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    Greetings from the Ozarks

    Thanks, Phil. So, the Coues and elk are not so difficult a draw?
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    Cost of Shipping Trophies

    Jeff, hopefully we can exercise a little restraint! Seriously, I know it's going to be difficult not to pursue those other trophies that just ahppen to present themselves!
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    Cost of Shipping Trophies

    Thanks, Lure. I guess we'll have to decide how badly we need to shoot pigs. What do you figure that added to your total cost - $400 - $500? By the way, saw you are from SD on your profile. We were there for the phez opener. Had a great time. I think it was our seventh year for the opener...
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    Cost of Shipping Trophies

    We plan to shoot a warthog each, but I have read that handling is more difficult now? Maybe they have to be in a separate crate?
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    Cost of Shipping Trophies

    thanks, 35bore. So you had yours shipped RSA to Memphis? I wasn't sure where to have them land. I do plan to use a customs broker. That has been recommended to mae several times and seems well worth the money.
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    So, I have planned a first-time safari to the RSA next May for plains game. I think I have a handle on the cost for the safari itself, and I have identified a great taxidermist here in the states and know what that will cost. I'm trying to get a handle on what it will cost to prepare my...
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    Greetings from the Ozarks

    Well, there we have it. We will add a nyala to the list!
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    Greetings from the Ozarks

    To 35bore - I am in Springfield and get to St. Louis frequently. Was there for meetings during the NLCS but unfortunately couldn't make a game. To Phoenix Phil - we just bought a house in Rio Verde last year. I'd like to give the desert quail a go one of these days as well as AZ big game...
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    Greetings from the Ozarks

    Thanks, bluey. It will be a rifle hunt for plains game this trip, though I do a little bowhunting for whitetail back here in the states. Looking for a kudu for sure, then probably a blue wildebeest, mabe a nyala and not sure after that.
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    Greetings from the Ozarks

    Greetings, I am a new member here and planning my first African safari next May for my son and I. Joined here to seek advice and learn all I can before we head over to the RSA. We are booked with Henk Brink of Kido Safaris in Kwa Zulu-Natal. Looking forward to say the least!
 
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