Our 2024 season began with some hunters from Europe, hunting in Limpopo and the Eastern Cape with us. Some rare and elusive species taken to add to their impressive trophy collection. Check the size of that serval!
If it’s standard practice to pay trophy fees upfront it really shouldn’t be. Begs too many questions, like what happens if you’re not successful on hunting that particular animal. I can understand a deposit to show your intention to come on the hunt, but trophy fees upfront doesn’t sound like...
Karoo Wild doesn’t market at shows but I was at our local hunters association meeting this Wednesday. The DSC show in Atlanta was on the agenda and the outfitters that take a booth there certainly weren’t happy!
I hear what you’re saying but the inflation range in SA is 4-5% per annum. 2007 is 18 years ago. The cost of almost everything in SA doubles every 8-9 years with compound inflation. That SA taxidermist who’s quadrupled his prices, he’s not making any more profit than he did in 2007.
I don’t have much information on US taxidermy pricing but the SA taxidermy pricing is 10-20% more than we’ve came across, and we work with one of the best in the world. I also haven’t seen such a big difference expressed in shipping completed mounts vs shipping dip and pack before.
I’ve run...
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