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1 hour ago, couesdeerhntr said:

Are all these mule deer from az? Envious man!

Yes, all AZ, and several more that are Euro/skull caps elsewhere as well.

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41 minutes ago, Spot said:

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Who mounted your sitka blacktail? That is a beauty. I’m hunting them next year

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5 minutes ago, GreyGhost85 said:

Who mounted your sitka blacktail? That is a beauty. I’m hunting them next year

Thanks, Clay @ Mogollon Taxidermy mounted him. I killed him on Kodiak, it was a great experience. 

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On 11/8/2019 at 12:58 PM, trophyseeker said:

I went to Outdoor Writer's place a couple months ago to pick up something I bought from him. He has an impressive array of animals spread over a couple rooms. Maybe he doesn't have photos. 

I have photos but they're really old. So they don't show all the added mounts and rearranging that's been done. This first bunch is my first trophy room.  

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The birds in the alcove below are a chukar (upper right), ringneck and a male & female Mearns below the Eastern turkey. The 23-lb. northern pike is from the Hotlitna River in Alaska.

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These are of the newer addition I built several years ago as a family/trophy room to house my African, New Zealand and misc. critters. I often refer to it as the Marc Plunkett Gallery since he had mounted nearly everything in it when these photos were shot.

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L to R -- Nyala, warthog, Black wildebeest, blesbok, kudu.

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Ctr. -- Red deer stag -- New Zealand

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L to R. -- Gemsbok, Impala, Blue Wildebeest

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L to R. -- Springbok, bushbuck from Africa, chamois and tahr from NZ

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New location of bear

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These are additions since these photos were taken.

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18 hours ago, CatfishKev said:

Holy moly dude! That's freaking amazing!

Had I not screwed up, there would have been four more life-size mounts and one half javelina. In the photo below, there are life-size bear hides hanging in the corner and draped on an armchair. There is a huge tanned lion (9' tail to nose) hide over the coffee table, and a tanned blackbuck hide on the left end table. Unfortunately, I waited too long to get the work done, so all the tanning oils dried out because I didn't store them properly in a freezer. If they are rewet now, they will tear in the stretching process.  

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These are some in-the-field pix.

Randy Epperson with my lion from the Sycamore Wilderness Area. 

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In the tree.

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These are the two BC black bears. The biggest was 8'6" and the other was 7'3" nose to tail. I had a big red salmon to use for the biggest with it standing and the fish in its mouth. I hadn't decided on a pose for the other one. That's Roy Pattison (now deceased) and Mike Bond measuring the big bear. 

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19 hours ago, Outdoor Writer said:

Had I not screwed up, there would have been four more life-size mounts and one half javelina. In the photo below, there are life-size bear hides hanging in the corner and draped on an armchair. There is a huge tanned lion (9' tail to nose) hide over the coffee table, and a tanned blackbuck hide on the left end table. Unfortunately, I waited too long to get the work done, so all the tanning oils dried out because I didn't store them properly in a freezer. If they are rewet now, they will tear in the stretching process.  

Glad to see the photos. I can see what you meant about them being old. You have moved quite a few mounts and added several since they were taken. Surprised no one has commented on the unusual one showing in one of the photos. I remember telling you it might be the only such mount like that in the whole state. 🤣

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