First trip to africa trouble with Taxidermy and shipping

[doitforthechase321]

Yeah I gotta atleast have the skulls and hides it was hard for me to even think about not using the meat myself im a public land meat hunter so it was hard enough for me to wrap my head around not using the meat of the animal let alone leaving the skull and hide

 

[BGHNTR416]

I have heard many times about cost savings using taxidermists there in Africa but most of the work that I have seen is very mediocre. The stuff in the showroom might look great, but the stuff that gets turned out by the guys in the back is not up to the same standards (which can happen here in the US as well btw). I am basing this on observations made quite a few years ago so maybe it has changed? It has also been stated that the production materials available to taxidermists in Africa are not as good as what we have here in the states. Any truth to these statements these days? Has it gotten better? The last point I was given years ago was that the money saved on doing the taxidermy there was ate up on additional shipping charges getting it back to the US... Hopefully I did not offend anyone! Just curios if these rumors were or are still true.

 

[Rhoyland4]

your problem there is that each of you need your own crate due to regulations unless you can convince them to just do a single crate in one name.

Not trying to hijack the thread, but I'm taking my daughter in 2027. Do we need separate crates?

 

[Hunt anything]

Not trying to hijack the thread, but I'm taking my daughter in 2027. Do we need separate crates?

Not if she’s a minor

 

[RichD]

Yeah I gotta atleast have the skulls and hides it was hard for me to even think about not using the meat myself im a public land meat hunter so it was hard enough for me to wrap my head around not using the meat of the animal let alone leaving the skull and hide

I'm right there with you on not bringing meat back. I started hunting whitetail near Lake Pleasant in the Adirondacks in the '60's while in high school. Love to put elk, deer, antelope, etc in the freezer. My first trip to Africa was Botswana in 2023, D&P 5 animals, had a kudu shoulder mount done locally here in Denver. Euro skulls were done by me, went to a beauty shop supply house and bought 40 volume peroxide and whitener. Also made my own plaques for mounting skulls. Videos on youtube are helpful. An earlier poster mentioned that you can't combine multiple hunters in shipping. But...I wonder about 2 with same last name. Waiting now to hear about my animals from September/October SA hunt.