re: Africa hunting trip

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Are you committed to shoulder mounts? My neighbor and his wife go every year and he has a couple things mounted but a ton of euro mounts. They look incredible. He has them in every room and on his back porch

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Yeah I think so, these are once in a lifetime animals that I'll never shoot again so probably opt for for the shoulder mounts. I tend to see euro mounts more for types of animals where I'll have multiple of the same rack.

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$1200 ~ $2000 airfare
$200 per day for PH Guide fees.
$250 tip to Tracker for trip.
$200 for the cook.
$100 each for lodge wait staff and housekeeping.
$100 for Skinners for entire trip
You take care of them, and they will take care of you.

You’ll spend approx. $500+ on souvenir gifts in town for family (wife & kids).

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Good call on thinking of this. I'll add $750 to my $3250 and that will put me at $4000. I'm not including airfare since that will be free via CC points.

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Arrange to ship via surface transport. it will take 3-6 months but is way cheaper. Did that from Keyna. for 250 lbs. Getting an agent for US customs has good value also.

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Yeah this is the stuff I have no idea on that I'd need to figure out.

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Your best bet and least expensive would be to have the taxidermy done there and shipped to the US. Helluva lot cheaper and they do quality work.

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Yeah I was assuming getting it back here and having a local taxidermy would be cheaper, doesn't sound like the case. I'll have to contact the outfitter and get prices on shoulder mounts from the taxidermy they use.