Peter Larsson
AH enthusiast
Looks perfect!
Hello Gerrit,Good day all, would just like to hear from some of the AH members that have taken Impala trophies in SA. How much shrinkage did your trophies have? A client of mine handed in a 25 2/8 inch impala and now the trophy measure just over 23.
Is that the norm?
Looking forward to your input
5% seems right for my kudu.Hello Gerrit,
Horns may shrink up to 5% so the shrinkage in this case is very odd.
In the case of Rhino, they can shrink up to 20%.
Regards
More likely the dip/pack may have removed the bases inadvertently by boiling all the hell out of them like this guy. (this is not as uncommon as it should be. A competent taxidermist can rebuild this, as I did here, but there is a possibility some may trim to match. this would be very unprofessional though. 1st picis as received, 2nd is ready to mount. If this was to be a skull mount the skull could have been masked off to prevent epoxy from staining it.
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