I have taken pictures of all of my trophies. Because I take so many pictures it ends up being excellent documentation of the trophies.
We have worked out several issues with/at the taxidermists with pictures from the field.
Someone can not recall "that spot" or "the horns look different".
They are actually all quite unique if you pay enough attention.
Measuring trophies, if they are big enough. Hands down.
At Kanana I went into the Salt shed and could not identify one of my Warthogs. We started searching for it.
JP then took another look at the Warthog purported to be mine. It was mine. The staff had put the tusks in the wrong way. i.e.. Left into Right. No wonder they did not look the same. Simple mistake.
It is required to take identifying pictures for game departments when you take Lions and Leopard.
Those spots all look the same, they are not.
If your trophies are important to you.
Take pictures of the horns, the cape, the holes, tape them, note every last detail you can and document it. Then when that anonymous Nyala hits the taxidermist you'll know it is yours.
No doubts.
How many trophies have come home and mysteriously shrunk? a 42 is now 38.5 etc.
Horn does not shrink that much. Measure them properly, if you care.
After seeing the issue in the noted thread, I might have my own little metal plug made that would be drilled into the Elephant Tusks on the spot.