Folks, I finally received my trophies from Africa on Friday, went to Atlanta to pick them up. Attached is a picture of the buffalo and the bushbuck after I had removed the warthog, impala and zebra rug. THey did a swell job in packing. no damage. jorge

Looking good!

Looks good Jorge.

That's got to be an exciting box to be opening. I look forward to seeing them all displayed. Thanks.

Great looking Buff and nice pose for the bushbuck.

However, is it my imagination, or has that buck been ingesting some Enzyte?

OK George. Time to get them critters into the hunting room and share a few pics. I can't raise my glass to a box.

That said, I really like that bushbuck. Very classy !!!

Here's my first attempt. This is the far wall of my modest trophy room. It was taken with one of those phone cameras. I copied the bushbuck's pose from the back of African hunter magazine and credit to Taxidermy Enterprises in Bulawayo. jorge

PS: the "recepticle" holding the porcupine quills used to belong to the buffalo. He used it to hold something else

That buff looks great! and so does the bushbuck!Congratulations on some nice mounts.

Very nice. That buff's got to bring back memories every time you sit down in the room.

Thanks all for the kind words. I'll get more pics soon. Badger, what do you do at Carlyle, student or staff? That's a beautiful place. I tried to get sent there, but wound up going to Newport. jorge

Jorge,

I really like the pose on your bushbuck. Makes me wish even more that I would have spent the extra $$$ to do a full body mount on mine rather than the shoulder mount.

Jorge - I'm a student. A little odd as I'm an AF officer...but also went to the Army's Command and General Staff College a few years back.

Back to your buff. Can you spin us a tale?

Looks great Jorge!

Congratulations Jorge. I'm glad to see that all your stuff arrived safely at last.

Badger: if you do a search on the Hunting reports forum, you'll see the "tale" there. ERik, it was great, no damage amd in great shape! jorge

Thanks Jorge. Great story...just didn't know it was you. Thanks.

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PS: the "recepticle" holding the porcupine quills used to belong to the buffalo. He used it to hold something else

In Colorado we used to call it a "Bully-Pully" if you put a drawstring on the opening.

There's nothing like a cape buffalo head and shoulder mount (or two) to round out one's home or office decor.

Yours is a nice one, jorge.

Thanks, MR. Hopefully I'll have more up soon. jorge

Great trophies Jorge, I like the bushbuck very much, it´s such a beautifull animal.

Very nice Buffalo and Bushbuck, Jorge. The Bushbuck looks very "alert", like he will jump up and dive into the brush any second.

I am jelous that you just got your buf and bb back from Bulawayo and mine are still there in a mire of Zimbabwe red tape.

buffybr; What's the holdup? if you want to PM me with some particulars maybe I can help. jorge

Jorge,

Great mounts! I really like the bushbuck. I was planning on doing a standing full body mount if I manage to get one in Zim next year, but your mount has given me something to think about.

Jorge

Nice job on the full mount bushbuck- you solved the issue of space in your trophy placement!

How long did you wait for them? Does Mrs. Jorge approve (trophies are a bit if an issue in our home)?

404W: Thanks! I really like my bushbuck She's pretty well given up on that one room! we're planning on an addition though! jorge

everything looks too dark.You need to put in windows and repaint the place.You have to do something to make it look nicer.

And here's a closeup of the infamous "cup holder." the owner's the big ugly one in the background picture. jorge

Shootaway,

Here's a web page that might come in handy. The book is an excellent read, and by all means you certainly could use some of the suggestions contained within it. -TONY

Good Reading

Tony,

Well said.

Jorge,

It looks GREAT!!

OW,you have the best room so far except you use it to hang all that you shoot like one uses a closet to store things that get in the way.Let me give you a word to study and who knows maybe magic can happen.PASSION

I think between Tony and DocGlenn, we have this one pretty wel figured out. Maybe he'll enlighten us with his stuff someday. I'm not holding my breath. Oh yes, I just did some rearranging and here's a close up of my kudu:


jorge