Full body mount giraffe

[Mnovak]

A friend of mine who hunted with me in Africa shot a beautiful old giraffe. He decided to have a full body mount done. His trophies delivered today and I helped him uncreate and move his mounts into his home. The giraffe was quite the chore!

Link of short video of raising the giraffe.

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[slam8031]

Cool video!!

 

[Green Chile]

Nice. I wonder how long it took the skinners to prep that…several days.

 

[Firebird]

He sure has the right house for that beautiful mount!

 

[Mtn_Infantry]

Beautiful mount and house for it

 

[RR 314]

That poor (well, perhaps not poor after that job) taxidermist must have gone to bed at night with hands cramped into fists. That is a ton of sewing. Beautiful animal and work!

 

[Moe324]

Would love to know what the shipping cost was to get that crate over was? Was it by plane or boat?

 

[Mnovak]

Would love to know what the shipping cost was to get that crate over was? Was it by plane or boat?

I don’t know the cost since it was not my shipment, I know it wasn’t cheap. The crate was huge since he had a dozen other animals in it along with a full body crocodile. He shipped it via sea freight due to size.

 

[Fixfire]

Too cool!! Thanks for posting!!

 

[Altitude sickness]

Fleshing that hide would have been a task.

I really like how they simulated the look of the interior of an old Gambrel roof barn

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

It's funny watching the video, the TV in the background has the GEICO Caveman and I couldn't help but think, "So easy, even a caveman could stand up a giraffe!"

 

[DillonG]

I’m scared to ask, but what did the taxidermy and shipping bills look like?

 

[Mnovak]

I’m scared to ask, but what did the taxidermy and shipping bills look like?

Not my animal so I can’t say but I’m sure it was pretty costly.

 

[Kdbull]

Thanks for sharing! Looks great.

 

[BRICKBURN]

I’m scared to ask, but what did the taxidermy and shipping bills look like?

My first thought. Don't even want to contemplate that one. Shipping container by sea or had its own cargo plane.
Nice mount!

 

[Nyati]

Fantastic !

 

[BryceM]

Awesome! It's amazing how far their center of gravity is above the ground. You could easily walk under it. Taxidermy prices scale up very quickly in the realm of big critters.

 

[CEO]

That is awesome. I've only seen one full body mount like that in person and it was when I was a kid trick or treating. Blew my mind.

 

[DillonG]

My first thought. Don't even want to contemplate that one. Shipping container by sea or had its own cargo plane.
Nice mount!

I like to think it was shipped in a tug boat like King Kong.

 

[Kharn]

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