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Blue Wildebeest Skull European Taxidermy Mount For Sale

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  • Note: SCI Bronze Medal
  • Overall Grade: Excellent
  • Common Name: Blue Wildebeest
  • Latin Name: Connochaetes taurinus

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Item Description

Description of Taxidermy For Sale

This is a fantastic African Blue Wildebeest skull and horns "European" taxidermy mount. It features a terrific, professionally cleaned skull, and horns that measure 14 6/8"+, earning a SCI Bronze Medal Score of 73 5/8". Topped off with expert craftsmanship, this item earns our Excellent™ overall quality rating. All applicable dimensions are included to help ensure this item will fit within your intended display space.

- There is already a hanger attached to the back of this item.

- The item will hang on a properly anchored drywall screw.

Animal description

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.

Item Specification

Exportation: 535

Depth: 9"

Height: 27"

Width: 29"

Weight: 6 lbs

Tip to Tip Spread: 44.00"

Boss Width (L): 14.875"

Boss Width (R): 14.75"

Gross Score (Decimal): 73.625"

SCI Score (Fractional): 73 5/8"

Score classes

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

Grade Certificate
Each item we sell comes with its own Grade & Specifications Certificate (GSC)
 
Grading each item based on it's overall characteristics helps assist clients by taking the guess work out of choosing the right quality taxidermy piece to meet their needs. We assign grades to each item based on our 40+ years of experience in the taxidermy industry. From serious world class specimen collectors to first time buyers, we can help you find just the right item to meet your needs!

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.

 

Free Delivery

This item ships FREE via Standard Delivery to the lower 48 states.

We use a variety of carriers, including USPS, FedEx, UPS & Spee-Dee Delivery, choosing each carrier based on the weight, dimensions and destination of your order.

We pack and ship all of our items with a dedication to safe and secure transit, and over 40 years of taxidermy-shipping experience, utilizing innovative new ways to pack your order (box or crate), ensuring it arrives to you in the exact same conditon that it left our store.

*Delivery to Alaska or Hawaii may incur an additional shipping surcharge based on the weight and dimension of the item purchased.

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