Another thread of trophy shipping costs..

[everett]

5 shoulder mounts (waterbuck, gemsbuck, white blesbuck, black wildebeast, blue wildebeast)
4 euro mounts (red hartebeast, springbok, impala, blesbuck)
4 tanned flatskins

crate is 160x113x105 cm
actual weight 144 kgs

Airfreight quote South Africa to Dallas $3,689
Oceanfreight quote South Africa to Houston $1,847

I did an ocean freight shipment during Covid years. Original quote was about $1500 less than air, but couldn’t get on a flight because of Covid backlog. Ended up being charged over the $1500 savings in port fees (in Houston) that no one in the process mentioned. Would just encourage you to check and double check if your goal is to save money.

 

[randallhebert]

Think my shipper is getting greedy.

 

[CoElkHunter]

Oh boy, these prices are getting out of hand. I believe this next safari will be the last time I bring anything back. I'll take good pictures and call it a day. I'll save that money and go back again.

+1. For my ONE PG Safari with taxidermy shipped and all accompanied expenses, I could have bought three Blaser R8s and/or several nice large bore bolt action rifles or a nice used DR if I were so inclined and pretended I went to Africa. LOL

 

[Doug3006]

I understand the reasons people skip the expense of bringing trophies home. I surely do. Just like I understand the reasons for traveling without one’s own rifle and using a camp gun. I just can’t bring myself to do either. I’ll bring my rifles to Africa and ship my trophies home until I can’t afford to do so. Then I’ll hunt stuff closer to home.

 

[CamoManJ]

I’m on the fence to whether I’m bringing my trophies back from my first safari next week with NKWE in Botswana. If I did, it would be just euros only…eland, kudu & hartebeest. Hopefully, I can find a decent quote, as I’d rather save for the next trip. We’ll see. Anyone care to guess what a decent quote would be back to Texas for the 3 mentioned euros?