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Took my daughter to the Eastern Cape of South Africa
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<blockquote data-quote="HappyGVM" data-source="post: 2842101" data-attributes="member: 114928"><p>GilletteHunter is spot on. The camp has a 4-day rotating menu from what is harvested most often. So you'll get Impala, Blesbuck, kudu & beef T-bone. KUDU was my favorite. In the case of Frontier Safaris most of the meat gets sold to a butcher plus what is kept for the tracker & farm hands. I would have liked to try the eland. I've heard other camps/outfitters do a better job of cooking up what is harvested after a day or 2 of hanging.</p><p></p><p>We didn't weigh it but 1500-1600 lbs is a fair estimate on the eland. They used a winch & a "sail" (heavy duty tarp) just to move it out of the woods where it fell. Then the winch and pulleys over the cab to get into the back but it was still a struggle to get the tail gate closed. The video I have of winching the eland wouldn't attach but I included a couple of pix.</p><p></p><p>I had my taxidermy done there but my understanding is they are not the usual set-up. One of the sons of the owner runs a Taxidermy shop & you can either dip & crate as GilletteHunter said or have it done there. Their prices have gone up between my 2 trips but it's not much more than here in TX. They were holding on to our trophies from last trip (to send in 1 crate) and had them on display for me so I'll add a couple of pix. Oh & the horns are removed & bubble wrapped in the crate to reduce volume. Thanks for the questions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HappyGVM, post: 2842101, member: 114928"] GilletteHunter is spot on. The camp has a 4-day rotating menu from what is harvested most often. So you'll get Impala, Blesbuck, kudu & beef T-bone. KUDU was my favorite. In the case of Frontier Safaris most of the meat gets sold to a butcher plus what is kept for the tracker & farm hands. I would have liked to try the eland. I've heard other camps/outfitters do a better job of cooking up what is harvested after a day or 2 of hanging. We didn't weigh it but 1500-1600 lbs is a fair estimate on the eland. They used a winch & a "sail" (heavy duty tarp) just to move it out of the woods where it fell. Then the winch and pulleys over the cab to get into the back but it was still a struggle to get the tail gate closed. The video I have of winching the eland wouldn't attach but I included a couple of pix. I had my taxidermy done there but my understanding is they are not the usual set-up. One of the sons of the owner runs a Taxidermy shop & you can either dip & crate as GilletteHunter said or have it done there. Their prices have gone up between my 2 trips but it's not much more than here in TX. They were holding on to our trophies from last trip (to send in 1 crate) and had them on display for me so I'll add a couple of pix. Oh & the horns are removed & bubble wrapped in the crate to reduce volume. Thanks for the questions. [/QUOTE]
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