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Offline WAcoyotehunter

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Re: New Zealand in May
« Reply #15 on: March 23, 2026, 02:52:38 PM »
shoot the animals early in the trip to leave time to flesh and salt your capes and get the skulls cleaned up.  I would 100% recommend flying back with your animals as checked baggage. 

Offline Torrent50

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Re: New Zealand in May
« Reply #16 on: March 24, 2026, 02:50:58 PM »
I used Coppersmith in Seattle as my importer.  They seemed to know the taxidermist in New Zealand who prepped my capes and antlers.  The taxidermist made a crate for everything and shipped it over.   I used Tyron Southward Taxidermy in Christchurch.   

Jennifer House is who I dealt with at Coppersmith.   She was awesome to deal with and made it easy.   I will say that it ended up costing more than I anticipated to get everything back, but it all made it without trouble.
"when you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you."  Friedrich Nietzsche

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Re: New Zealand in May
« Reply #17 on: Today at 12:54:18 PM »
Thank you for all the great info guys.   :tup:

I'm a bit wiser now and hopefully I'll be bringing back some cool critters.  Will post pics for sure.

Thanks again

 


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