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Well guys.....My Botswana Ivory arrived late last week. It is home -- I am happy! The hunt was in April. It took six months. But, that Ivory looks Health, Wealth and Wise! I think there is already a picture of every grandchild sitting around looking, or playing, or feeling of it. This is better than Christmas presents when I was a kid. Here is one of the fun things. My son-in-law has some Ivory of nearly the exact weight. He took his bull in Tanzania about 10 years ago. What a wonderful opportunity to sit around and compare, and comment, and note the differences between the two. Mine from Botswana.....His from Tanzania. BECAUSE it is MY IVORY.....I now like the looks of the little shorter, but much thicker Bots Ivory. I am SURE that IF I ever had the opportunity to shoot Tanzania Ivory I would quickly change my mind back. But......ISN'T IT ALL JUST WONDERFUL STUFF !!!!!!!!!!!!! Such, such fun to compare: Color and Staining.....Length.....Diameter.....Pictures.....PH's & hunting differences in countries.....COST OF SHIPPING!!!!!!!.....Animals seen.....and all this while the grandchildren soak it in. Thank God my oldest daughter and grandaughter had the opportunity to be with me. All this has a pricetag.......But.....this is PRICELESS! | ||
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Post is incomplete without pictures | |||
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Agreed. | |||
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Alright.....I will get on the pics. In the meantime, you can look at my facebook page. I've got a few of them with my youngest grandson already posted there. | |||
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If you wouldn't mind, could you tell us what it cost to have that set of tusks shipped from Africa to your house? I've shot two elephants, but both were non exportable bulls. I would really like to have a set of tusks and always wondered how much it would cost to have them shipped. Tom Z NRA Life Member | |||
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Labman: Sent you a p.m. | |||
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Congrats on the family enjoyment of the ivory. Mine were delayed for some time due to a jot or tittle error by Zim parks. The hunting experience was the best, but tusks by the fireplace is nice. Like SBT has on his sig line, "There are worse memorials to a life well lived than a pair of elephant tusks" (a Robert Ruark quote) ...I say that hunters go into Paradise when they die, and live in this world more joyfully than any other men. -Edward, duke of York ". . . when a man has shot an elephant his life is full." ~John Alfred Jordan "The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance." Cicero - 55 BC "The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." - Ayn Rand Cogito ergo venor- KPete “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages.” ― Adam Smith - “Wealth of Nations” | |||
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Bcolyer, Im just up the road from you in Durango.... I need to see this ivory first hand! Cheers, Rob | |||
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looks like a nice elephant >>>>>>>>>>>>>> "You've got the strongest hand in the world. That's right. Your hand. The hand that marks the ballot. The hand that pulls the voting lever. Use it, will you" John Wayne | |||
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I'm just a little green with envy here. The feel of elephant ivory is something special & I congratulate any & all that have their own to fondle as they wish. (kinda makes me think of an old girlfriend) LORD, let my bullets go where my crosshairs show. Not all who wander are lost. NEVER TRUST A FART!!! Cecil Leonard | |||
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