kudu pictures from africa.

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a few pictures of kudu cows and bulls on my trips to africa.. eastbank.
 

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Thanks for more pictures Eastbank!
Ive always like the African plains game, Molokai Ranch had some in the trophy park behind our farm, but no Kudu...havent seen one irl yet, one of these days maybe......
 
I'm curious, how would somebody mount that Kudu?? I imagine it's horn which would mean it's alive inside, right? So how would you mount that to where the horns would stay put and not break off easily?
 
my friend who shot it is having a bare skull mount made and will bring it home next year. i saw that kudu the day before and took a photo of it and could have shot it. but as i have shot 6 kudu, i wanted my friend to shoot it, i think he pissed his pants,he,he. eastbank
 

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my friend who shot it is having a bare skull mount made and will bring it home next year. i saw that kudu the day before and took a photo of it and could have shot it. but as i have shot 6 kudu, i wanted my friend to shoot it, i think he pissed his pants,he,he. eastbank

That's a great friend right there! I'm still kind of confused as to HOW it's mounted though. What would the horns attach to after it's stripped and bleached?
 
On my kudu they glued mounting blocks to the fiberglass form. The horns slip over the blocks and stay put, The horns pop off if need to move or ship it.
 
i think the way H&H hunter posted, but i don,t know for sure. and i told my friend he owes me big time, he,he. eastbank
 
There is a bone structure underneath the horn, which runs the entire length and shape of the horn. The head complete with horns is set aside to rot and for the maggots to have their way. After a while the horn part will simply corkscrew off the boney structure underneath the horn. They will generally cut the boney horn parts down to about 6" in length which is more than enough to hold the horns in place. The skull is bleached and treated and the horns are treated. After mounting the skull on a bachboard the horns are simply placed back over the stumps and hey presto.

Something for nothing. If you look down the Kudu's horn from the tip you will notice that the corkscrew will centre on the eye. The Kudu always has eye contact with the tip of its horns, this allows them to fight with accuracy.
 
If you look down the Kudu's horn from the tip you will notice that the corkscrew will centre on the eye. The Kudu always has eye contact with the tip of its horns, this allows them to fight with accuracy.

Interesting fact.
I'm not tall enough to look down from the top of the 2 kudu I have mounted ... and I'm not strong enough to take them off the wall and put them back. :(
 
Thank you for the explanation! I never knew how exactly people were able to mount such large horns with stability. The more you know!
 
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