Lost trophies crate (from Mozambique) - is anyone else’s crate missing ?

[Justbryan]

Hunted SA in 2022, crate finally arrived in 2024 (CITES issues) but somehow a few trophies are missing from that crate, and we are waiting for them to be shipped.

TIA, a complete SNAFU

I am having a cites issue in South Africa now (very slow processing). I also hunted in 2022 and I have one animal missing, waiting for shipment.

 

[Hunt anything]

Are y’all missing the CITIES animals?

 

[ActionBob]

We have a crate lost in Dallas. Came from Spain. The real loss is Gina's Roebuck. The rest is inconsequential. Well, the $3000plus into getting it here isxa major loss.

Sure wish we'd have gone with our gut feeling of just take good pictures and toss it in the ditch...

 

[Nyati]

Are y’all missing the CITIES animals?

Not a question of missing the CITES animals, it´s slow processing, which makes the documents expire, and then you have to do the whole process again.

Missing animals were normal plainsgame.

 

[Hunt anything]

Not a question of missing the CITES animals, it´s slow processing, which makes the documents expire, and then you have to do the whole process again.

Missing animals were normal plainsgame.

Yeah, I’ve been a victim of the permit expiring deal.

 

[SkullKeeper]

UPDATE - South African customs apparently held up Moz crates to recert the weight and in the process they were given new AWB’s …a long explanation omitted but my crate is accounted for !

 

[PARA45]

Great news, glad to hear this!

 

[Hunt anything]

Wonderful news, that has to be a huge weight lifted off of your mind!

 

[Fatback]

Very glad to hear this. Hopefully they will be with you soon

 

[Hunt anything]

Still weird that a crate in Chicago had your name on it!

 

[BRICKBURN]

UPDATE - South African customs apparently held up Moz crates to recert the weight and in the process they were given new AWB’s …a long explanation omitted but my crate is accounted for !

Glad you found it.

 

[SkullKeeper]

Still weird that a crate in Chicago had your name on it!

I agree 100%

 

[Justbryan]

I am having a cites issue in South Africa now (very slow processing). I also hunted in 2022 and I have one animal missing, waiting for shipment.

I got word yesterday that my permits are completed. I am missing a baboon skull which does not upset me at all. Just scared it will be there but not listed. I asked them to double check the crate, and they assured me it was not there. Still not confident. It seems like the permit process has been super slow!

Good luck to others waiting on lost crates and/or animals.

 

[SkullKeeper]

I got word yesterday that my permits are completed. I am missing a baboon skull which does not upset me at all. Just scared it will be there but not listed. I asked them to double check the crate, and they assured me it was not there. Still not confident. It seems like the permit process has been super slow!

Good luck to others waiting on lost crates and/or animals.

A couple of years ago I lost my croc skull to customs because it wasn’t listed , that sucked

 

[SkullKeeper]

Well … back to square one … apparently smoke and mirrors on my crate miraculously reappearing. Now there is no communication yet again from the Mozambique shipper.

 

[Red Leg]

We have a crate lost in Dallas. Came from Spain. The real loss is Gina's Roebuck. The rest is inconsequential. Well, the $3000plus into getting it here isxa major loss.

Sure wish we'd have gone with our gut feeling of just take good pictures and toss it in the ditch...

Good lord. Who was your importer?

 

[Fatback]

@SkullKeeper, man I am sorry to hear this. Such a bummer. Hopefully it will get sorted out.

 

[Hunt anything]

Man, you have really been put through the ringer! This is the kind of crap that gives African companies a bad name. Sorry about all of this.

 

[SkullKeeper]

@SkullKeeper, man I am sorry to hear this. Such a bummer. Hopefully it will get sorted out.

Thanks brother , I hope so too. Very frustrating.

 

[SkullKeeper]

Man, you have really been put through the ringer! This is the kind of crap that gives African companies a bad name. Sorry about all of this.

I agree, it may just be 1 out of 1000 that gets messed up somehow BUT it makes everyone apprehensive.