I gave decide to jump in on this post without a lot to offer, yet. I hunted in Namibia with my son recently and after careful consideration decide to use Trophaendienste based on a few things. They were one of two recommended from the PH we were using, I had found a couple of good...