Elephant U.S. Import Permit Approved!!!!

[Green Chile]

Excellent news. My ivory just hit the US port last week.

 

[Oil & Dirt]

Great to hear and thanks for posting. This was going to be one of my questions to you. I will follow suit if things work out

 

[Green Chile]

The key as stated is an operator who will follow through with paperwork and additional questions from USFWS (often about conservation in the hunt area) and a facilitator like Conservation Force who will work the system and stay with it until it's finished. That's what I did and got my Zim import ivory permit in about 6 months. Timelines will vary depending on country, species, etc. I know several guys waiting on their Marco Polo import permits for 18 months plus.

 

[Oil & Dirt]

Rare breed Liesl received your e-mail today. I am so happy everything went so smooth, there was one small glich, but that is all it takes the question was how do you age a elephant when it is alive?

The new hunter saw 17 bulls today with one very big Hwange bull, tomorrow.

Lon

Good luck tomorrow!

 

[Scott CWO]

Scott that was your +70 pounder? I know all of us would love to see them when they go in your home!!!!!

Yes that’s correct. Last night I unpacked the crate and the tusks are now just laying on the carpet in my great room. Now that they are here, I’m having a local guy make me two wood bases for them. They will stand up on either side of the fireplace is the plan.

I laid the fiberglass replicas that Debbie Peake of Botswana made me earlier on top of the real tusks. Wow, an exact match because she made a mold of the real tusks for the replicas! The real tusks are a slight shade darker and more shiny but she did a fantastic job molding and painting the replicas.

 

[Green Chile]

What a photo. For a second I thought, he took 2 of that size?!?

 

[Mtn_Infantry]

Yes that’s correct. Last night I unpacked the crate and the tusks are now just laying on the carpet in my great room. Now that they are here, I’m having a local guy make me two wood bases for them. They will stand up on either side of the fireplace is the plan.

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I laid the fiberglass replicas that Debbie Peake of Botswana made me earlier on top of the real tusks. Wow, an exact match because she made a mold of the real tusks for the replicas! The real tusks are a slight shade darker and more shiny but she did a fantastic job molding and painting the replicas.

Out of curiosity, do you remember the cost on the replicas?

 

[gizmo]

That is fantastic!!!!

 

[major hunter]

Yes that’s correct. Last night I unpacked the crate and the tusks are now just laying on the carpet in my great room. Now that they are here, I’m having a local guy make me two wood bases for them. They will stand up on either side of the fireplace is the plan.

View attachment 629942

I laid the fiberglass replicas that Debbie Peake of Botswana made me earlier on top of the real tusks. Wow, an exact match because she made a mold of the real tusks for the replicas! The real tusks are a slight shade darker and more shiny but she did a fantastic job molding and painting the replicas.

Superb set of tusks, which block did you take this tusker in? May have missed an earlier report!

 

[Scott CWO]

Superb set of tusks, which block did you take this tusker in? May have missed an earlier report!

Thanks!

Thread 'BOTSWANA: Elephant Hunt With Johan Calitz Safaris In June 2021'

Jun 16, 2021

I’m on my way home to Colorado after the first flight of four to get home. I have some long layovers so thought I would file a report.

June 4th - Left the ranch for the Denver Airport. Took quite a while to check-in with American Airlines due to the firearm requirements for my connecting flights on Qatar Airlines through Doha and on to JNB. Gracy Travel had submitted the electronic paperwork to Qatar and I had the documents with me but it still took a while for the AA check-in agents to deal with it and the COVID test results as well. Give yourself plenty of time at all airports for...

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[Scott CWO]

Out of curiosity, do you remember the cost on the replicas?

$1200

 

[sureshot375]

I also received good news today. I applied on my own through the US fish and wildlife e permits page.

I would have used Conservation Force, but I was worried it would cause an extra delay, and I had a pretty good handle on the requirements.

Now let's see how long it takes for the shippers to get their act together on the South Africa side. I had the South Africa export permit before I applied for the US import permit.

 

[Rare Breed]

I also received good news today. I applied on my own through the US fish and wildlife e permits page.

I would have used Conservation Force, but I was worried it would cause an extra delay, and I had a pretty good handle on the requirements.

Now let's see how long it takes for the shippers to get their act together on the South Africa side. I had the South Africa export permit before I applied for the US import permit.

NICE!!!!!

 

[deewayne2003]

@Rare Breed

Congrats on the approval, never thought it would happen that fast.