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I got this at an auction many years ago. What is it?   | ||
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My guess would be Thomson's gazelle but there are lots of people here that should know for sure. Kyler | |||
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Yea, the horns have a gazelleish look to them, hard to judge length from the picture but similar to my Thompson's, however the cape is more of an impala... Must be a hybrid!  Not quite the sweep of the puku. Here's the list to pick from.... http://www.wild-about-you.com/AfricaGame.htm | |||
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Decent Thompson gazelle horns....impala cape, plus some age/dust? | |||
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Re Thompson's Gazelle: It looks like this from the side:  but does not have a lyre shape like this picture:  | |||
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Puku. And a pretty good one, with ratty taxidermy from half a century ago? Now to find a picture ...  | |||
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It is a Tommie and not a Puku. Badly kept, OLD trophy. Modern taxidermist have new "tricks" to make good trophies, that was not around half a century ago. I have seen similar neglect of trophies that are "old", and they all end up getting that same dull. dirty, look. This would probably be a wife's best argument as to why the trophies should stay out of the house The glands that are prominent on the head(not to mention the horns), tells us it is not a Puku. 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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I don't think it's a tommy - but the colouration and photography are pretty lousy, so identifying it won't be easy..... Rowland Ward list something like 25 types of gazelle, of those a few could be ruled out immediatly. Do you have any info on it at all such as where or when it was taken? Alternatively, take some better photographs and mail them to the Natural History museum in London who are usually pretty helpful in cases like this.  | |||
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My wife will not let this one out of the basement workshop; I count my blessings that it doesn't have to live in the garage. It didn't look much different when I got it (ratty ear and all) and was bug infested. I have no information on its identity other than that it was one lot of about 50 or more mounts (some of which were full mounts of large african animals) that belonged to the estate of a hunter that had gone on his last safari about 20 years ago. In less that an hour the entire collection was dispersed. It wouldn't be an african cousin of a jackalope, would it? | |||
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I think the horns are too thick to be a Thompson's Gazelle. I think it's a small Grants Gazelle that's spent many, many years hung over a smoky fireplace. Rich Elliott Rich Elliott Ethiopian Rift Valley Safaris | |||
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I'd guess a big tommy or small grants but also surmise it spent many years around smoke (cigar and/or cigarette) and dust. I've seen this same effect on some otherwise fine old trophies. THE reason I finally gave in to my wife's rule of not smoking in the main house - don't want to harm my trophies!  An old man sleeps with his conscience, a young man sleeps with his dreams. | |||
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My first thought was puku... | |||
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At first I was sure it was a Thompson's gazelle. Now after looking at some books I think it may be a Mongalla gazelle. An old book I have says that it is (was) found in Uganda and in the area from western Ethiopia to the White Nile in the Sudan. The book says that the Mongalla gazelle has a white patch on the forehead in front of the horns. You can see this in the photos above. It needs a new cape! good luck with that! Also GWP, the second live picture that you posted above is a female springbok. | |||
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I guess you can't trust the Internet. I got it at the following URL: http://www.junglewalk.com/animal-pictures/200/Thompsons-Gazelle-761.jpg BTW, the horns are just over a foot long and about 4 3/4" wide at the top. | |||
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More pretty pictures. Uganda kob:  Grant's gazelle:  | |||
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The cape in this condition doesn't seem to have the right coloration for any extant gazelle, so that isn't much help. Even if it was a transplanted impala cape there should be some coloration differences. I felt it was a Thomson's because of the slight curve back from the head of the horns when they first leave the head. The kob and puku curve back more sharply than this one. I don't know what an immature Grant's looks like but as they get older the horns widen away from each other. The only picture I've seen of a Mongolian gazelle didn't curve back from the head hardly at all... going almost straight up from the head at an angle rather than a radius. I'm still guessing Thomson's. Kyler | |||
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Thomsons gazelle with a sun bleached, smoke discolored skin, or a donor cape from another critter, does make the most sense. Range of mature 10" to 17" horns on the male Tommie make the 12" horns of the wallhanger a so-so. Or a mutant "X-gazelle." Thompson's/Thomson's/Thomsons/Tommie 50 pounds on the hoof would be a big one, no?:  | |||
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[QUOTE] Or a mutant "X-gazelle." [QUOTE]  It's an old, not well stuffed, badly looked after Tommie! 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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Lechewe? | |||
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hilary at her best | |||
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Looks like an old, old, OLD Tommy to me! ~Ann   | |||
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