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Backcountry Hunting Podcast

How To Bring Big Game Trophies Home

Backcountry Hunting Podcast

Joseph von Benedikt

Sports, Wilderness

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

After a successful hunt to Africa, New Zealand, or Europe, is it hard to bring your animals home? It doesn't have to be. In this episode Wyatt Fetner of Safari Specialty Importers talks through the process of bringing horns, antlers, skulls, and hides back to the states. 

Wyatt is a fellow gun nut, and in addition to discussing how to import animal parts, he tells the fascinating story of an extraordinary vintage double-barreled dangerous-game rifle he found in England. ENJOY!

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0:00.0

When on safari, folks have two or three primary concerns.

0:06.0

After safety, which of course is always a big deal on a dangerous game Safari, and when you're

0:11.0

traveling to Africa, if you're not familiar with it, one of the biggest questions I get is

0:16.0

how do I get my animals home?

0:19.0

The horns, the skulls, the hides, the mounts if you do them in Africa.

0:23.6

Well, it's complex, but it's not impossible, and it doesn't even have to be challenging,

0:30.4

especially if you have a professional that can do it for you. So today I want to introduce you to a friend

0:35.3

of mine, Wyatt Fentner of SSI, Safari Specialty Imports.

0:40.4

This man makes it easy.

0:42.4

So thank you for coming on the show today, Wyatt.

0:44.6

Thank you, just, for having us here.

0:46.6

You always dress so classy.

0:48.6

I mean, if I was a lady in church, I'd say, I come to church just to see how you're dressing today.

0:55.1

Well, you know, I've always ascribe to the philosophy that you have to either know what you're doing and look good.

1:01.4

And if you don't know exactly what you're doing, at least you look good while doing it.

1:04.9

That's not a bad philosophy. So for those of our listeners that aren't familiar with somebody who specializes in bringing, we'll call them trophies, because that's a term that they use around the world, right?

1:17.3

Whether you like the term or not, it's the standard one in use for bringing trophies home from abroad.

1:23.3

How did you get into this?

1:24.2

Tell us a little bit about yourself.

1:25.7

Right.

1:26.2

So, and specifically what we are,

1:29.5

or we are a personal import specialist, et cetera.

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