OK, so this may be a dumb idea I had recently when reading the thread about why someone would not want to do an elephant hunt. A little background, my wife is wonderful and is happy for me to go to Africa whenever I want to hunt, her only request is that I not shoot an elephant or any of the big cats. She fully understands and agrees with the conservation aspect of hunting them, she just adamantly doesn't want me to be the one hunting them. So I will respect her wishes and go hunt all I...

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I am curious about people that have gone with an outfitter that also did in house dip & pack, and taxidermy and refused to use them as their D&P/taxidermist.

How awkward was it during the trip, and did you feel there were negative repercussions, such as them not treating your skulls and hides as well? Any issue with getting another taxidermist to pick up from them or issues with them coordinating well with the other taxidermist for hand off?

Hello forum members!!! Nathan who has done such a great job setting up our AH dinners at SCI has passed the baton to me. I have reached out to Jerome as I always do to get permission to do the following for all of us:
1. Set up our DSC dinner within walking distance from the venue that was cancelled last year due to snow and ice for Friday 2/6/2026.
2. Set up our SCI dinner at the same place Nathan used for Friday 2/20/2026.

If Jerome gives me permission, I will be setting both of these...

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Why Don’t We See More Hunting with Iron Sights? I know the topic comes up in various forms from time to time, but not a whole lot of discussion around it.

Plenty of people bow hunt at distances much closer than what a rifle with iron sights is capable of, yet hunting with irons seems increasingly rare.

I grew up shooting iron sights and still genuinely enjoy them. I’ve been shooting my .22 without a scope for the last 40 years, and I still do to this day.

What got me thinking about this...

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