FINALLY UPDATED WITH PICS!! Anybody near Mesa airport want to make a quick reward?

[yotebuster]

My dad almost started crying on the phone last night when I told him Adam got his cape! I considered not telling him and then surprising him with the finished mount for his birthday down the road, but he said he's glad I didn't wait as he might've died of anxiety slit his wrists before his next bday! He was so excited, it made the hunt all that much sweeter. So long story is he showed up with the frozen cape in a garbage bag wrapped in towels in his checked baggage. They called him back through security and to the front desk to tell him that wouldn't work (never gave a reason) so then he took a cab to Walmart from airport, bought a cooler and packing tape and repackaged it in cooler, paid for another bag, and resubmitted it. They made him wait to make sure TSA would take it. Again they said they would let him put it on the plane (again no reason). They said they were going to confiscate it. I guess if it had been me in the situation I would've skipped my flight and got another but I think he was so frustrated with the deal he just gave up. Last I heard was a text saying the above. Before he even landed, Big Browns was down there and had them sweet talked into giving it back! He has it safe and sound in his freezer. He didn't do it for reward money, in fact he sent me a text saying he didn't want any. He did it because he a heck of a good dude. It really blows my mind how many guys like that there are on this site. I also need to give a shout out to Flatlander as he texted me about 5 minutes later to tell me he would be willing to run down there as well! Sorry I will get pics up when I get them but the only one I have is a crappy cell pic. My family has 3 more bull tags coming up over the next couple weeks I'll put up a big post about all of them when we get back! Thanks again to Big Browns, Flatlander, and the whole CWT family!!

[deercrazy]

very cool big browns. Except your congradulations, you earned them.

[Big Browns]

Tell your dad I said hello and congrats on getting a really nice Bull. I'm really happy evrrything worked out. Hearing how happy he was is the biggest reward! Thank you all for the really nice comments. I'm sure you all would have helped as well. Long live CW!!!!!!!

 

Adam

[Pine Donkey]

The power, class and ability of this site is limitless! Great story about a bunch of class act people.

[Non-Typical Solutions]

Heck of a deal there way to pull it off!!!!!!!

[joe hunter]

Seems the only thing you ever hear anymore is bad news so it sure is nice to hear about some good news like this !! My hat is off to ya Big Browns !! and Flatlander.

[hoghntr]

Crazy and way cool!

[sjvcon]

Way to go Adam!!

[yotebuster]

I know this thread is over 3 years old but I wanted to put up a picture of the mount in its (nearly) final resting place. This is the bull that my dad killed and BigBrowns rescued the cape from years ago! My taxidermist was backed up so it took two years to get back then it spent a year in my heated shop until I got a spot picked out to hang it. Anyhow it turned out awesome and puts all my bulls to shame. This was a 10.5yr old dinosaur of a bull and the mount would not have been the same without the original cape. Again I cant thank Adam enough for what he did to get that cape back!! The CWT community is pretty dang cool!!

 

[brademan76]

Haha, great story with a happy ending. Cool bull too!

[Big Browns]

The Bull looks Awesome!! I'm so happy you posted an update, because I've been wondering if your dad ever got the Bull mounted. Very cool!!!!! Congrats again on harvesting a great animal!!!!

[muledeerarea33?]

Looks small in your HUGE!! Kitchen Haha.

[Flatlander]

Adam is always giving out happy endings. Kind of his MO.

[Big Browns]

LMAO!!!