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I notice the skulls are not whitened as is typically done. Did you add some sort of pigment for that effect?

Regarding numerous comments about hearing aids cost at COSTCO versus independent hearing aid centers; I've been told COSTCO audiologists are NOT paid on commission, but salaried . . .

For me Gerenuk is hands down the finest African game meat (but you won't find those in Namibia). Dik-Dik, also very good . . . eat an entire hind leg by yourself! Also speaking as someone who doesn't normally eat liver, I find gazelle liver excellent.

Hoping someone on the Forum happens to have some A-Square Dead Tough factory ammo in 458 Win Mag? I'm referring to Art Alphin's controlled expansion soft nose bullet used in their factory ammo. What is the bullet weight? These almost always exit a buffalo, but I managed to recover two bullets...

The below is copied & pasted in from my review posted to Weatherby's website . . . need I say more?!! I’ve been really pleased to see Weatherby expand their product line to a quite broad range of rifle options. But that presented a problem . . . I’d like to see, feel, grip, shoulder, a rifle...

"White Hunters" by Brian Herne

The big display at the main entrance had two each of the big five. Two elephants, two buffalo, two lion, two rhino (one black & one white), and two leopards . . both are leopards. The only "Jaguar" I saw was the replica at the taxidermy booth #2124, but there may have been others.

A very interesting hunt & adventure. By chance did you record the "squared measurements" of the bear? With green hide before salting, laid out flat, tip of front paw to tip of opposite front paw, and tip of nose to tip of tail? And skull measurements? It would be interesting to know how modern...

"I’m glad the craze never migrated to Namibia." (y)(y)(y)(y)(y)(y)(y)(y)(y)(y)(y)(y)(y)(y)(y)

I appreciate what you're saying . . . but then why doesn't the same rule apply for the same rifle scoped? (or does it?)

I suspect that is bloating of the entrails

I'll bet that all of us viewing the photos are thinking "How in the PHUK did THAT happen??!! My guess is no one witnessed the event, so unfortunately, we'll never know. But one can always play the parlor game of trying to solve the mystery. Here's my theory . . . (and you know any unproven...

"Spectracide BUG STOP" is available on Amazon, and I've seen it in the past in the big box home improvement stores. I would be wary of using permethrin spray as it might leave residue. I have used permethrin powder on salted and dried skins to prevent bug infestation, but there is no concern...

Below is just some of my own experience . . . you might get different specific instructions from your taxidermist . . . Properly fleshed, salted and dried skins can be stored for YEARS and still tan up just fine. BUT they must be kept free of bugs and kept dry . . . not allowed to rehydrate (as...

My GOD that's a BIG lion. Judging from the photo it appears to be taken well before the advent of camera-phones with fish-eye lenses, so no optical distortion here! It would be very interesting to know who the hunter was, and where it was taken. Years ago, White Hunter Tony Archer guided...

Here's a few practices I follow that support trophy longevity, and might reduce the need for periodic cleaning: 1. Minimize exposure to tobacco smoke. 2. Minimize exposure to kitchen smoke, grease laden air, etc. 3. Try to minimize exposure to outside air during those times of the year when...

I see the 2026 SCI-Nashville convention app sez he will be exhibiting . . booth 1031

WoW your second buffalo is VERY IMPRESSIVE!

If my interpretation of the article is correct . . the announcement covers at least two subjects . . /1/ Any percentage of foreign ownership in the 14 "small business sectors" listed is forbidden. This of course is of zero significance to foreign investors. /2/ Foreign ownership in the...

Some African countries require 51% local ownership . . . Zim' now sez 75% President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe during a previous interaction with President Cyril Ramaphosa. Image: Katlholo Maifadi/ DIRCO The directive follows the gazetting of Statutory Instrument 215 of...

Hands down . . . Nkwe Safaris in Botswana! You'll find lots of glowing reports here on the forum, and I can add my most positive recommendation. PH & owner Jaco, staff, camp, the habitat, game, etc., all EXCELLENT. I hunted in March, possibly the worst time of the year as the bush was very...

Nice Klipi'! . . but it doesn't look like Klipi habitat to me! I trust there is a big kopje behind the camera man :-))

Have any members of the forum hunted wit Mumembe Safaris in Zambia? Or otherwise have info regarding their operation? A search here on Africahunting.com turns up nothing, and their name is not on the list of exhibitors at the upcoming SCI-Nashville convention.

That is indeed the legendary White Hunter Richard John Cuninghame. The elephant was shot by the lady in the picture, Delia "Mickie" Akeley, wife of the equally legendary Naturalist and father of modern taxidermy Carl Akeley. The hunt was in the forests around Mount Kenya, in 1906. The...

I stayed at TAWI Lodge just outside of Amboseli National Park in November 2021. The lodge created a water hole just west and beyond the swimming pool in the first photo, and there was a steady stream of visitors . . . impala, zebra, yellow baboon, vervet monkey, guinea fowl, francolin, along...

Can you post a video of this in practice?

Thanks GrayRider . . good point! I can add that the Veteran's Breakfast fills up fast, so don't delay in signing up. Veterans are free, and if memory serves non-veterans $60. Watch carefully for the "attend veterans breakfast" option when purchasing the show admission tickets on-line. Make...

Good advice that. And a great photo for studying the physical differences between sexes. I believe this one is a female. It would be interesting to hear the judgment from members that have significant experience with Hippo . . .

Bump. Still most interested in replies to my queries above . . . THANKS.

See below linked article . . . https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/zimbabwe/it-s-embarrassing-when-zimbabwe-ranks-with-war-torn-and-failed-states-on-corruption/ar-AA1ST7uJ?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=b7563bdf012f4681ab838341b972e9af&ei=48

As mentioned at the end of my original post above, "the big cats of India and surrounds continue to prey on humans to this day." Now some three years later, this remains true. As detailed in the below linked story dated 18 December, four people have been killed by leopard attacks in the...

Well done! . . . Lovely cat, did you weight it?

"The Poor Man's Bongo" . . . uhh, unless you're hunting it in TZ ;)

I am interested in hunting Siberian Roe Deer, and have had some dialogue with LOOK MONGOLIA SAFARIS, they share the Mongolian Outfitters Consortium Booth at the SCI convention. Has anyone had experience with LOOK MONGOLIA SAFARIS? Hunting roe deer in Mongolia? Any other advice re Mongolia...

I have several kudu, and impala skull & horn sets that I want to display as Euro' mounts. During shipment and handling the "nose bones" and in some cases the longer bones above the nasal cavity have separated from the skull. I'd like to reattach them. I'm looking for advice regarding an...

Some really great photos . . . What were the tusk weights?

The pair of tusks in the photograph very much appear to be the recognized world record tusks in the London Museum of Natural History, and the handwritten weights 214 & 226 lbs match the WR tusk weights. One has to wonder did the museum really avail the tusks for Peter Beard's photo session?, or...

I thought my experience during an overnight in Harare last week is worth sharing . . . "Guinea Fowl Rest" in the Borrowdale suburb. B&B $90. Everything totally clean, safe & secure, pool, honor bar, great breakfast, and staff Annette and Tonia were most helpful. I'll stay there again next...

Yess . . . recovered / excavated mammoth or mastodon tusks . .

Semper Fi Marine . . . I'll look for you on Heaven's scenes . . . should I make it there . . .

Semper Fi . . .

The way safaris are conducted in TZ is not conducive to what you describe. East African Greater Kudu (and Lesser Kudu for that matter), and Roosevelt Sable are considered "top shelf" trophies, are usually of very limited quota, and it is very unlikely that a safari operator could offer them on a...

It sure is!! and NO shame in taking one with one broken tusk . . . it's a "natural occurrence", and the longer they get the more likely one will soonr or later break off . . . it's a great trophy!

It appears to me the photo may be a fabrication. The image of Roosevelt appears to be "added in". But if the photo is genuine, I believe it is not of two leopards, rather two jaguars and taken during Roosevelt's expedition in South America.

I saw Pano at "The Bar in Dar" at Slipway in Dar es Salaam back in December 2023. Though obviously not a youngster, he appeared to be enjoying life and in sufficient health that he might be able to conduct a safari that wasn't particularly strenuous. It has since transpired that Pano passed...

ZERO hesitation . . . if they were standing side by side at 30 yards my sights settle on the scrumcap.

You're off to a good start with Trophaendienste, I used them in 2022, and they did a great job.

I've summited Kili' twice. First at age 35, and again at age 54. Both times taking the Marangu Route on a short timeline. . . five days on the mountain, three and a half days up, and a day and a half down. Both times I was living full time at ~8,000 feet in Addis Ababa and physically active...

"SD", Let me say first . . . I am NO expert on early British rifles. Having said that, I would have thought H & H in 1914 was not sizing anything to a metric standard. I would also think you are wise not to modify the rifle, but just source a swivel assy that fits the barrel band attach point...

THANKS for the heads-up. That's all I need to know! I hope all readers of the forum take note and select their own carriers wisely.