Description of Taxidermy For Sale
This is a stunning African Blue Wildebeest shoulder taxidermy mount. It is posed with the head in an upright position looking slightly to its left out into the room. The thick, shaggy black hair and strong hide quality are both exceptional, as are the horns, achieving an SCI Bronze Medal Score of 74 7/8″. The craftsmanship on this mount is equally outstanding, earning this item our coveted Premier™ overall quality rating. All applicable dimensions are included to help ensure this item will fit within your intended display space.
– This Blue Wildebeest exceeds the Safari Club International Bronze Medal trophy book score requirement.
– There is already a hanger attached to the back of this item.
– The item will hang on a properly anchored drywall screw.
Description of Taxidermy For Sale
This is a stunning African Blue Wildebeest shoulder taxidermy mount. It is posed with the head in an upright position looking slightly to its left out into the room. The thick, shaggy black hair and strong hide quality are both exceptional, as are the horns, achieving an SCI Bronze Medal Score of 74 7/8″. The craftsmanship on this mount is equally outstanding, earning this item our coveted Premier™ overall quality rating. All applicable dimensions are included to help ensure this item will fit within your intended display space.
– This Blue Wildebeest exceeds the Safari Club International Bronze Medal trophy book score requirement.
– There is already a hanger attached to the back of this item.
– The item will hang on a properly anchored drywall screw.
About the Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus)
The Blue Wildebeest can be found in the savannas, woodlands, and plains of both eastern and southern Africa. It is also called the common wildebeest, black-tailed wildebeest, or the white-bearded wildebeest and shares its name with only one other type of species – the black wildebeest. Males can weigh over 600 lbs growing horns that curve horizontally outward from the head, making a curl back inward toward the tip. Wildebeests require water every few days, so a nearby water source is vital to combat the heat of the African plains. This need for water often brings them to rivers, where they must avoid land predators such as the Lion and Hyena, as well as Crocodiles that lie patiently in the water, ready to ambush the Wildebeest as it comes to drink at the river’s edge. Their diet consists mostly of grasses and short green vegetation, as their rounded mouth makes eating other browse difficult.
Exportation: 535
Depth: 35″
Height: 27″
Width: 33″
Weight: 25 lbs
Tip to Tip Spread: 47 5/8″
Boss Width (L): 13 4/8″
Boss Width (R): 13 6/8″
Gross Score (Decimal): 74.875″
SCI Score (Fractional): 74 7/8″
Record Book Score Classes for the Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus)
Safari Club International
Standard
Gold – 80 6/8″
Silver – 76 1/8″
Bronze – 70 0/8″
Bow
Gold – 79 7/8″
Silver – 75 2/8″
Bronze – 54 0/8″
Boone & Crocket
Standard
N/A
Pope & Young
Bow
N/A
Rowland Ward
Standard
N/A
Scores with NT represent Non-Typical Scores ~ All other scores displayed are Typical Scores
The Specifications of each item, including dimensions and unique characteristics, are recorded on each GSC Card. We include the Depth, Height, Width and Weight of every item when possible. We also include other features such as horn and antler length (when applicable) as well as any other key attributes and descriptions to better identify each items unique characteristics. Below is a sample GSC card. The Specifications and Grade information are provided in each listing.