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Because of the cost, buying a house, and starting a family, I got my Plains Game (kudu, blue wildebeest, blesbok, impala, gemsbok, duiker) done in european mounts. The reality is is that I will probably never have the money to do full mounts. Plus, we are moving back to remote Alaska and full mounts would be too much to deal with anyway. My taxidermist has my capes though. Any ideas on what I could do with them? NRA Life Member | ||
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howdy, I have a friend that might be interested in purchasing capes. are they tanned? what species are they? | |||
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Species: blue wildebeest, kudu, gemsbok, impala, blesbok, duiker (2). I'm pretty sure they are tanned and frozen currently. I'm going to be calling my taxidermist this week to talk to him about them. NRA Life Member | |||
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From what I have been told the capes that you have in thier current condition will pretty much last forever. So you can keep them and if you ever do have the chance to do full mounts you have them. | |||
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I will talk too friend and be back in touch soon Thank you | |||
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If that's the case, they have been "wet tanned" which makes them desirable to Taxidermists looking for African capes. You can sell them on the Taxidermy.net web site, Ebay or post them on the Classifieds if no one here needs them. They shouldn't be any problem to sell. Good hunting, 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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Does anyone know what a ball-park rate is on the capes I'm looking to get rid of? Thanks again for your help. NRA Life Member | |||
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I recently purchased a wet-tanned kudu cape that was in excellent condition and paid $250.00 for it. I felt it was a good deal and would have expected to pay closer to $300 for it. Good luck! JDS And so if you meet a hunter who has been to Africa, and he tells you what he has seen and done, watch his eyes as he talks. For they will not see you. They will see sunrises and sunsets such as you cannot imagine, and a land and a way of life that is fast vanishing. And always he will will tell you how he plans to go back. (author: David Petzer) | |||
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I talked to my taxidermist today. The capes are fully tanned (not frozen). Sorry, my mistake. They were tanned at New Method Tannery. I'm not familiar with them, but he said people in the taxidermy industry would be. If you are interested, let me know (send me a PM) - first come, first serve. I won't be able to pick them up for a week or two...so probably almost a month before I could get something out. Here is what there is: kudu, wildebeest, impala, blesbok, gemsbok, duiker (2) NRA Life Member | |||
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im intersted in kudu i need to know ur location and size of the kudu,regards ur 3 greatest hunts r ur first ur last and ur next | |||
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markhor, PM sent NRA Life Member | |||
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