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LDE taxidermy
19 August 2012, 20:21
A.DahlgrenLDE taxidermy
Never seen one like this before
19 August 2012, 20:33
Todd WilliamsCan't say that one does much for me.
Interesting, but not my cup of tea. It looks like a raw cape with the head not yet skinned out.
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19 August 2012, 20:36
Aspen Hill AdventuresWow! I like it.
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19 August 2012, 22:39
NavalukHow very European. Enough said.
19 August 2012, 23:19
D. Nelsonquote:
Originally posted by Aspen Hill Adventures:
Wow! I like it.
I like it too.
It would be perfect in the right place, but probably wouldn't look too good along side a lot of traditional mounts.
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19 August 2012, 23:38
TrophyShotPrintsSUPERB!!!
I like things that are a bit unique...
Anymore photos/angle of that piece?
19 August 2012, 23:56
Bill CollectorIts definitely 'artsy' but I rather like it. The key to this is where you put it and what pieces you surround it with to make it flow in your trophy room.
20 August 2012, 00:15
bwana cecilToo feminine looking. Looks like a chic wrapping herself up in a fur coat.
It's a LDE BULL! He's suppose to look majestic!
OK ladies, take your best shots, been married 34 yrs., I can take it.
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20 August 2012, 01:29
D. Nelsonquote:
Originally posted by bwana cecil:
Too feminine looking. Looks like a chic wrapping herself up in a fur coat.
It's a LDE BULL! He's suppose to look majestic!
OK ladies, take your best shots, been married 34 yrs., I can take it.
Bwana Cecil; You already know better!
20 August 2012, 01:41
bwana cecilNot the 1st 1 I've dug.
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20 August 2012, 02:09
Mike SmithNot to my taste, but even if it were it does not do an animal like the LDE justice.
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I'd need to see it from a few different angles to be sure, but I think it is beautiful...not traditional, and certainly not appropriate for a trophy room, but as a single piece in the correct location it could be magnificent.
I'm starting to envision other species given a similar treatment. I can see a Gemsbok or Zebra done that way very effectively.
20 August 2012, 04:25
GraftonI would have to say that while it is unique and interesting and I don't hate this, I just like a traditional mount so much better. The board it is mounted on just looks like a board. I think a shape of Africa of just a more organic shape in general would be more pleasing.
A full skin rug with a mounted head hanging on the wall would be better too in my opinion and would show of the size of the animal.
To me, the best memory of a hunt is right before the shot, when the animal is alive in all its glory. This reminds me of a caped out head before it goes into the salt. Interesting and a neat part of a hunt...but nothing like the moment before the shot.
20 August 2012, 09:25
jdollarquote:
Originally posted by Grafton:
I would have to say that while it is unique and interesting and I don't hate this, I just like a traditional mount so much better. The board it is mounted on just looks like a board. I think a shape of Africa of just a more organic shape in general would be more pleasing.
A full skin rug with a mounted head hanging on the wall would be better too in my opinion and would show of the size of the animal.
To me, the best memory of a hunt is right before the shot, when the animal is alive in all its glory. This reminds me of a caped out head before it goes into the salt. Interesting and a neat part of a hunt...but nothing like the moment before the shot.
+1 reminds me of a picture taken in the skinning shed.
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20 August 2012, 21:26
drwesA full shoulder mount on a big Eland takes a great deal of room to mount on the wall,,, this type of mount might be the only option for someone with a limited space to display,,my first thought,, good idea on a one horned trophy,,,,,,then ,,, although not for me,, not a bad option
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Not what I'd want in my trophy room, but in the right office, it would be very classy.
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21 August 2012, 07:33
reddy375Not done to my taste........
21 August 2012, 07:48
mohanNot my cup of Tea.
21 August 2012, 08:10
Jerry HuffakerThat could be the most horrific waste of one of the most beautiful animals in Africa I've ever seen.
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21 August 2012, 08:41
Todd Williamsquote:
Originally posted by Jerry Huffaker:
That could be the most horrific waste of one of the most beautiful animals in Africa I've ever seen.
21 August 2012, 08:55
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21 August 2012, 11:33
SaeedThis reminds me of Picaso's paintings!
Absolutely HORRIBLE as far as I am concerned, but, others seem to like them.
Anything which does not display the animal to its best, is not to my taste.
But, I suppose who is to say what is best?
Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder ha?
Funny how the ladies on this forum like this mount - just goes to show why I am not a woman I suppose
21 August 2012, 12:00
ScriptusI reckon it is a unicorn caught up in one of those old fashioned washing wringers. It was such a fight that even a plastic palm tree and the ironing board got wrapped up too.
21 August 2012, 17:35
dogcatLooks a bit like road kill...
I do not like that mount. Imagine taking one of the premiere african animals, including any of the big five, and then mounting it like that. LDE is a hunt that very few of us will ever get to experience, let alone do more than once, so why degrade the mount like this, compared to how a proper shoulder mount would display such a majestic animal.
21 August 2012, 21:55
CaracalThat's just spooky.
21 August 2012, 22:02
PSmithIn a word...NO
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21 August 2012, 22:19
Use Enough GunNot for this African Hunter either. Spending that kind of money on that kind of hunt would have resulted in a different mount for my house!
21 August 2012, 22:41
AnotherAZWriterquote:
Originally posted by Jerry Huffaker:
That could be the most horrific waste of one of the most beautiful animals in Africa I've ever seen.
Jerry Huffaker...master of the obvious.
Totally agree. Yuck.
21 August 2012, 23:01
NavalukI just compared it to my Derby mount and I do not regret my choice of mount design at all. I'm thankful for that because its not like a buffalo, I don't think I have another Derby Eland hunt left in me.
21 August 2012, 23:20
tendramsquote:
Originally posted by DLS:
Imagine taking one of the premiere african animals, including any of the big five, and then mounting it like that....
In addition to liking the above, I am also the guy who would rug a leopard and lion or skull mount a buffalo. Sometimes elegant is simple.
22 August 2012, 08:05
jdollarand sometimes simple is butt-ugly. and would you take a leopard rug mount, turn it on its side, throw in a fake palm frond and window frame,then wrinkle up the remaining hide??
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quote:
Originally posted by tendrams:
quote:
Originally posted by DLS:
Imagine taking one of the premiere african animals, including any of the big five, and then mounting it like that....
In addition to liking the above, I am also the guy who would rug a leopard and lion or skull mount a buffalo. Sometimes elegant is simple.
I have no problem with doing a leopard rug, and I have a couple buffalo skulls that I display that way, but I think it is a shame to do that LDE the way it is shown. The good thing is, my opinion on this one doesn't matter. As long as its owner likes it, that's all that matters. However, I'd never do an animal like that.
23 August 2012, 00:10
AnotherAZWriterI would like to meet one who got a full size leopard say, "Gee, I wish I would have rugged it..."
I can see it with a bear, but a leopard??
23 August 2012, 01:09
tendramsquote:
Originally posted by AnotherAZWriter:
I would like to meet one who got a full size leopard say, "Gee, I wish I would have rugged it..."
I can see it with a bear, but a leopard??
I would also do a simple horn mount on rhino (and hang my binos from it). I am a firm believer in understatement.
23 August 2012, 02:34
AnotherAZWriterquote:
Originally posted by tendrams:
quote:
Originally posted by AnotherAZWriter:
I would like to meet one who got a full size leopard say, "Gee, I wish I would have rugged it..."
I can see it with a bear, but a leopard??
I would also do a simple horn mount on rhino (and hang my binos from it). I am a firm believer in understatement.
Well, I will stick to my original supposition: I don't think I will ever meet anyone who did do a full mount on a leopard and regretted it.
I don't shoulder mount everything I shoot; I don't even mount the buffalo skulls on a plaque - they are either sitting on the floor of my TR or on top of the bookshelf/rifle display.
23 August 2012, 06:46
Molepololetendrams - I am also a believer in understatement and simple elegance, and all of the mounts you mentioned I could easily live with (rugged leopard or lion, buffalo skull mount, rhino horn coat hook). I think there's a big difference between a rugged leopard or lion, and a rugged LDE cape and head stuck on a rectangular board. A rugged lion or leopard has a classic, vintage look to it. This mount has no redeeming qualities - it just looks dead. It would be a tremendous waste to mount a cape eland this way, but a LDE? This obvious attempt at trying to be "artistic" is a huge failure on every level. Just my opinion.
23 August 2012, 06:56
bwana cecilThis mount has no redeeming qualities - it just looks dead. It would be a tremendous waste to mount a cape eland this way, but a LDE? This obvious attempt at trying to be "artistic" is a huge failure on every level. Just my opinion.
Don't hold back Molepolole. Tell us how you really feel.
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NEVER TRUST A FART!!!
Cecil Leonard
23 August 2012, 07:02
Elton RambinSalvador Dali ?
Different , but not quite my thing .
Scriptus. I thought perhaps a unicorn caught in one of our tornadoes.
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