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Here's a buffalo I just finished, everyone always wants "THAT LOOK". Well,Did I get it right this time? bewildered



Jerry Huffaker
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Yup, I think you did!!

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WOW!.....you must owe him alot! Nice job.

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Outstanding! I can't wait until our trophies get to you!


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Nice job Jerry! thumb


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I know that's not mine, but give me that look.
 
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Excellent work. THANKS for posting the picture. cheers cheers cheers cheers


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Oh My! THAT's the look thumb

Superb job.


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Fantastic !! What a great job. I'll keep this one in mind when I get one. thanks for posting.
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Fantastic job!

Regards,
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How am I going to get it to Canada after you do mine? Nice work!!!


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Yep, you got it right, Jerry! He looks like I owe him money!


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Jerry how did you do those ears? would've been tough with all those splits.


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Very nice indeed!
 
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Jerry, post that picture on your wall. That's exactly the pose I want on mine (if we ever get them back from Zim).
 
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May I ask a taxidermy question? If a client asks you to "fix" a soft bossed buffalo by building up the boss to make it look hard, is the result convincing?
 
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Yeah, I just took out my wallet, took out all of the cash I had it in, and held it up to the computer screen.

I think you did well.


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Very well done!
 
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Slumlord... thinks I not gonna pay... yeah.






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Jerry,

Any of us who have been fortunate to go after buf know that look...It is there outstanding...

Good to meet you in Dallas...

Mike thumb


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looks great to me!
 
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wow, it's my new computer background, to remind me why I need to be a better steward of my money, so I can go get one myself. fantastic work!

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Most pictures of buffalo posted here are of dead buffs. This one looks very alive! Well done!

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Jerry,you are a Leonardo DaVinci come back to life!
 
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Absolutely fantastic!


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WOW!


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Hey, Dan!
Two Questions.
1. Have you ever had a trophy "augmented" in any way?

2. Why would you ask Jerry such a question?


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Dan,
This bull was not completely hard so I had to build part of the boss. As you can see if it is done right it is very convincing. No bull leaves my shop with a soft boss. Wink


Jerry Huffaker
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No bull leaves my shop with a soft boss.


You Da Man, Jerry! animal


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"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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Excellent work Jerry!!


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Very nice looking mount!
 
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It's that squint around the eyes that makes the difference.


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I think you have definetly gotten "the look". Is it the photo or did you add some gold/bronze color to what I believe is normaly an all black nose?


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Very nice.


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Originally posted by Jerry Huffaker:
Dan,
This bull was not completely hard so I had to build part of the boss. As you can see if it is done right it is very convincing. No bull leaves my shop with a soft boss. Wink


Yes, I could not tell if that was the original boss or if it had been enhanced, so it is very convincing.
 
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Dan,
This bull was not completely hard so I had to build part of the boss. As you can see if it is done right it is very convincing. No bull leaves my shop with a soft boss. Wink


Yes, I could not tell if that was the original boss or if it had been enhanced, so it is very convincing.

That is just wrong, to be "convincing" suggest that the authenticity could not be argued, the hardness of the boss is either bonafide or not!


 
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RayRay,
That's true in principle, but I mount everything according to the customers specifications,(sometimes whether I like it or not) and I have yet to have a customer ask to make the boss on their buffalo soft.


SBT, It's just a reflection, I am not a very good photographer, and I struggle with light when taking mount pictures.


Jerry Huffaker
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I wont comment on the boss, but when I opened that picture, I automaticly slid two rounds into my 470NE double! Nice work Jerry! beer


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excellent job. I wanted the malignant stare, but got a buffalo in love, almost doe eyed. dancing
 
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makes me wanna say "I swear I didnt know she was your little sister".
 
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