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Have you ever heard this from your friends: "What are you going to do with an elephant?". Well, here is a partial idea. Just got them from the taxidermist today. I had seen foot stools before but we went with Bar stools!!  | ||
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Good idea. Certainly a conversation piece. Tom ...I say that hunters go into Paradise when they die, and live in this world more joyfully than any other men. -Edward, duke of York ". . . when a man has shot an elephant his life is full." ~John Alfred Jordan "The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance." Cicero - 55 BC "The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." - Ayn Rand Cogito ergo venor- KPete “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages.” ― Adam Smith - “Wealth of Nations” | |||
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Nice pedicure!  | |||
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Yeah, they are a bit shinny right now, aren't they! Might have to work on that a bit! | |||
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I kind of like them. Don't think I'll show my interior designer girlfriend though - she'd ruin it for me | |||
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LOVE 'EM!!! Great idea! "....but to protest against all hunting of game is a sign of softness of head, not of soundness of heart." Theodore Roosevelt | |||
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Just another of many good reasons to go shoot an elephant.  | |||
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Build a fire and eat it right there ... Regards, Chuck "There's a saying in prize fighting, everyone's got a plan until they get hit" Michael Douglas "The Ghost And The Darkness" | |||
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Todd - Lookin' good! Here's another idea I like: After you've had a dozen Ele hair bracelets made, something that you can do with your next Ele tail (that you've cut off to show ownership) is to have it mounted in a frame as a wall hanging. Actually quite nice when done well. Mike ______________ DSC DRSS (again) SCI Life NRA Life Sables Life Mzuri IPHA "To be a Marine is enough." | |||
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Love the VC :-) | |||
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Nice! Just met with my taxidermist today -- with my wife. Works well -- let him sell her on how good it will look. I have to say that was a great plan. | |||
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I have to say that I was fully expecting foot stools and that is what I had instructed the taxidermist to do. I remember the guys skinned the legs and left them a bit on the long side. When I went in last month to check on the progress, they brought them out long like this and said, "We'ver never done bar stools. Where did you get that idea?". It took me back a bit initially to see them long like that. A quick text with pictures to the wife and she gave the go ahead so we left them long enough to sit on. They are rock solid for sitting as well. Each one weights about 50 lbs so they are sturdy. Just thought you guys might enjoy seeing them. The other two, which aren't ready yet, are being made into an umbrella stand and a trash can. | |||
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Mike, I still have the tail from this ele to be mounted. Your idea sounds good. Do you have a picture by any chance? BTW, I sent you a PM. | |||
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pretty money if I must say.. | |||
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Cool. Hey,Todd why don't you paint those toenails pink!  I hunt, not to kill, but in order not to have played golf.... DRSS | |||
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Well, if you were to drink enough at my bar, you might just see a pink elephant or two anyway!  | |||
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You could always have a couple thousand wallets made.  The only easy day is yesterday! | |||
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Todd - PM conversation in effect. I do not have a pic of a framed tail - this years Ele was a ration quota, so no parts available. I have seen pics of the mount I describe, however, and maybe a taxidermist or another member may have such a pic. I do know I liked what I saw of the framed tail mount. It's different and perhaps more attractive to the experienced Ele hunter with multiple Ele in the bag. You can choose the background mat color. The one I liked had red matting. Mike ______________ DSC DRSS (again) SCI Life NRA Life Sables Life Mzuri IPHA "To be a Marine is enough." | |||
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I can kind of picture that Mike. Sounds good. I'll do some research and see if I can find something that looks like that. I'm thinking of having one of the ears inlayed into an African continent shaped coffee table with all the countries painted in as a map. I know I've seen this done before but does anyone have a picture of such an item? | |||
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Sorry to rain on this parade, but elephant feet just don't do it for me. Tusks are elegant and refined; feet are not. | |||
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Well ... I can't really disagree with that statement. I have the tusks also but didn't want to just throw the rest away. Feet are more of a novelty item whereas the tusks are the real trophy.  | |||
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I will alwys remember one trophy at a Scottish estate I visited a few years ago. It was quite proper with nice English antiques and comfortable but elegant furnishings. There were a couple of exceptional roe deer and one stag euro mount in the house. But the thing that caught my eye was the elephant foot umbrella stand in the foyer near the door and mudroom. Though not elegant, I found it a classy touch that added to the aristocratic air of the place. On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | |||
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Nice Todd! When I invite new friends to my home it usually takes 30minutes before anyone notice them after that hell breaks loose..Many people that seen them think its direspectful to the animal and vice versa. I think they look nice ¨ | |||
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Anton, those are some really nice teeth you have there. Nicely displayed as well. I'm hoping to improve upon mine a bit this spring with Buzz. | |||
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Anton: If your friends thought it was disrespectful to the animal did they offer any alternative on how or what should be done to show more respect to that same animal that is now dead and gone? | |||
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Anton, I didn't notice at first but I see you also have a "foot" stool! That is more in line with what I had expected my taxidermist to do but with zebra tops. Anyway, I'm happy with them being longer. What did you do with the other 3? | |||
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Fulvio, usually I just ask them if it is better to just leave them to rot, it must be more respectful to take care of everything from meat to skin.. It makes them think again. Todd, more foot stools lol | |||
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