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Postby Redbeard » Fri Jul 12, 2013 9:31 am

Pretty sure Dan's right. And even the 100k-150k seems a bit high. One of my supervisors has been twice. And his retired CHiPie dad has been four times. His dad has a little trophy room similar to that. My point...CHP salaries can't afford a million dollar trophy room
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Re: Post up some pics of your mounts

Postby rebelp74 » Fri Jul 12, 2013 9:40 am

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DeadEye_Dan wrote:Not even close to a million, $100, maybe $150k.

Very nice at any rate!

That's only 10kish a trip. Maybe if you bare bones it and not including getting the animal back and mounted.


No way. Trust me - I was less than 24 hours from wheels up when my oldest son got hospitalized, and I cancelled the trip. I've priced it all out.

Here a price list from the outfitter I was booked with, and prices are pretty much unchanged since 2009.
http://www.hunttrophiesafrica.com/price-list.html

From the picture I see 2 trips to Africa and possibly 1 to New Zealand, unless those were shot on ranches in Tx/Az, hell - all those could have been killed on ranches in the US.

The more I look at those pics, he could have been all in, including transport and taxidermy for $60-70k

I've been once and dropped right at 40 on it when everything was said and done.
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Re: Post up some pics of your mounts

Postby DeadEye_Dan » Fri Jul 12, 2013 9:48 am

Yes I suppose you are right Reb.

If we assume that he shot one animal in each trip, and hunted 10 days each time, he might have spent half a million.

It's like everything else in this world, the variables are unknown.

When I look at a dozen plains game mounts, none of which are "exceptional" trophies I have a real hard time biting on the million dollar figure.

It's pretty generally accepted that you can do a plains game hunt in SoAfrica cheaper than a brown bear hunt in Alaska.
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Re: Post up some pics of your mounts

Postby assateague » Fri Jul 12, 2013 9:49 am

Redbeard wrote:Pretty sure Dan's right. And even the 100k-150k seems a bit high. One of my supervisors has been twice. And his retired CHiPie dad has been four times. His dad has a little trophy room similar to that. My point...CHP salaries can't afford a million dollar trophy room


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Re: Post up some pics of your mounts

Postby assateague » Fri Jul 12, 2013 9:50 am

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assateague wrote:I have zero desire to ever go to Africa. Actually, I have a negative desire, if that is possible.


Not me. Been reading stories of African safaris since I could hold a book.

Ruark? Hemingway? Harry Selby? J.A. Hunter??

Someday.


Only one I've read (against my will) was Hemingway, and that dude died from a fucking thorn scratch. Eff that continent.
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Re: Post up some pics of your mounts

Postby rebelp74 » Fri Jul 12, 2013 9:53 am

DeadEye_Dan wrote:Yes I suppose you are right Reb.

If we assume that he shot one animal in each trip, and hunted 10 days each time, he might have spent half a million.

It's like everything else in this world, the variables are unknown.

When I look at a dozen plains game mounts, none of which are "exceptional" trophies I have a real hard time biting on the million dollar figure.

It's pretty generally accepted that you can do a plains game hunt in SoAfrica cheaper than a brown bear hunt in Alaska.

No your right, going back and looking at the mounts it was at the absolute most 500kish and very well could've been considerably cheaper if done in 3 ir less hunts. I killed a cape buffalo and a an ebok(however it's spelled) in a 7 day trip.
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Re: Post up some pics of your mounts

Postby DeadEye_Dan » Fri Jul 12, 2013 9:57 am

assateague wrote:
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assateague wrote:I have zero desire to ever go to Africa. Actually, I have a negative desire, if that is possible.


Not me. Been reading stories of African safaris since I could hold a book.

Ruark? Hemingway? Harry Selby? J.A. Hunter??

Someday.


Only one I've read (against my will) was Hemingway, and that dude died from a fucking thorn scratch. Eff that continent.


Horn of the Hunter. Read it.
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Re: Post up some pics of your mounts

Postby assateague » Fri Jul 12, 2013 9:59 am

I don't like Africa. It has never held any sort of appeal to me, at any point in it's history, nor do any of the animals there, or the idea of a safari, hold any sort of appeal to me.

In light of this, if you still think I would enjoy it, I will certainly give it a try, since I love to read.
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Re: Post up some pics of your mounts

Postby Redbeard » Fri Jul 12, 2013 10:00 am

DeadEye_Dan wrote:Yes I suppose you are right Reb.

If we assume that he shot one animal in each trip, and hunted 10 days each time, he might have spent half a million.

It's like everything else in this world, the variables are unknown.

When I look at a dozen plains game mounts, none of which are "exceptional" trophies I have a real hard time biting on the million dollar figure.

It's pretty generally accepted that you can do a plains game hunt in SoAfrica cheaper than a brown bear hunt in Alaska.
yea I don't see any elephants, white rhinos or lions in that room
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Re: Post up some pics of your mounts

Postby DeadEye_Dan » Fri Jul 12, 2013 10:04 am

assateague wrote:I don't like Africa. It has never held any sort of appeal to me, at any point in it's history, nor do any of the animals there, or the idea of a safari, hold any sort of appeal to me.

In light of this, if you still think I would enjoy it, I will certainly give it a try, since I love to read.


In that case, nope.
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Re: Post up some pics of your mounts

Postby assateague » Fri Jul 12, 2013 10:09 am

Figured I'd ask. I feel the same way about South America/the Amazon basin, but really enjoyed River of Doubt.
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Re: Post up some pics of your mounts

Postby Redbeard » Fri Jul 12, 2013 10:09 am

rebelp74 wrote:
DeadEye_Dan wrote:Yes I suppose you are right Reb.

If we assume that he shot one animal in each trip, and hunted 10 days each time, he might have spent half a million.

It's like everything else in this world, the variables are unknown.

When I look at a dozen plains game mounts, none of which are "exceptional" trophies I have a real hard time biting on the million dollar figure.

It's pretty generally accepted that you can do a plains game hunt in SoAfrica cheaper than a brown bear hunt in Alaska.

No your right, going back and looking at the mounts it was at the absolute most 500kish and very well could've been considerably cheaper if done in 3 ir less hunts. I killed a cape buffalo and a an ebok(however it's spelled) in a 7 day trip.
my supervisor shot a cape buffalo on one of his trips too. Let's see some pics

This year, he's going to Russia for an ibex. Can't afford the Marco polo
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Re: Post up some pics of your mounts

Postby DeadEye_Dan » Fri Jul 12, 2013 10:15 am

assateague wrote:Figured I'd ask. I feel the same way about South America/the Amazon basin, but really enjoyed River of Doubt.


Horn of the hunter is just a story of the Authors first safari - I enjoyed it, but I like his writing.


You might like Hunter by JA Hunter. It's his auto biography and he was famous as one of the PH's that really sparked the safari boom in the post war years. His accounts of stalking Elephants, Cape Buff's, and wounded leopards make the hair stand up on the back of my neck and break out in a sweat.
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Re: Post up some pics of your mounts

Postby 3legged_lab » Fri Jul 12, 2013 11:35 am

No where near half a mil is my bet. You can go to Africa and shoot 8 animals in 10 for about 10k.
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Re: Post up some pics of your mounts

Postby rebelp74 » Fri Jul 12, 2013 7:25 pm

My 2 africans.
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Re: Post up some pics of your mounts

Postby assateague » Fri Jul 12, 2013 7:29 pm

I don't know what that second one is, but it looks like the devil and I would get rid of it. Thing creeps me out.
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Re: Post up some pics of your mounts

Postby rebelp74 » Fri Jul 12, 2013 7:31 pm

An eland, I was thinking it was called an ebok for some reason.
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Postby assateague » Fri Jul 12, 2013 7:49 pm

Since I saw the pic online, it is now an e-devil.
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Re: Post up some pics of your mounts

Postby 3legged_lab » Fri Jul 12, 2013 8:19 pm

rebelp74 wrote:An eland, I was thinking it was called an ebok for some reason.

The largest of the antelope species. Aren't they around 2000 pounds?
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Re: Post up some pics of your mounts

Postby rebelp74 » Fri Jul 12, 2013 8:20 pm

3legged_lab wrote:
rebelp74 wrote:An eland, I was thinking it was called an ebok for some reason.

The largest of the antelope species. Aren't they around 2000 pounds?

I don't remember how big it was, it's huge though.
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Re: Post up some pics of your mounts

Postby The Duck Hammer » Fri Jul 12, 2013 8:41 pm

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rebelp74 wrote:An eland, I was thinking it was called an ebok for some reason.

The largest of the antelope species. Aren't they around 2000 pounds?

The Lord Derby eland is actually the largest of the antelope species and adult males can weigh between 880 to 2,200 lb. :thumbsup:
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Postby rebelp74 » Fri Jul 12, 2013 8:42 pm

That was a cape eland.
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Re: Post up some pics of your mounts

Postby DeadEye_Dan » Fri Jul 12, 2013 8:46 pm

The Duck Hammer wrote:
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rebelp74 wrote:An eland, I was thinking it was called an ebok for some reason.

The largest of the antelope species. Aren't they around 2000 pounds?

The Lord Derby eland is actually the largest of the antelope species and adult males can weigh between 880 to 2,200 lb. :thumbsup:


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Re: Post up some pics of your mounts

Postby Redbeard » Fri Jul 12, 2013 9:41 pm

DeadEye_Dan wrote:
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rebelp74 wrote:An eland, I was thinking it was called an ebok for some reason.

The largest of the antelope species. Aren't they around 2000 pounds?

The Lord Derby eland is actually the largest of the antelope species and adult males can weigh between 880 to 2,200 lb. :thumbsup:


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Re: Post up some pics of your mounts

Postby Redbeard » Fri Jul 12, 2013 9:41 pm

No offense Reb but I don't see how that hunt ran you 40k
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Postby rebelp74 » Fri Jul 12, 2013 9:45 pm

Lodging the most expensive part.
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Re: Post up some pics of your mounts

Postby The Duck Hammer » Fri Jul 12, 2013 9:52 pm

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Re: Post up some pics of your mounts

Postby Feelin' Fowl » Fri Jul 12, 2013 10:29 pm

Redbeard wrote:No offense Reb but I don't see how that hunt ran you 40k

Probably got high, and forgot to kill animals on the other 8 days...
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Re: Post up some pics of your mounts

Postby 3legged_lab » Fri Jul 12, 2013 10:33 pm

DeadEye_Dan wrote:
The Duck Hammer wrote:
3legged_lab wrote:
rebelp74 wrote:An eland, I was thinking it was called an ebok for some reason.

The largest of the antelope species. Aren't they around 2000 pounds?

The Lord Derby eland is actually the largest of the antelope species and adult males can weigh between 880 to 2,200 lb. :thumbsup:


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Re: Post up some pics of your mounts

Postby DeadEye_Dan » Sat Jul 13, 2013 6:28 am

3legged_lab wrote:
DeadEye_Dan wrote:
The Duck Hammer wrote:
3legged_lab wrote:
rebelp74 wrote:An eland, I was thinking it was called an ebok for some reason.

The largest of the antelope species. Aren't they around 2000 pounds?

The Lord Derby eland is actually the largest of the antelope species and adult males can weigh between 880 to 2,200 lb. :thumbsup:


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