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truth be known i post less and less in here. i feel this should be a sight to help hunters. it has turned into a site that is more worried about everyones feelings than helping hunters to find the right people.
my biggest issue with hunting south africa right now is dip pack. yes thats actually a conpany i use and it appears that their method of dipping seems to be the status quo for africa.
has anyone DEMANDED their skulls be boiled and not dropped in a vat of acid for months on end? please use ur brains here guys when i write. dropped in acid doesnt actually happen but the process they use sure looks the same in the end.
point in case. moz, zambia, and even zim will boil my skulls and not soak my horns in harsh chemicals. when the skulls are boiled the horns of kudu, impala, sable etc are preserved perfectly. however i have yet to get one SINGLE animal out of south africa whos horns arent cracked to hell and back. for instance kudu have natural rings that run around the horn perpendicular to the length of the horn. but after you get it back from acid etching the cracks now run the length of the horn and are deeper than the grand canyon.
is there one single company in south africa that actually does dip pack on a 58" kudu that results in you getting back a 58" kudu instead of a 55" kudu with horns that havent been completely destroyed.
if any of you want to question me on this simply take your kudu horns to your local taxidermists and ask them if all those cracks are normal or good. they will feel u in on what the dip pack is doing wrong. personally dip pack in south africa is great for not loosing my animals and getting them to me but they have yet to do a job on preserving horns that is considered anything less than horrific.
u guys will absolutely bash me and say im rude. but i have several people ask me all the time this very question and it is only asked once they have their once in a lifetime trophies at home. at that point its too late and i honestly feel these guys should know whats going on and have the chance to get a better service before their once in a lifetime trophy is masacred.
i dont know how many times ive been to africa. frankly i dont care. i also have no clue how many kudu and other animals ive shot. all i know is that i've shot more than i can count and the results from south africa have always been the same.
that being said im returning in july for a buffalo and some other things. if there is a dip pack who can boil my skulls and get them to me so that they look exactly as they did when i shot them i would gladly give them a good report and add it to this thread. i can start by saying i wont use dip pack. i do like andrea but i cant handle the chemcial process he uses any more. i will gladly pay more if my trophies can be handled properly.
on another note...... when it comes to cites appendix animals. andreas is the only guy i will use for my leopards. treating hides is fine he does a good job and no one can work wonders to get leopards legally to the us like andreas. however his skull treatments are too harsh. all my euro mounts are in pieces and the dipping process has eaten away everything. andreas can handle my hides especially leopards but from now on someone else will be euro mounting my skulls.
how bout you guys. anything to add or advice to give people on dip pack?
my biggest issue with hunting south africa right now is dip pack. yes thats actually a conpany i use and it appears that their method of dipping seems to be the status quo for africa.
has anyone DEMANDED their skulls be boiled and not dropped in a vat of acid for months on end? please use ur brains here guys when i write. dropped in acid doesnt actually happen but the process they use sure looks the same in the end.
point in case. moz, zambia, and even zim will boil my skulls and not soak my horns in harsh chemicals. when the skulls are boiled the horns of kudu, impala, sable etc are preserved perfectly. however i have yet to get one SINGLE animal out of south africa whos horns arent cracked to hell and back. for instance kudu have natural rings that run around the horn perpendicular to the length of the horn. but after you get it back from acid etching the cracks now run the length of the horn and are deeper than the grand canyon.
is there one single company in south africa that actually does dip pack on a 58" kudu that results in you getting back a 58" kudu instead of a 55" kudu with horns that havent been completely destroyed.
if any of you want to question me on this simply take your kudu horns to your local taxidermists and ask them if all those cracks are normal or good. they will feel u in on what the dip pack is doing wrong. personally dip pack in south africa is great for not loosing my animals and getting them to me but they have yet to do a job on preserving horns that is considered anything less than horrific.
u guys will absolutely bash me and say im rude. but i have several people ask me all the time this very question and it is only asked once they have their once in a lifetime trophies at home. at that point its too late and i honestly feel these guys should know whats going on and have the chance to get a better service before their once in a lifetime trophy is masacred.
i dont know how many times ive been to africa. frankly i dont care. i also have no clue how many kudu and other animals ive shot. all i know is that i've shot more than i can count and the results from south africa have always been the same.
that being said im returning in july for a buffalo and some other things. if there is a dip pack who can boil my skulls and get them to me so that they look exactly as they did when i shot them i would gladly give them a good report and add it to this thread. i can start by saying i wont use dip pack. i do like andrea but i cant handle the chemcial process he uses any more. i will gladly pay more if my trophies can be handled properly.
on another note...... when it comes to cites appendix animals. andreas is the only guy i will use for my leopards. treating hides is fine he does a good job and no one can work wonders to get leopards legally to the us like andreas. however his skull treatments are too harsh. all my euro mounts are in pieces and the dipping process has eaten away everything. andreas can handle my hides especially leopards but from now on someone else will be euro mounting my skulls.
how bout you guys. anything to add or advice to give people on dip pack?