wildfowler.250
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Thought I’d run this past folk as I’ve got my first plains game hunt next year.
Now the uk ,(and most other countries) seems to be getting harder to import ‘trophies’ for want of a better word and they are currently talking about a cites import ban.
Now I’m not realistically going after cites species,(kudu, springbok etc). But does taking a cites species massively increase time taken for skins / dip and pack to be processed and come back? Is there increase hassle with imports?
I do know someone who got invited over to Africa. Wanted a bushbuck and as a chance happened, shot a baboon. From memory he said it wasn’t worth the hassle and regretted taking the baboon back.
Lechwe is probably the only one I would possibly hunt. Are the sable that most folk hunt in South Africa on it? Out of my budget for a first hunt anyway but curious as I know some subspecies are and some aren’t..
Interested in thoughts!
Now the uk ,(and most other countries) seems to be getting harder to import ‘trophies’ for want of a better word and they are currently talking about a cites import ban.
Now I’m not realistically going after cites species,(kudu, springbok etc). But does taking a cites species massively increase time taken for skins / dip and pack to be processed and come back? Is there increase hassle with imports?
I do know someone who got invited over to Africa. Wanted a bushbuck and as a chance happened, shot a baboon. From memory he said it wasn’t worth the hassle and regretted taking the baboon back.
Lechwe is probably the only one I would possibly hunt. Are the sable that most folk hunt in South Africa on it? Out of my budget for a first hunt anyway but curious as I know some subspecies are and some aren’t..
Interested in thoughts!