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Don't forget our guns. ROYAL KAFUE LTD Email - kafueroyal@gmail.com Tel/Whatsapp (00260) 975315144 Instagram - kafueroyal | |||
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Indeed Fairgame! What do I need with an old obsolete lever gun in .32-40. I have plenty of "better" choices. But as I was snugging it into my shoulder at the range yesterday, I could feel my grandfather's presence - and hear his soft coaching to squeeze the trigger. God willing, I'll be carrying it next week in search of a young, tender whitetail - and I'm sure Grandpa will be matching me step for step. Tangible links that evoke memories are all they are... | |||
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One day we should sit around a camp fire. ROYAL KAFUE LTD Email - kafueroyal@gmail.com Tel/Whatsapp (00260) 975315144 Instagram - kafueroyal | |||
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Those things don't cost $2000 to have dip/packed and another $3000 to ship back to the US...or more. They should just stick a gun in your face and tell you to empty your pockets, more respectable that way. One thing is for sure...Africa loves to have its hand in your pocket and even when you've been home for months it's still there. Right now I have a Leopard, Buff and Hippo sitting in Zambia. I think it belongs there...  If cash is no problem then by all means.... | |||
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 Not even a nibble | |||
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Hide em in the woods at the start of deer season. | |||
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My house is full. My office is full. The one conference room in which my partners have generously granted me permission to hang taxidermy is full. I have a storage unit that's full, one safari at the taxidermist and another still in Africa. I think I need a new house. But, when you lay your hand on a tusk or a horn, it's all worth it. | |||
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When we down sized the trophies that needed a new home I gave to three friends who own gun stores to mount in their stores. That way when I go into either of those stores I still get to enjoy my trophies! Selling them never even crossed my mind, that would be like selling one of my kids! .............................................................................  ....Mac >>>===(x)===> MacD37, ...and DUGABOY1 DRSS Charter member "If I die today, I've had a life well spent, for I've been to see the Elephant, and smelled the smoke of Africa!"~ME 1982 Hands of Old Elmer Keith  | |||
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And maybe a little space for that Roan. ROYAL KAFUE LTD Email - kafueroyal@gmail.com Tel/Whatsapp (00260) 975315144 Instagram - kafueroyal | |||
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When it gets right down to the Nut-cuttin'.......I'm keeping the Elephant Ivory, the Cape buffalo, the Zebra skin rug, the 60+ inch Kudu, and the two bush bucks. When worse comes to worse, and worse. Just the Ivory. | |||
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What is a gun store? DRSS Searcy 470 NE | |||
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I had over 40 mounts. they do evoke a massive amount of nostalgia and pleasure. But if I was going to do it all over again, I would mount a huge monitor and replay all the photos from all my hunts on a shuffled loop. Some animals do deserve taxidermy though. | |||
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Cats sable and other high end antelopes. The problem is today we have museum quality mounts in a world where museums no longer mount animals. Mike | |||
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That's not a problem. | |||
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Yeah, Andrew. We're going to need to talk about Zambia. I've been jinxed on roan. And if USF&W ever eases up on lion, we definitely need to talk. | |||
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Have a chat with John Jackson as things seem to be moving in that direction. ROYAL KAFUE LTD Email - kafueroyal@gmail.com Tel/Whatsapp (00260) 975315144 Instagram - kafueroyal | |||
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Enjoy them while I'm kicking and let my son worry about them when I'm gone. | |||
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.............  In your state, a gun store is an animal that is slowly going extinct by your liberal state government! .....................................................................  ....Mac >>>===(x)===> MacD37, ...and DUGABOY1 DRSS Charter member "If I die today, I've had a life well spent, for I've been to see the Elephant, and smelled the smoke of Africa!"~ME 1982 Hands of Old Elmer Keith | |||
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Six years ago we downsized from a 4000 squate foot house to a 1600 square foot condo in Chicago. At one time I had seven whitetail shoulder mounts and four mule deer mounts. The wife said two of each was the max, so I put the seven excess mounts on Craigslist in Chicago and made over $2000 selling them. Paid for my daily rates for my first safari to Namibia with Sebra Hunting Safaris. Jesus saves, but Moses invests | |||
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Try selling your custom made gun for what you have in it. It's your precious baby but not for someone else. | |||
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Years ago my late uncle gave me all his African taxidermy he took back in the 50's and 60's. At the time I thought it was pretty cool but the reality is they became more of a burden having them around. I ended up removing the horns from all the mounts and they sit in the barn only because I feel bad throwing them out. Except for some special animals like a lion, polar bear or sheep I'm done with Taxidermy. I hope to have a lot of years left but before I go I'll liquidate anything my boys don't want. The truth is taxidermy doesn't mean a whole lot to anyone except to the person who killed it. | |||
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My question is, WHO CARES? I cant do anything in my life for enjoyment and make it make financial sense. I buy a Specialized, Roubaix SL4 S-Works road bike, ride it for two years and its worth less than half what I paid for it. Some guns, when purchased correctly are investments. But again, even if they weren't, screw it, I'd own em anyway. When we lay upon our deathbeds, what do we remember? The sights, the sounds, the memories. The people whom make permanent footprints in our lives and investing in these warm memories are what make a "life well lived." As long as my heirs are taken care of, I'm not dying like my father. On his deathbed, in hospice, he told me "Son, we talked all the time about hunting in Alaska, Africa and here I lay dying and never did those things" I went home, told my wife what he said and I have been all over this world, taking in what's wild and free. The natural world is my canvass, rod and gun are my brush. Formerly "Nganga" | |||
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Good post, Steve. Just the way I feel. Thanks. ...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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Let me be the first to hereby officially volunteer to become Cal's adopted son! I promise that any subsequently bequeathed taxidermy or double rifles will be put to proper use, "Dad." bob DRSS "If we're not supposed to eat animals, why are they made out of meat?" "PS. To add a bit of Pappasonian philosophy: this single barrel stuff is just a passing fad. Bolt actions and single shots will fade away as did disco, the hula hoop, and bell-bottomed pants. Doubles will rule the world!" | |||
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I want them cremated and buried with me. LOL BH63 Hunting buff is better than sex! | |||
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