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Dangerous Game and all that…but have any of you ever trophied a snake? I swear, if I see a cobra or a puffie I damn well may trophy that bastard. That is, after I dump a mag plus into it. Regards, Robert ****************************** H4350! It stays crunchy in milk longer! | ||
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Interesting! Does anyone here know the legalities of killing and talking the skin from a snake? Can it be brought to the US without violation of the law? Cal _______________________________ Cal Pappas, Willow, Alaska www.CalPappas.com www.CalPappas.blogspot.com 1994 Zimbabwe 1997 Zimbabwe 1998 Zimbabwe 1999 Zimbabwe 1999 Namibia, Botswana, Zambia--vacation 2000 Australia 2002 South Africa 2003 South Africa 2003 Zimbabwe 2005 South Africa 2005 Zimbabwe 2006 Tanzania 2006 Zimbabwe--vacation 2007 Zimbabwe--vacation 2008 Zimbabwe 2012 Australia 2013 South Africa 2013 Zimbabwe 2013 Australia 2016 Zimbabwe 2017 Zimbabwe 2018 South Africa 2018 Zimbabwe--vacation 2019 South Africa 2019 Botswana 2019 Zimbabwe vacation 2021 South Africa 2021 South Africa (2nd hunt a month later) ______________________________ | |||
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Just get one of them big rattlers in States Skins look real good. " Until the day breaks and the nights shadows flee away " Big ivory for my pillow and 2.5% of Neanderthal DNA flowing thru my veins. When I'm ready to go, pack a bag of gunpowder up my ass and strike a fire to my pecker, until I squeal like a boar. Yours truly , Milan The Boarkiller - World according to Milan PS I have big boar on my floor...but it ain't dead, just scared to move... Man should be happy and in good humor until the day he dies... Only fools hope to live forever “ Hávamál” | |||
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i seriously doubt it is legal to import a skin here and i have a feeling it is illegal to kill one there- although i have done it( an up close and personal mamba). best just give them a wide berth. cobras and puff adders are so slow they are not a big deal. in fact i have some pictures/video of me fiddling around with them using shooting sticks. mambas- well, not so much. they scare me.... Vote Trump- Putin’s best friend… | |||
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No, and I have never turned a noun into a verb either. | |||
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 trophied????Vote Trump- Putin’s best friend… | |||
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No. But better to trophy them than them atrophy you. Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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Back in the late '70s, my uncle killed a cobra in Lybia. He had boots and a wallet made and wore them home. Not suggesting that you do that today but they were cool. | |||
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I dont know about the legality of taking the skin back to the states, but i believe some outfitters in Cameroon have rhino vipers, gabon vipers and rock pythons on quota. A Gabon viper skin would sure look nice! | |||
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Haven't been active for awhile here but...Aw shucks John I do that everyday brother  Maybe Robert will have me do another print for him...ya supposed to be helping me here buddy | |||
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I think Cameroon is the only country that officially has snakes on the quota. I have shot there a python and the skin was shipped without problems to Germany. But I do not know about the US. | |||
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Robert, I can't answer your question but I bet US,F&W would have some words of wisdom. I don't love snakes myself but I've never thought of them as trophies. We found a 16 foot python one time and I thought it was just such an amazing creature that I don't think I could have shot it. Just my opinion. Mark MARK H. YOUNG MARK'S EXCLUSIVE ADVENTURES 7094 Oakleigh Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89110 Office 702-848-1693 Cell, Whats App, Signal 307-250-1156 PREFERRED E-mail markttc@msn.com Website: myexclusiveadventures.com Skype: markhyhunter Check us out on https://www.facebook.com/pages...ures/627027353990716 | |||
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We found a road killed cobra on the road and it was still alive. Gary Tonks said since it was road kill he probably could get an export permit (cobras are protected in RSA). It was not taken care of properly so could not do a mount but the skin hangs in my office. | |||
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The real question is whether you could get an African to skin it. We came across a recently killed cobra in Masailand. The PH wanted the skin. He had to skin it himself as none of the guys would touch it. | |||
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Not mine but I have been on a snake safari in Ivory Coast a few years ago   | |||
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Wow. "There are worse memorials to a life well-lived than a pair of elephant tusks." Robert Ruark | |||
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I shot this "average sized" black mamba with my 28 gauge Beretta O/U in the Selous in 2012 as the PH said it was too near an anti-poaching camp. Afterwards, I asked if there was any way to bring the skin back to the U.S. with me. I was told that they don't preserve very well "in the salt", that he doesn't, "like to get anywhere near the damn things", and in any case my two rounds of #6 shot didn't leave the skin in very good shape. At the time, all three points seemed to make leaving the remains for the vultures a good idea.  "I'm not fluent in the language of violence, but I know enough to get around in places where it's spoken." Tanzania 2012: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/8331015971 Saskatoon, Canada 2013: http://forums.accuratereloadin...4121043/m/7171030391 Las Pampas, Argentina 2014: http://forums.accuratereloadin...4107165/m/1991059791 | |||
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I do recall back in sixth grade when my lovely teacher said, "An abstract noun is something that is real, but you can't touch." She asked me if I could name two. I said, "Your breasts." | |||
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AAZ Writer... I don't suppose that she then demonstrated the incorrectness of your statement? | |||
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She said, "Courage is an abstract noun...how much do you have today?" | |||
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AZ: If you actually said that to your teacher in 6th grade, I am in awe. When I was in sixth grade I spent most of my class time in the principal's office -- by design. Seems like Sister Theresa, my teacher, didn't like me much so it was easy to provoke her into sending me to the principal's office; some punishment. Sister Theresa quit hitting me with a stick and I had a nice chair where I could sit in the principal's office and pretend to read Time magazine. The principal, Sister Antoinette, was a drop dead gorgeous, dark haired, blue-eyed, Irish nun with a broghe. My first love. I have no clue what Time magazine reported from 1972-73. | |||
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Many a time I've wished I could go back to grade school so I could spend more time under the teachers desk like I did before I learned what was under there. One of those examples of: "smart too late". Hey, that snake crushing the doe would make a dandy example for the "natural animal killers" discussed in another thread. George "Gun Control is NOT about Guns' "It's about Control!!" Join the NRA today!" LM: NRA, DAV, George L. Dwight | |||
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Honestly, I didn't make either comment. | |||
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No trophy fees. This black mamba attacked us. Shot it at about 7 feet with my 450#2 double.  | |||
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AZ: I was hoping you did and wishing I had. | |||
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