Stairwell to my area: Abandon Hope All Who Enter Here:




Outside wall of Room One:


Detail of Genet



Stairwell wall from right; Kalahari, Common, Black, and White Springboks with Vaal Rhebok and Mt. Reedbuck:

From left, Mt Reed Buck, VaalRhebok, and springboks:


View when you enter Room One:


Close up of Leopard:

Close up of Paterson's Eland, Common Hartebeest, and Black Wildebeest:


Close up of Blue Wildebeest, Cape Eland, and Gemsbok:


End wall with Gemsboks:


Passage into Room Two:



View into Room Two and Three:


End wall with my little ones:


Damarra Dik Dik:

East African Dik Dik:

Klipspringer

Cape Grysbok

Grey Duiker and Steinbuck

Blue Duiker and Carracal


Stairwell Wall, animals in profile:

From L to R: Common waterbuck, Reedbuck, Mt Reedbuck, Red Lechwe, Defassa Waterbuck and Nyala:

Close up of Defassa Waterbuck

Close up of cartridge board-I reload for most of these:

Blesbok corner; Blesbok, Topi, White Blesbok and Bonte Buck:

Close up of Topi:

Close up of Nyala:

Bushbuck Korner; full mount E. A., southern shoulder mount and the skull is a 2d southern:

East African Bush Buck:

Southern:

"Tanzanian Room" with mostly Tanz animals:

Sable

Roan

Fringe Eared Oryx

Southern Kudu (Namibia):

Lichtenstein Hartebeest

Whitebearded Wildebeest and another view of kudu:

Lion, side:

Lion, front:

Elephant's tusks frame lion

Shot of Room Two over the Lion's back:

Bush Pig and Impala:


Well that is the 2008 Edition of my trophy room. I haven't figured out where to put my axes, bows and arrows, elephant's tail and other items, but I am working on it. I expect that after my New Zealand trip in July, I'll have to clean out the stair well for some alpine species, which will let me move my buff down to where the lion and elephant trophies are. Hope you enjoyed the tour. Kudude

Excellent collection, the way you have displayed them is outstanding.

Very nice, I am jealous

most impressive indeed. Life time of memories there. Well done!

Kudude,
I am suffering from trophy room "envy".
Thanks for sharing. Great memories.

Very well done. You have amassed quite a collection! Nice stuff

Finished product turned out very nice.

Impressive collection, too! -TONY

Excellent collection and very well displayed.

Aziz

Very nice collection, you have really done some hunting! I like how you have the many African items (masks etc..) mixed in. The map of Tanzania is nice, I have not seen one like it. Very tasteful display. Thanks for posting.

Very impressive trophy rooms K. What stories they could tell. Thanks for sharing, David

Kudude,

Very impressive trophy room!

How heavy was your leopard??

Not many people have a vaal rhebok in their collection. What is that around its neck? I like your collection of miniatures also. Nicely done.

Kudude,
You have some excellent trophies. Really like the small animal collection and that leopard looks huge. Seems you've covered quite a bit of Africa. Congrats

Yukon,
The Vaal Rhebok has a Zulu beaded necklace around its neck, placed there by my wife. I remove it, and it keeps returning there. Kudude

Wonderful collection of trophies.

I have never before seen a mounted genet, although I was within fifteen feet of a live one in the Selous one time. I like yours.

Again, just a terrific variety of fine trophies. You have a veritable African natural history museum in your home!

This is the result of 10 trips to Africa. Twenty-two of the animals were taken while hunting on four hunts with Scott of Africa in the South Cape, including the Vaal Rhebok, Mt. Reedbucks, Springboks (less the Kalahari), two of the three bushbucks, and a bunch more. The next largest contributor (14) is Tanzania from a 21 day hunt booked with Charlie Goldenberg's Premier Safaris and conducted mostly at Lokisale on a concession Adam Clements has now. This was my longest and most productive hunt; the result of really hard work by A.J. van Heerden.

Some of the fondest memories are those evenings spent with Marilyn and Chappie Scott in the Winterberg gathered around a fire in Chappie's bar after a dinner, and with Vaughn Fulton and his wife Patricia on the banks of the Zambizi in the Caprivi hunting elephant. Oh, you would not believe the food at either place or the quality of the wine and company.

I have published hunt reports on the 2005 Tanzanian adventure, the 2006 Elephant Hunt with Vaughn in Namibia, and the Rhino Dart last year. I'll have to go back and post some "retrospective" reports on the hunts with Chappie which were shorter, but very successful and a bunch of fun.

To quote George C. Scott in "Patton," "God, forgive me. I love it so!" If there is a greater place to visit and to hunt than Africa, I hope I find it before I get called home. Kudude

I'll never be able to do 21 days in TZ but I am scheduled for ele in the Caprivi at Fulton's camp. I'm really looking forward to that.

The Vaal Rhebok is definitely on the to do list along with some of the other Tiny Ten.

Great job.

Wow, what a tasteful display of trophies. I like the way you have done the Tanzanian room, very nice collection indeed.

I am amazed at the time and effort you took to put together the trophy room. Truly, your hard work and your understanding wife are to be cherished .
I wanted to know what kind(s) of wood were used on the pedestals for the Kudu, Roan and Sable?

who is you taxidermist?

WOW... ...What an incredible tribute and display of collected trophies! Looks like you have plenty of room for new additions.

Thank you so much for sharing.

Kind regards,
Mary

The pedestals for the Roan and Sable were made here in the US. They were "commissioned" by my taxidermist, Larry Quinn (American Sportsman Taxidermy here in Tallahassee and one of the best.) The kudu pedestal was made in Namibia and is probably an African teak.

Larry (American Sportsman) did all the Tanzanian trophies: lion, leopard, sable, roan, eland, wildebeeste hartebeest, Defassa waterbuck, and F.E. Oryx.

My Zimbabwean trophies and RSA trophies were done mostly by Roy Hayes Taxidermy in Taarkastadt, RSA. Roy has always done nice work and he continues to improve with movement in his work.

My latest Namibian trophies were done by Nyati Wildlife Art in Windhoek (kudu pedestal, Damara Dik Dik, tusk and tail). These took a long time, but the work was nice. The 2000 Namibian trophies were done by a older German outfit that is well known there in Windhoek; however, I cannot remember the name and the paper work is not currently accessible.

I have really been impressed with Larry's work and he is a pleasure to work with. He is a personal friend (cofounder of our local SCI chapter) and a wonderful sportsman and person. Roy "Chum" Hayes is a legend in RSA. I'd love to see him in the role of Henry VIII - he'd be perfect.

Hope this answers some of your questions. It has been a long time bringing it all together, and I hope that it is a work in progress. Kudude

your collection is the dimostration that some african taxidermist are good as many American or European!
congrats!
Lorenzo

kudude - I am most impressed with your big cats. You've found a rare taxidermist who can make them look alive. Nice work.

Kudude: Thanks for sharing, but I think that was too much for me, I will need a psiquiatra after look this; Rgrs: Guille

Steve,
Great to see your collection...I'm counting on a personal tour soon so I can hear the stories that go with each trophy.
Well done!

Vic,

Give me a call, I think you have my number, and we'll make a plan. Mine, which has changed slightly and will continue to if I am lucky, really is beginning to look nice. How is yours coming?? Kudude

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Originally posted by kudude:
Vic,

Give me a call, I think you have my number, and we'll make a plan. Mine, which has changed slightly and will continue to if I am lucky, really is beginning to look nice. How is yours coming?? Kudude

Yours is way ahead of mine, and as along as my wife remains convinced most of what I drag home needs to be kept in places she rarely visits, I suppose it will remain that way.
We are heading back to TZ in a couple of months; not sure where I'll stash stuff that comes back wuth us as my little place at my farm is full. That's why I'm so impressed with your collection--and your dear with that encourages it!

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Originally posted by Spring:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by kudude:
Vic,

Give me a call, I think you have my number, and we'll make a plan. Mine, which has changed slightly and will continue to if I am lucky, really is beginning to look nice. How is yours coming?? Kudude

Yours is way ahead of mine, and as along as my wife remains convinced most of what I drag home needs to be kept in places she rarely visits, I suppose it will remain that way.
We are heading back to TZ in a couple of months; not sure where I'll stash stuff that comes back with us as my little place at my farm is full. That's why I'm so impressed with your collection--and your dear wife that encourages it!

EXCELLENT!

Very nice indeed! What a diverse collection of species.. Thanks for sharing!