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First, I see a lot of GREAT taxidermy work here. Meaning the animal mounts themselves look very good, very lifelike. Stunning work. The vegetation on the other hand usually does not look good. Lots of guys still using plastic plants, others using dried injected plants but most are using the wrong kind of vegetation... plants not from Africa. Looks tacky, even on the high $$$ mounts I see it all the time. If I have someone mount a leopard I don't want to see plants from the U.S. incorporated in the mount. So if I plan on having a leopard mounted can I bring back vegetation indiginous to Africa? | ||
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To answer your question; no. The USDA will impound any plant or vegetable matter and fine you....a big fine. There are sources here than handle preserved flora. Some taxidermy studio's are aware of this, some buy junk from sub-standard suppliers and think no one will know. If you know, do your research. Contact long time florists, botanists and museum curators. You'll find a solution to your desire to have the best. Regards, David 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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I hear what you're saying, and agree for the most part. In my book "The Breakthrough Art Of The Big Cat Manual" I have a chapter on the collection of habitat materials for the African Lion that was the main subject of the book. In that chapter I tell the reader what to look for in the way of grasses that most closely mimic those of many of the countries of Africa, as well as soil ... both sand and dirt and what states to find them in. Yes ... some of us, do care! There are those Taxidermists - like myself - who are willing to pay top dollar for the best of the best in artificial greenery for our African mounts. There is a company that carries some of the absolute finest in artificial greenery of all sorts. Commercial Silk, Inc. out of Minneapolis, MN not only carries Acacia branches but also makes entire Acacia trees! Remember that there are many different species of Acacias, and this is just one of them.   These are high end commercial items that are sold for commercial, wholesale use only, and they are not cheap. This is the company chosen to create the habitats in many if not all the Cabela's Taxidermy displays. What is difficult to find are the one thing that is uniquely African ... those three-inch or longer thorns! I found the best way to make them available for my African work was to sculpt them, make a mold of them, cast them, and attach them. It is an old method employed by museums in years past, but you know what? It still works! So have heart! Not all Taxidermists are lazy about habitat! Kwaheri, and Good Hunting! John. John Bellucci's Artistic Wildlife Taxidermy 159 N. Bickett Rd. Xenia, OH 45385 (937) 376-5597 Improving the Quality and Status of Taxidermy Since 1970. | |||
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