Is the Giraffe bone easy to come by in your part of the world?
Jerry, if you buy it, it is fairly easy to come by but it is quite expensive - you are looking at about $50 to $75 for a shin bone - cleaned, but whole and you still need to cook it to remove the fat and marrow. And this price is at the "official" exchange rate - in real terms, if I look at what 1 ZAR buys here and what $1 buys over there, what it costs us in ZAR is the equivalent to about $130 to $170 for a shin bone.
OK, it is a fairly large bone, but often only one or maybe two sides (back and front) are useable as the sides tend to crack and split - so in the end you get much less out of it than you'd think.
You can also buy pre-prepared scales here, un-colored, for about $50 as set (real terms) - about $20 a set on the official exchange rate.
I am trying to get some more shins - I hunted professionally until fairly recently so I know a lot of game farm owners and Professional Hunters and am trying to organize a few. I have in fact been promised some, but I will consider it a done deal when I have the bone in my workshop, as they have to come all the way from Namibia and I am trying to arrange for a lift - transport via the Post Office will kill me due to the weight.
If I get these promised bones I will keep you in mind if you'd like a piece?
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