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Just brought him home from the taxidermist and he was to big to have in the house for our Christmas get together.. but all the children kept opening the door to look at the size of him.. Will post a better pic tomorrow... This pic is before the taxidermist did his magic...  Mike     all photos taken ... http://picasaweb.google.com/retreever/MikesCroc/photo#5147201504802419858 Shot on the Ruaha River in the Selous with Pierre van Tonder Safaris August 2006 | ||
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That is a big gator!! How long is he? | |||
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In a straight line he is 15.5 ft. Will post a pic of him finished.. He has an outstanding collection of monstrous teeth... Mike | |||
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Mike, what a lizard! More pics, please! Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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Next time, let him grow up a little!  Very nice. No telling what that nasty lizard has eaten over the years...a little bit of everything. _______________________________  | |||
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where in the hell will you put it? Nice croc BTW ****************************************************************** R. Lee Ermey: "The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle." ****************************************************************** We're going to be "gifted" with a health care plan we are forced to purchase and fined if we don't, Which purportedly covers at least ten million more people, without adding a single new doctor, but provides for 16,000 new IRS agents, written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress that didn't read it but exempted themselves from it, and signed by a President, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes, for which we'll be taxed for four years before any benefits take effect, by a government which has already bankrupted Social Security and Medicare, all to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that's broke!!!!! 'What the hell could possibly go wrong?' | |||
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Mike, A truly fabulous flatdog....... but you've made me nervous. - I have to swim in that bloody river from time to time!  | |||
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retreever, Hell of a 'dile. I think hunting them is way under rated. Congrats on a great trophy. I have a 13'7" croc from the Zambesi but I'm trying for a bigger one in Mozambique in '09. Mark MARK H. YOUNG MARK'S EXCLUSIVE ADVENTURES 7094 Oakleigh Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89110 Office 702-848-1693 Cell, Whats App, Signal 307-250-1156 PREFERRED E-mail markttc@msn.com Website: myexclusiveadventures.com Skype: markhyhunter Check us out on https://www.facebook.com/pages...ures/627027353990716 | |||
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Beautiful croc. I have wanted to hunt one of these for a while now. I certainly don't want to change the subject but is that a full-body tiger mount behind you in the first picture? | |||
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Coyotehunter very observant...yes it is a full mounted Siberian tiger... It is the taxidermists.. Mike | |||
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great crock mike make a great body pillow brian r simmons | |||
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Great croc. Tell us what you used to take him and where did you hit him. Lot of shoes there. Namibiahunter  . | |||
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Here is a link to the story, shot it with a 375 300gr TSX.... https://forums.accuratereloading.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/...=301100135#301100135 Mike | |||
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Mike It turned out great! By the way, the cheesecake shot you posted is typically done on a bear skin rug - but, it works for you SCI Life Member DSC Life Member | |||
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That is quite a croc my friend. Where is he going to go? "There are worse memorials to a life well-lived than a pair of elephant tusks." Robert Ruark | |||
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Um, that's beefcake but you didn't hear that from me. _______________________________ | |||
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Retreever, Also got my first croc in the Ruaha River, but not a specimen as you have, approx 13 ft. Your croc has the best set of teeth of any mount that I have seen. Is that the original head-teeth-bone structure?? My shot destroyed the head so have a insert head and teeth. Also had a problem of where to put the darn thing. Seems it is easier to accomodate a full body mount of an antelope that a full skin croc wall hanger. Let us know where this guy ends up! Nice job, I am sure you will have the story in Dallas. Dakota | |||
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retreever , congrats on a helluva 'dile. As mark said , hunting a big guy like that is underrated , i personally think they are one of the coolest trophies out there .. well done again "The greatest threat to our wildlife is the thought that someone else will save it” www.facebook.com/ivancartersafrica www.ivancarterwca.org www.ivancarter.com ivan@ivancarter.com | |||
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Dakota here is the pic before the taxidermist did his magic...Skull cap was still in tack...He died from a fractured skull.. All are his teeth and they are huge... You can see the entrance ho;e on the left and fracture and exit on right side ...   | |||
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Mike, you sure have some great pictures and experiences. I agree, croc hunting is great fun! Steve "He wins the most, who honour saves. Success is not the test." Ryan "Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Stalin Tanzania 06 Argentina08 Argentina Australia06 Argentina 07 Namibia Arnhemland10 Belize2011 Moz04 Moz 09 | |||
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Nice croc! A question to anyone out there; the nostrils of the croc has been "carved out" by skinners (1st pic on above post) - I assume to better dry it. Is this the preferred method by Taxidermists? "...Them, they were Giants!" J.A. Hunter describing the early explorers and settlers of East Africa hunting is not about the killing but about the chase of the hunt.... Ortega Y Gasset | |||
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Nice Croci.... Well done ! Seloushunter Nec Timor Nec Temeritas | |||
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What's his name? Congrats.  ------------------------------- Will Stewart / Once you've been amongst them, there is no such thing as too much gun. --------------------------------------- and, God Bless John Wayne. NRA Benefactor Member, GOA, N.A.G.R. _________________________ "Elephant and Elephant Guns" $99 shipped “Hunting Africa's Dangerous Game" $20 shipped. red.dirt.elephant@gmail.com _________________________ Hoping to wind up where elephant hunters go. | |||
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Great Croc! Thanks for all of your help this year and best of luck in 2008 "Anything he did not accomplish as a pupil was my failing as a teacher" Max you will be missed Aug-02 1999; May 20, 2008 | |||
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My, that's a big one, Mike! Congratulations! Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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