Taxidermist costs

[Dom]

Bsterns, costs are fairly hard to exactly pin down, we combined 3 hunters trophies, which was 8 head & shoulder mounts & 4 hides into one bill, then divided by 3. The actual shipping wasn't bad at all, it is the charges on the receiving end that kill ya, which about doubles the bill. It also depends on where it's going, and what vet/import/customs fees you have to pay. Our bill was just under $4k, divided by 3 was each of us paid $1300 & change - to our door here in Germany. But, we're working on getting a big (chunk $400 apiece) of the customs tax returned (NATO SOFA). Our other fourth hunter in the group had his shipped separately to LA/Nevada, and I haven't heard what he ended up paying. I'm not sure what customs/vet fees run if they're shipped to the states. But it is nice to have them and anytime I want to reminisce on Africa, I just have to look at the wall. Here's a couple photos, Nyati in Windhoek did the Taxidermy. The Oryx is deceiving in the pic, he's bigger than it looks, I'm cramped on space so it's in a stairwell, Waidmannsheil, Dom.