Nice to hear about your trip to Kenya. I hope you manage to go there again soon, and to meet up with Alex. Sorry to hear about your friend who passed away.
Thanks for the detour chat!
Thanks for replying - I'm getting lots of good ideas on this forum, so I appreciate everyone's time! One question for you - did you seal the antlers so they didn't get peroxide on? I don't want to change the colour of the antlers if I can help it.
JA Hunter, Alex and Tara - correct! Although I've been to Kenya a few times, I haven't been to Hunter's Lodge in Kiboko Springs yet. I hope to get there next year. Have you been?
LMB Salmon was not related to Samaki Salmon (I looked him up - funny story though!). Yes, Kenya was the gateway in...
Thanks! I'm on the south coast of England. Pity, as I see you are far away in Texas! But thanks for commenting and offering to help :) I will look into local taxidermists, I think.
Thanks for commenting! I'm afraid I don't know much at all about it - I will ask an aunt who will know more. I have a well-known great grandfather hunter called J.A. Hunter (who hunted in Kenya around the same time) - but funnily enough, these were not his, but the other great grandfather called...
Hello all,
My great-grandfather shot various animals in Sudan about 100 years ago (about 8 antelope and kudu, plus one buffalo). The cleaned skulls were displayed at the family home, but in a dampish room, and with no cleaning or care over the last 100 years. I have now inherited them, and I'm...