Moose, Wolves & Bongo mount from the World Taxidermy Competitions

09 May 2011, 02:46

L. David Keith

Many great mounts were there as usual. The 1st place best in the world went to the Zimmerman boys in PA with the #2 Gobi Argali taken by Rob Kreb (it is a monster, I promise. I'll get a pic soon). 2nd and 3rd went to Dennis Harris including the new Chairman's Choice Award. You can see why:

There is more to this mount but my batteries died. An eighth Wolf is lying on the flood in the front of the mount.
Here's his 3rd place Best in World Bongo:

I will post more in the Taxidermy forum soon. I posted some waterfowl mounts in the Bird shooting forum.
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09 May 2011, 03:25

Die Ou Jagter

Marcus is pretty good. Have 4 mounts by him in my office and he will be doing my Chobe Bushbuck when it gets state side. It is nice to have one of the worlds best in your back yard. I guess I shouldn't one of the best just the best. I had him do my Water Deer, Roe Deer, Sika Deer and Fallow from England and Scotland. Oh by the way Marcus's last name is Zimmerman. He is assisted by his brother and son.

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09 May 2011, 04:10

JBrown

quote:
Originally posted by AnotherAZWriter:
To each his own, but I don't care for mounts that show predators attacking an animal, etc. Just give me a regal pose of the animal the way I remember seeing him in the wild.

+1

I'm not a big fan of taxidermy in general, but I much prefer regal poses to action poses.

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09 May 2011, 08:34

L. David Keith

MR, yes, it is inspiring to see true artists think outside the box.
For those who don't know what the World Competitions are, it is for Taxidermists to bring raise their artistic creations to the next level. It's not necessarily for the standard wall mount or pose. They are judged by their peers, and the judging is intense to say the least.
Ed, these were not done by the Zimmerman's. I will try and post a pic of the Gobi Argali as soon as I get the CD from by friend. I used his camera to take 95% of my photos.

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10 May 2011, 19:37

AnotherAZWriter

quote:
Originally posted by 724wd:
great mount! the only thing i dont like is the wolf for is so similar for all the leaping wolves. the back half of them are all the same, no deviation in foot position or leg bends... but that's a pretty nit-picky critic on such a huge undertaking...

If you want to be picky, how about the total lack of blood?

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10 May 2011, 21:26

Michael Robinson

AAZW, I once saw a gruesome head and shoulder mount of a Spanish fighting bull in a small restaurant in Spain that would be right up your alley.

The toro was bristling with banderillas and covered in some kind of fake bloody sand.

Not a bad mount, but not my cup of blood. Didn't go well with the tapas and cava.

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13 May 2011, 03:50

Dago Red

I like both action and regal. I like habitat poses. If I shot a dangerous animal I'd wanted it mounted as if it were attacking, I always imagine sitting at my desk with a lion mounted leaping out of the wall, from about shoulder forward, claws out and mouth snarling.

I saw one at SCI a few years ago with a croc coming out of the water snatching some sort of deer type plainsgame animal (can't remember what species now) that was awesome.

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