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Guys, I don't follow the record books and I don't have much stuff mounted anymore, but I got lucky a year and took a really big Derby eland in northern Cameroon. Hunted for them four times, some of Africa's toughest hunting. This is my second, a lot better than the first (15 years ago). I told Dan Catlin at The Wildlife Gallery that I wanted a pedestal mount, otherwise "have fun." This is, of course, a dangerous thing to tell a taxidermist. The links below are some pix of the mount--it's the best thing I've ever seen, sorry to bore you but it's worth sharing.     Regards, Craig | ||
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Wow Craig, It is a terrific trophy in its own right, but the fact that it is your favorite really elevates it! Thanks for sharing. P.S. Reeeeealy happy you are a regular contributor here! ______________________________ "Are you gonna pull them pistols,...or whistle Dixie??" Josie Wales 1866 | |||
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Very creative mount C. Wonderful trophy to boot! Congrats on both accounts. 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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stunning...that's all I have to say... | |||
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Really it is beautiful.  Oscar. I am Spanish My forum:www.armaslargasdecaza.com | |||
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CB, that is a superlative mount. My trophies on the wall are meager in quantity, but not too bad in quality, although none can compare to this. I have got to say, that your Eland coupled with an awesome Leopard I saw on here a while back, are likely theeee best ever African mounts I have seen......Thanks for sharing I think I can vouch for others in saying that your not boring us!! I too have stated to a Taxi man the basics and told him "take it from there", the tab is higher, but more than likely by choosing this route, your gonna get something very unique, and worthy of the cost. Rod -------------------------------- "A hunter should not choose the cal, cartridge, and bullet that will kill an animal when everything is right; rather, he should choose ones that will kill the most efficiently when everything goes wrong" Bob Hagel | |||
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Fantastic! Congratulations on an exceptional trophy and an unbelievable mount! I am waiting on my next wave of African trophy mounts and two of them are going to be pedestal mounts: a roan and a sable. | |||
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Craig, Great animal and a fine display of him with some nice touches. LDE is on my list and I hope to hunt him in a few years. Your animal certainly keeps that desire alive. Thanks for sharing | |||
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Just got my trophy tags from Wildlife Gallery today for my Plainsgame hunt in Namibia in three weeks. If the hunts and game gods cooperate, I'd like to have them do a pedestal double mount with a Kudu and Gemsbok. The Cape Buffalo on the half horn pedestal is also impressive. Beauty of a LDE mount and it too is on my dream list. They do impressive work with a short turn-around. | |||
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Beautiful Eland Craig!!! He did an amazing job! Bongo are beautiful and I wouldn't turn my nose up at one, but for my money Lord Derby Eland takes the cake! Brett DRSS Life Member SCI Life Member NRA Life Member WSF Rhyme of the Sheep Hunter May fordings never be too deep, And alders not too thick; May rock slides never be too steep And ridges not too slick. And may your bullets shoot as swell As Fred Bear's arrow's flew; And may your nose work just as well As Jack O'Connor's too. May winds be never at your tail When stalking down the steep; May bears be never on your trail When packing out your sheep. May the hundred pounds upon you Not make you break or trip; And may the plane in which you flew Await you at the strip. -Seth Peterson | |||
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Terrific example of probably the pinnacle of African hunting (and I know you earned it). That mount really tops it off and does a tremendous job of showcasing a fine specimen. Thanks for sharing, Kyler | |||
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 Keith IGNORE YOUR RIGHTS AND THEY'LL GO AWAY!!! ------------------------------------ We Band of Bubbas & STC Hunting Club, The Whomper Club | |||
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Everyone looks at me strange when I say this is my favorite animal....well, the proof is in the pudding here.... Well done Sir. Charl van Rooyen Owner Infinito Travel Group www.infinito-safaris.com charl@infinito-safaris.com Cell: +27 78 444 7661 Tel: +27 13 262 4077 Fax:+27 13 262 3845 Hereford Street 28A Groblersdal 0470 Limpopo R.S.A. "For the Infinite adventure" Plains Game Dangerous Game Bucket List Specialists Wing-Shooting In House Taxidermy Studio In House Dip and Pack Facility In House Shipping Service Non-Hunting Tours and Safaris Flight bookings "I promise every hunter visiting us our personal attention from the moment we meet you, until your trophies hang on your wall. Our all inclusive service chain means you work with one person (me) taking responsibility during the whole process. Affordable and reputable Hunting Safaris is our game! With a our all inclusive door to door service, who else do you want to have fun with?" South Africa Tanzania Uganda | |||
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Awesome Seloushunter Nec Timor Nec Temeritas | |||
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That is an exceptional piece of art! .395 Family Member DRSS, po' boy member Political correctness is nothing but liberal enforced censorship | |||
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No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies. | |||
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Great bull, Craig! | |||
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Absolutely stunning! Congrats! Mad Dog | |||
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Waidmannsheil Craig, glad you enjoyed that hunt and thanks for sharing, good one, Dom. -------- There are those who only reload so they can shoot, and then there are those who only shoot so they can reload. I belong to the first group. Dom --------- | |||
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That's a great mount, the pedestal is a thing of beauty. | |||
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I'm waiting on my trophies from my first trip last summer that are supposed to ship sometime this month!! Thanks to your post my taxi will be getting some anxious emails  .Beautiful LDE and the mount is exceptional! Congratulations and thanks for posting. Regards, Scott "....but to protest against all hunting of game is a sign of softness of head, not of soundness of heart." Theodore Roosevelt | |||
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Fantastic animal. I enjoyed my hunt at Mayo Nduel this year very much and at Lognia last year. Your reports on your Cameroon hunts made me very comfortable with my decision. Thank you. Did Guav take you fishing for Nile Perch? SG | |||
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That is a beautiful mount and a grand Lord Derby! I feel the same way about my LDE, if I were allowed to have only two mounts it would be it, then my leopard. | |||
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There is none greater than Lord Derby's Eland. Absolutely the king of the African antelopes. Congrats Craig. Great Trophy. Craig: I'm noticing the ruff is not yet fully blacked. Is that beacuse this eland was shot early in the year(Jan or Feb). I was in Cameroon in March 04, and the Eland's ruffs were noticibly blacker at that time. Will J. Parks, III | |||
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Beautiful mount, and an exceptional LD Eland. Congratulations, and thanks for sharing photos with the rest of us. | |||
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Craig, Beautiful! I just got my LD eland back from the taxidernist but it is not as spectacular as yours. Very nice work. 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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Thanks for posting pictures of such a beautiful animal. | |||
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Awesome display of a truly hard earned trophy. After spending 10 days with Guav Johnson and hearing stories and photos of LDE, its sounds like one tough hunt, under difficult conditions, in a rough country. The danger of civilization, of course, is that you will piss away your life on nonsense | |||
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Craig, You are not boring us and I'm honored we had the opportunity to do this animal for you. It is truly a trophy of a life time. My team certainly preserved him with honor and much respect! I should point out that this is not a competition piece either. It is the type of work we are putting out the door for all our customers. Thanks again for this post...DAN PS. I included a couple of close ups to show some of the detail others can't see from the pictures posted.     | |||
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Please! Keep on boring us! Outstanding, a fine trophy and an artists job on taxidermy. | |||
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Craig, Oh My ... that fella is simply stunning! Congratulations to you and the taxidermist. Mike -------------- DRSS, Womper's Club, NRA Life Member/Charter Member NRA Golden Eagles ... Knifemaker, http://www.mstarling.com | |||
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Nothing boring about it!!!!!! I especially like the back side. Awesome work there all by itself! Robert If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretense of taking care of them, they must become happy. Thomas Jefferson, 1802 | |||
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I'd call that REAL NICE! Congrats, Craig! Thanks for sharing Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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Oh that is nice! Beautiful Eland and exceptional taxidermy. The work that went into that base is the icing on th ecake. | |||
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Stunning Craig! Good Hunting, Tim Herald Worldwide Trophy Adventures tim@trophyadventures.com | |||
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Words can't do this animal/art work justice!!!! Graybird "Make no mistake, it's not revenge he's after ... it's the reckoning." | |||
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Craig; You said you dont have too many mounted any more. Do you leave them for the outfitters to display or donate them? Just curious as I dont think I will ever have that problem. | |||
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A wonderful trophy and outstanding taxidermy. Should someday be in a museum or a gallery for many to see. Steve "He wins the most, who honour saves. Success is not the test." Ryan "Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Stalin Tanzania 06 Argentina08 Argentina Australia06 Argentina 07 Namibia Arnhemland10 Belize2011 Moz04 Moz 09 | |||
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