Lost trophies crate (from Mozambique) - is anyone else’s crate missing ?

[Mountainshadows]

I've read through your thread. I've been to South Africa twice now. There have been some issues with well known company names here in the course of the last couple of years. Currently, my friend and I, are waiting to hear for sure tomorrow that crates have actually been received by Coppersmith in Seattle.
They were originally booked from Johannesburg on August 5th.
I will make a detailed hunting report from my 2023 and my 2024 trip from start to taxidermy arrival.

 

[Hunt anything]

Did your crate make it on the plane in Addis?

 

[SkullKeeper]

Did your crate make it on the plane in Addis?

Yes sir it did. It’s supposed to take off to ORD today for arrival tomorrow

 

[Hunt anything]

Hopefully you have some good news.

 

[SkullKeeper]

Hopefully you have some good news.

I sure hope so. Now I understand that the shipment is held up at ADD, supposedly only for documents inspection.

 

[SkullKeeper]

UPDATE …. The eagle has landed !! ….

Now to see what kind of shape things are in…

I can’t thank Joy at Trophy Shippers enough for ALL of her help through this adventure. The countless hours spent and dozens of emails she sent over last 2 years finally paid off!

 

[Hunt anything]

I started to post about your crate but feared the worst, hope everything made it in one piece and in good shape,

 

[RLD]

Everybody loves a happy ending.

 

[dchum]

Wohooo!

Cant wait for you to show us the goodies inside

 

[SkullKeeper]

They need to be bleached and horns blacked but here they are …

 

[Red Leg]

They need to be bleached and horns blacked but here they are …View attachment 717205

Nice sable and looks like one bull will score well with SCI and the other with R&W. So glad it ended well.

 

[Mekaniks]

They need to be bleached and horns blacked but here they are …View attachment 717205

 

[SkullKeeper]

Nice sable and looks like one bull will score well with SCI and the other with R&W. So glad it ended well.

Thank you sir !

 

[Safari1]

They need to be bleached and horns blacked but here they are …View attachment 717205

Awesome.

 

[Safari1]

They need to be bleached and horns blacked but here they are …View attachment 717205

Congrats …who did you hunt with in Moz?

 

[SkullKeeper]

Congrats …who did you hunt with in Moz?

Cabassa Safaris in the Niassa block

 

[Hunt anything]

The nightmare is finally over! Great trophies, all look great. The sable and buff are great but I have a thing for bushbuck, nice ram!

 

[Pablo]

Glad you FINALLY got them back. I’m sure there were quite a few sleepless nights.

 

[Mountainshadows]

I've been following your thread. I'm glad you got your crate in. My friend and I just got our crates in today. Paid for air freight and it has just been shy of 2 months. Lots of things learned and realizing how companies change. Tomorrow will be closer inspection of the trophies. I was burned the year before.

 

[SkullKeeper]

I've been following your thread. I'm glad you got your crate in. My friend and I just got our crates in today. Paid for air freight and it has just been shy of 2 months. Lots of things learned and realizing how companies change. Tomorrow will be closer inspection of the trophies. I was burned the year before.

I hate hearing that things didn’t go well the year before, can you give some details ?