Ask, and ye shall receive. Here is the large kudu you requested.
http://www.hunting-pictures.com/memb...yhntr/Kudu.jpg

My plane tickets cost $1300 each round trip. You are wise to book through a travel agent. Many agents will reconfirm your flights 48 hours before take off, some will not. You need to be sure this is done.

We spoke with a taxidermist in South Africa, and before I left, I got an estimate from my local stuffer. My local taxidermist would have charged me quite a bit more than the going rate in RSA, so I am having my heads mounted over there. If you are interested in checking out a taxidermist, here is his information:
Kevin Cooper T/A Images of Africa
email: [email protected]

Dip, pack and crate would have cost me about $450 total for the 7 animals. Shipping home to my door would have been about another $1000 +/-. My total bill for mounting the 7 heads will be a bit less than $2800. Shipping of the heads to my door will be about another $1500 so the total bill will be about $4300. If you contact Kevin, please tell him George in Pennsylvania gave you the information. He is a member of SCI.

Actually, we took way more than we needed to take. You are going a bit later, so I would pack a sweater or sweatshirt for the mornings and evenings. We didn' t need one. Be certain your boots are broken in. Blisters make a hunt a miserable experience. My wife' s shoelaces broke on her boots, and we couldn' t find a set long enough. We should have checked them before packing. Your outfit will probably do laundry every day. When I go again, I will pack two changes of clothes, and that will be that. Do take a pair of knocking around shoes. Other than that, ask your outfitter. Bother him. He won' t mind.

Good optics are a must.

As to your 7mm WSM, you might find it a bit light for eland, but I think it will handle kudu OK. Don' t spare the expense on quality bullets though. My suggestion would be to take Federal Premiums with the 175 grain Trophy Bonded bullet. They are worth the difference in cost. You are spending thousands of dollars on this hunt. Don' t try to cheap on bullets and save $10 or so. It just doesn' t make sense. I used my .300 Weatherby for everything except the eland and the cape buffalo. My bullets were 200 grain Trophy bonded Federal Premiums and 200 grain Barnes X handloads. They worked perfectly.

You have a nice mix of animals. Your trip will be a blast. I would like to hear about it and see pictures when you return.