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Given the chance to harvest a Burchell zebra and a mountain zebra, do you perfer a shoulder mount or a zebra rug for each species? Graybird "Make no mistake, it's not revenge he's after ... it's the reckoning." | ||
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Difficult choice, I would say that you either had to do both the same in other words have both of them in a mount or both in a rug. Otherwise you will miss on seeing the difference between the two species and you would end up with two zebras instead of two species of zebra. Frederik Cocquyt I always try to use enough gun but then sometimes a brainshot works just as good. | |||
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Both - no doubt. Zebra have to be hunted in pairs!  Johan | |||
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I have my Mountain Zebra as a rug.....along with Burchells as a rug and one as a shoulder mount I just can't resist shooting Zebras   Verbera!, Iugula!, Iugula!!! Blair. | |||
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Blair, mine is 1 Mt rug and 1 Mt ped and 1 B Ped drinking. I also had one Mt ruined so just using pieces for things like hat bands, boot tops etc. | |||
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I have one mountain zebra as a rug. I really enjoy the rug, but part of me wishes I had done a pedestal mount and waited for a Burchell's for the rug. The other part of me wants to go back to Namibia for a giraffe and another mountain zebra to mount as on a pedestal! _____________________ A successful man is one who earns more money than his wife can spend. | |||
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I have a Burchells as a pedestal and the Hartmanns as a rug. I think I will now try for another Hartmanns and pedestal it and go for another Burchells and rug it. That way I have one of each in both configurations. The best of both as I see it. Larry Sellers SCI Life Member | |||
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I'm with Larry S. on this one. All Zebra's usually look great mounted or rugged. But IMHO, the Burchell's makes a better shoulder mount, and the clean stripes of the other species tend to look best as a rug. But that's what makes the world go 'round: we all have different views of what beauty is! LDK Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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One of each done as rugs, in two different trophy rooms. No need for any more, as there are too many other trophies to spend my money on. I love to stalk them, tho, so pictures galore still to come! | |||
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Weird, I was just looking at my rug this morning thinking that a zebra rug is one of the must-haves for any trophy room, and that a second one is perfect for a shoulder mount plus the rest of the tanned hide for pillows. I have all "Burchell's'", but a mountain zebra would be an ideal for a shoulder given their unique structure, and the Burchell's for a rug as the shadow stripes add depth (exactly the opposite thinking of LDK!). Somebody on the forum at one time posted a pict of a beautiful rug on a backing, it might have been Terry Carr or Jerry H. | |||
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Here's a mount I saw at a taxidermist in Windhoek. I think it's pretty cool.   | |||
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Mountain zebras haave a beautiful coat but the damn things have a dewlap like an eland. They make ugly shoulder mounts. | |||
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Zebra make the best rugs. You are correct in that you need two. One plains and one mountain. Then get two additional rugs for when and if the first two wear out. They are tough, but they do wear out. I have never really liked zebra head and shoulder mounts. They look too much like horses for my tastes - although Roy Rogers did have a full body mount of his horse Trigger and it turned out pretty well.  Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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I have a mtn zebra pedestal and have the backskin thrown across the back of a loveseat | |||
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My sort of madman, Desert Ram  I'm back in Namibia this year for a Giraffe "wall to wall carpet" Verbera!, Iugula!, Iugula!!! Blair. | |||
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 Cunning plan!!!Verbera!, Iugula!, Iugula!!! Blair. | |||
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Thanks for the replies thus far. I find myself flip flopping on a consistant basis with this question. There is just something about a zebra rug that just screams AFRICA! After the post in the Taxidermy forum regarding the giraffe rug. I thought there are probably no two things that mean Africa then the giraffe and zebra, IMHO. Hence, I thought a rug from each might fit the bill. However, I think that there are two pedestal mounts that are extremely eligant. A well crafted zebra pedestal and a sable pedestal. My wife thinks a rug would be best and she likes them overall better then the pedestals. Believe me, I think she gets tired of me showing her different zebra pedestals. Guess I still might have a decision to make in the future! Graybird "Make no mistake, it's not revenge he's after ... it's the reckoning." | |||
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If I knew how to attach a link I would but if you go the the Trophy Room current page 4 you will see one of my Zebra ped mounts drinking and if I must say so myself I think it is very nice (my design) and unique. As an aside to this discussion has any one ever noticed that a Zebra will be left or right (handed) this is very noticable on old stallions. | |||
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I made mine into a ped. mount and now the wife is sending me back for a rug. Works for me. | |||
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For me, shoulder mounts of each would be the first priority & then a Burchell's rug. | |||
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I found the pict's of Terry Carr's rugs, work by Jerry H: https://forums.accuratereloading.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/...=722104163#722104163  What is nice about the leather is it will not "curl" as my felt backing does. | |||
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It is a personal thing but I prefer the legs left on, only removing the hoof. I also had mine trimed in leather and no backing. Having the rug on a hard surface the ones with felt backing can break your Fing neck, eh. | |||
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Thanks Bill C for doing al ittle digging and finding that thread. I remember it now after looking at the pictures. I really like the looks of the leather backing, even on that ole hyena. Thanks again! Graybird "Make no mistake, it's not revenge he's after ... it's the reckoning." | |||
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I'm kinda partial to pedestal mounts for zebra's.  However, my next one will likely be a rug. "...Africa. I love it, and there is no reason for me to explore why. She affects some people that way, and those who feel as I do need no explanation." from The Last Safari | |||
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For some reason, I like a pedestal mount better than a standard shoulder mount for a zebra. The rug is still an african classic mount, so that is what I did as I am somewhat traditional. A shot not taken is always a miss | |||
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You are correct my friend. I should have said pedestal mount instead of shoulder mount. When starting the thread, I was thinking pedestal the entire time, but for some reason I typed shoulder mount. Graybird "Make no mistake, it's not revenge he's after ... it's the reckoning." | |||
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I think we should all have one of each  Jerry Huffaker State, National and World Champion Taxidermist | |||
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Pedestals and rugs are nice but of course no trophy room is complete without a life-sized zebra | |||
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Folks, D99 touched on the best reason to shoulder or pedestal mount a Hartmann's. The dewlap on the Hartmann's along withi ts striping and feet make it unique among the Zebras and a rug kind of doesn't do it justice. I do think everybody should have a zebra rug though and Jerry Huffaker is a master at doing them with the leather trim. We walk on ours everyday and it may loose its hair eventually but then I'll have an excuse to take another. 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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