Ele has landed...

[BnC 04]

Wife and I made the 12hr run down to Coppersmiths in Chicago to grab the crate containing our Zim ele products. Not a fun drive but once that crate gets opened its all worth it.
In the crate was-
Capped ivory
Capped cast replicas
The molds used from the ivory
2 foot stools
Ear painting
Ear leather
Sorry for the poor pictures, bit wore out to retake once I seen how bad they turned out.

 

[elephantmaster29]

Congratulations on a great elephant and wonderful taxidermy! Well done

 

[Mekaniks]

Congratulations!

 

[Andrew62]

Wow, I love those foot stools, very unique! Congratulations on a successful hunt and getting your elephant back home!

 

[TTundra]

Fantastic!

 

[Mark Biggerstaff]

Great!!congrats. Looks awesome

 

[WhatIHaveSeen]

Magnificent. Congrats. Best . J.

 

[BnC 04]

Appreciate the comments gentlemen.
Now that I've had some time to grab a bite to eat I can add the details.
Trophy was from October of '24 hunting with Rouan @TSALA HUNTING SAFARIS.
Weights came in at 49 & 54 respectfully.
The footstools were my wife's idea for her office. Glad we did them as they came out great in my opinion.
Used Collett's for the taxidermy and shipping from Zim. Mixed feelings about the shipping side of their house.
Conservation Force got the permit approved in less then a week if I remember correctly. They are well worth the cost associated.
Coppersmith handled the importation and as always did a wonderful job.
Have used another importer in the past and will be going back and sticking with Coppersmith from here on out.

 

[Rare Breed]

Wife and I made the 12hr run down to Coppersmiths in Chicago to grab the crate containing our Zim ele products. Not a fun drive but once that crate gets opened its all worth it.
In the crate was-
Capped ivory
Capped cast replicas
The molds used from the ivory
2 foot stools
Ear painting
Ear leather
Sorry for the poor pictures, bit wore out to retake once I seen how bad they turned out.

Simply outstanding!!!! Congratulations again on a great bull and taxi!!!

 

[Rare Breed]

Appreciate the comments gentlemen.
Now that I've had some time to grab a bite to eat I can add the details.
Trophy was from October of '24 hunting with Rouan @TSALA HUNTING SAFARIS.
Weights came in at 49 & 54 respectfully.
The footstools were my wife's idea for her office. Glad we did them as they came out great in my opinion.
Used Collett's for the taxidermy and shipping from Zim. Mixed feelings about the shipping side of their house.
Conservation Force got the permit approved in less then a week if I remember correctly. They are well worth the cost associated.
Coppersmith handled the importation and as always did a wonderful job.
Have used another importer in the past and will be going back and sticking with Coppersmith from here on out.

Same with me. I sent Collets a polite note they need a new exporter given theirs is very poor and caused me real delays

 

[Zinz]

Thick tusks!

Very nice !!

 

[K-man]

Christmas in June! I would have guessed about 50 lbs on the ivory, beautiful artwork on the ear. It's a lot of fun opening a crate with that kind of trophy.

 

[BnC 04]

Same with me. I sent Collets a polite note they need a new exporter given theirs is very poor and caused me real delays

Agree, wasn't very impressed with that side.
Small world story, I went to high-school in North Dakota with Collett's owner wife.
Whats the odds..

 

[BnC 04]

Christmas in June! I would have guessed about 50 lbs on the ivory, beautiful artwork on the ear. It's a lot of fun opening a crate with that kind of trophy.

Agree 100%
They really had that crate packed to the gills and properly braced and secured. Much more so then the numerous past crates. Whomever did the crating needs a raise.

 

[Ridge Runner]

Congrats on the ele and getting it home to marvel at.

What a Christmas package!

 

[wolfhunter]

Well done , very nice