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What have other AR members paid for dip and pack for an eland(shoulder mount and back skin),nyala( skinned for a full body mount but will do a wall pedestal)',black wildebeest(shoulder mount), and Cape hartebeest(shoulder mount). This does not include tanning or shipping. Thanks for your input. Jerry Hoover | ||
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I just paid $582 for Nyala and Bushbuck skulls and capes in South Africa. It's getting outrageous, especially at the current exchange rate with the Rand. Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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Jerry, My costs for dip pack only for similar animals to yours were $95-$125 per animal from my RSA safari last November. 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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Someday, somewhere there will come a service provider that has the sportsman in mind. The only dip and pack service I would say I didn't get taken advantage of was the duPlooy's in Zambia. They did it all in house and as near as I can recall, it was super fair. I do remember my taxidermist telling me this was one of the highest quality shipments he's seen to date. A dipping and packing company that had a USDA/USFWS approved clearing house on this side could be the International Hnters best friend. One entity that could control the cost from soup to nuts would be a tremendous advantage. Formerly "Nganga" | |||
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I know of one operation that charged a guy my wife knows very well $2400 for 10 animals in 2014 Then asked for $1400 to ship the same 10 $3800 for dip pack and ship to Chicago so all in $380 each ________________________________________________ Maker of The Frankenstud Sling Keeper Proudly made in the USA Acepting all forms of payment | |||
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I'd have told them to keep the animals. | |||
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My Take on this Dip and Pack deal is that Dip and Pack is usually done by a taxidermist. I think that they charge an outrageous fee to dip and pack or you can forgo the dip and pack fee and have your taxidermy done in Africa rather than shipped to your taxidermist in the United States. It's simply robbery. I had to pay 500.00 to dip and pack a pair of elephant tusks. I cannot see where dipping elephant tusks is that complicated. The crate was a pretty simple affair. Not excessively large and easily packed. | |||
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It seems everyone in Africa is so skilled at screwing Americans out of their money, I bet they take college credit courses on how to do so. This thread is the reason I've never regretted my decisions not to take anything home from my hunts. 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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I have a quote for over $900 to dip and pack my 4 animals. Granted they are large animals,eland,hartebeest, black wildebeest, and nyala, but this cost seems excessive for dip,pack,and crate. Shipping costs are extra and I do not have a quote on shipping costs. Because of the size and weight of the eland, I expect shipping to equal or exceed dip and pack costs. Is this a fair price to pay for this service? Jerry Hoover | |||
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My next trip I will just have the saw cut skull plates with horns shipped and buy tanned capes here in the states ________________________________________________ Maker of The Frankenstud Sling Keeper Proudly made in the USA Acepting all forms of payment | |||
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You will still be charged for dipping & packing + the extra cost for the european skull cutting. Your saving will be on total weight which would be reduced if there are no skins & less bone material.  | |||
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The best dip and pack rates here in the Eastern Cape Ive seen are through Karoo Taxidermy, $90 per animal with a minimum administration charge of $250 or 10 percent of the invoice. They haven't had a price increase in a number of years now and do a great job at a very fair price. Victor Watson Karoo Wild Safaris Email: info@karoowildsafaris.co.za Cell: (+27) 721894588 www.karoowildsafaris.co.za | |||
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Jerry, I used to offer a small dip & pack service here in Zambia and jacked it in as I could not make money. Shipments would take over a month to process through various Government departments. Nowadays with airline bans on trophies and further regulations regarding treatments etc I would say $900 is very fair indeed. ROYAL KAFUE LTD Email - kafueroyal@gmail.com Tel/Whatsapp (00260) 975315144 Instagram - kafueroyal | |||
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When hunters decide to take only photos back with them, the market will adjust. Karro Taxidermy as dip and pack meant expensive charcoal for me (instead of blonde kudu horns sent them.) Paying for ashes stunk. _______________________ | |||
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My Dip & Pack fees for three trips to Namibia have been ZERO. I've had European Mounts done on all animals, with the exception of a zebra skin rug. Taxidermy & Freight charges have been very reasonable too. My 2015 trophies were $550 total for European Mounts, and $700+/- for Freight. Jesus saves, but Moses invests | |||
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I paid $ 430.00 for eland skull/horns, one set of warthog teeth, 2 gemsbok skull/horns, one impala skull/horns and cape, and one springbok skull/horns and cape. $550 for shipping and $498 for broker for a total of $ 1478. When my taxidermist called I went over and was shocked to see a CARDBOARD box! Worse yet, nothing was fastened down inside so you can imagine how my other trophies fared against the eland skull. My leadwood carvings of kudu and buffalo were in pieces. I've emailed the taxidermist and all involved and am waiting to hear back but what an utter disappointment to my safari. | |||
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Check with Charl at Infinito. He's now offering Dip and Pack and I'm sure he could get AR members a good deal. | |||
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Building the quaritine fascility and getting it approved by the government cost approx $100k. The chemicals it has to be treated witb to enable export is expensive. To get all the export papers from gov is expensive. The crate is not for free. This said we now provide this service and it runs about $120 per animal. Anyone spending more than $10k in trophy fees on Plains Game.......its free. Charl van Rooyen Owner Infinito Travel Group www.infinito-safaris.com charl@infinito-safaris.com Cell: +27 78 444 7661 Tel: +27 13 262 4077 Fax:+27 13 262 3845 Hereford Street 28A Groblersdal 0470 Limpopo R.S.A. "For the Infinite adventure" Plains Game Dangerous Game Bucket List Specialists Wing-Shooting In House Taxidermy Studio In House Dip and Pack Facility In House Shipping Service Non-Hunting Tours and Safaris Flight bookings "I promise every hunter visiting us our personal attention from the moment we meet you, until your trophies hang on your wall. Our all inclusive service chain means you work with one person (me) taking responsibility during the whole process. Affordable and reputable Hunting Safaris is our game! With a our all inclusive door to door service, who else do you want to have fun with?" South Africa Tanzania Uganda | |||
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$120 per animal sounds reasonable. I paid more for that for just a Nyala skull from a company that has been in the business for a long time. (their building costs, etc. are already paid for).  Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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Frank Almost $300 per animal.....yikes ________________________________________________ Maker of The Frankenstud Sling Keeper Proudly made in the USA Acepting all forms of payment | |||
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$150 document charge bumps the average up, if I would have had more animals, the per unit cost would have come down but I consider $209 for a bushbuck and $223 for a Nyala as outrageous. I didn't want to saddle my outfitter with having to find another D&P company for me because he was heading up to the Caprivi for an extended hunt. The funny thing was that they originally sent me the quote with the same numbers in Rand. So, the total was $38-$39 USD. When I told them that I'd send them a cashier's check for $40 they told me that it was a computer error and changed it to US dollars. Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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Thanks for heads up on this company. I am a member of a party of four headed for Zambia first week of July and we hope to harvest and export some critters. | |||
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Hope you're not misunderstanding my post. The duPlooy's own Muchinga Adventures. They, at the time, did all their own dipping and packing. First class people. First class operation from pick-up to drop off. Formerly "Nganga" | |||
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My buddy had one buff cape, horns, nut sack. I believe by the time they got to Texas it cost him about $2000. He will never import another animal and is done hunting Africa. | |||
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