African Mounts
Mounted by Reimond Grignon
The above is a Hyena and a Springbok. Below is a Dik Dik and a Warthog!
I have done lots of African mounts over the years. Most are from individuals who have gone on hunting trips to Africa. Nothing hunted in Africa is wasted. When a hunter shoots an animal there are native people there well trained in caring for the dead animal. The animals are perfectly skun out by them and the skins preserved for shipping.
Every tiny piece of meat on the animal is saved, along with many of the bones. Not a scape is wasted. The natives use some of the meat then and there but most is dried and preserved for future use. The natives are in much need of this meat to survive. They will skin out and preserve every scrap of meat off of every animal the hunters shoot. When the hunters are gone they eagerly wait for the next group of hunters to arrive.
There are many, many animals in Africa. When there are not many hunters to fill the natives need for meat, some are killed by government people to help feed the African natives.
On the side and below are pictures of some of African Head mounts There is a Kudu, a Hartebeest, and a Sable and an Eland.
The cape buffalo below is a very large African animal. It roams the plains and is complete master of its domain. No other animal will attack a full grown, healthy cape buffalo.
These animals are very dangerous and have no fear of humans. The pictures here show several mounts of Cape buffalo I have done. The picture below shows a skin just being applied to a manikin. Maine workers start young!
