Giraffes look like VERY TALL horses! They have baige mixed with orange skin and brown patches. They are the tallest animals in the world with bluish tongues and cute faces. The Giraffe is a tall ...
Good day Africa Hunting community, This coming 2024 season - as with every other one - we will have to do a bit of management on our Madikwe East home base as we continue to have an unprecedented number of Giraffe on the reserve. Thus we are once again offering a cull hunt option for 2025 in...
What do Rothschilds giraffe Masai giraffe Reticulated giraffe Thornicorts giraffe Kordofan giraffe Angolan giraffe and Southern giraffe look like? It seems incredible, but they look like giraffes.
In 2018 I had the opportunity to take a giraffe while hunting. My PH said at that time that I should take the giraffe shin bones back home with me, commenting that they are used for knife handles and if I were to ever want a custom knife made, it would make a nice memento of the hunt. So...
I am contemplating taking a giraffe during my planned 2021 safari. My problem is space - or lack of it - in my home for a shoulder mount. I am considering a European mount, but there will still be a lot of hide, bones, etc. left, which I do not wish to waste. Can anyone provide me with ideas on...
My thoughts follow: Giraffe is a very large animal. Likely the largest of the common plains game species. The torso of a Giraffe bull is larger, wider than a Cape Buffalo. The hide of a Giraffe is tough and thick. The bulls establish dominance by bashing those two short horns on their heads into one another's shoulders.
I have a giraffe 'neck' mount, meaning it has just about 4' of neck extended down from the head, it mounts on the wall. I do not regret shooting a giraffe, in fact, I am scheduled to shoot 5 this fall as part of a cull package, just beware, I have a leopard mounted, lion run, monkey's, etc, and by far the one animal that upsets people most to see mounted, is a giraffe. Please don't let my ...
The name "giraffe" is believed to have originated from the Arabic word "zarāfah," which means "fast-walker" or "one who walks swiftly." This name likely refers to the giraffe's characteristic ...