Countrylife
AH veteran
- Joined
- Jan 17, 2017
- Messages
- 150
- Reaction score
- 182
- Media
- 20
- Hunted
- USA, New Zealand, Namibia, Spain
After the animal is shot, what actually happens until it is shipped home? My understanding is the following:
- if it's small enough (e.g. antelope), it's taken back to camp to be skinned and salted. If to big (e.g. elephant), it's skinned in the field, taken back to camp and salted. Some of the meat is used for the meal that night, the rest is given to the camp workers and/or some of the local tribes.
- This repeats until the end of the hunt
- At the end of the hunt all the trophy parts are gathered up and taken to be dipped and packed
- Once the hides, skulls, horns, etc have been treated they are then boxed up for shipment to the hunter's customs agency in their country. (in my case the USA).
I'm under the impression that everything up to the delivery to the dip & pack provider will happen while I'm still there (or at least no later than on my way to the airport). After that it will probably take a few months before they arrive here.
I saw something that led me to believe that I don't have a complete understanding - is there a quarantine where they have to be held by the outfitter for a period before being delivered to the dip & pack. Is there something else that will happen that I missed?
I'm especially interested in Namibia since I will be there next year. (This will be my first time to Africa)
- if it's small enough (e.g. antelope), it's taken back to camp to be skinned and salted. If to big (e.g. elephant), it's skinned in the field, taken back to camp and salted. Some of the meat is used for the meal that night, the rest is given to the camp workers and/or some of the local tribes.
- This repeats until the end of the hunt
- At the end of the hunt all the trophy parts are gathered up and taken to be dipped and packed
- Once the hides, skulls, horns, etc have been treated they are then boxed up for shipment to the hunter's customs agency in their country. (in my case the USA).
I'm under the impression that everything up to the delivery to the dip & pack provider will happen while I'm still there (or at least no later than on my way to the airport). After that it will probably take a few months before they arrive here.
I saw something that led me to believe that I don't have a complete understanding - is there a quarantine where they have to be held by the outfitter for a period before being delivered to the dip & pack. Is there something else that will happen that I missed?
I'm especially interested in Namibia since I will be there next year. (This will be my first time to Africa)