Do you think it was a shooter?

Obviously someone thought so.

Strewth Dave, that must be even older than you!

35,40years old

As old as he will ever get!


Keith

That is an awesome mount. Whatever it cost it was money well spent.

where did you get a picture of my mother in law?

David, if you could send me the details on the taxidermist, I would certainly appreciate it. I need a good artist to tackle my cat taken last week and this guy seems to do some fine work!

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Originally posted by David Hulme:
Do you think it was a shooter?

I could not care less how old he is. If that is the way he looks at me, from that distance, he is DEAD!

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Originally posted by Todd Williams:
David, if you could send me the details on the taxidermist, I would certainly appreciate it. I need a good artist to tackle my cat taken last week and this guy seems to do some fine work!

You are kidding, aren't you?

Bill Quimby

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Originally posted by billrquimby:

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Originally posted by Todd Williams:
David, if you could send me the details on the taxidermist, I would certainly appreciate it. I need a good artist to tackle my cat taken last week and this guy seems to do some fine work!

You are kidding, aren't you?

Bill Quimby

Bill, you ARE kidding, aren't you?

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Originally posted by Saeed:


I could not care less how old he is. If that is the way he looks at me, from that distance, he is DEAD!

I think that's the way Jimmy Whittall was thinking when he shot it in the 1940s...

I think that's the way Jimmy Whittall was thinking when he shot it in the 1940s...

THE SHANGAAN SONG - STORIES FROM THE BUSH

I would have guessed the '60's, with that Beatles 'do.

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Originally posted by Todd Williams:

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Originally posted by billrquimby:

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Originally posted by Todd Williams:
David, if you could send me the details on the taxidermist, I would certainly appreciate it. I need a good artist to tackle my cat taken last week and this guy seems to do some fine work!

You are kidding, aren't you?

Bill Quimby

Bill, you ARE kidding, aren't you?

Todd:

Beauty obviously is in the eyes of the beholder. To my eyes, that lion head is a classic example of why many people still say "stuffed" when speaking of the taxidermy art. I would refuse to pay for such work and demand that the "stuffer" provide me with another head skin so I could take it to a qualified taxidermist, if that were my lion.

To each his own,I guess.

Bill Quimby

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Originally posted by billrquimby:

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Originally posted by Todd Williams:

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Originally posted by billrquimby:

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Originally posted by Todd Williams:
David, if you could send me the details on the taxidermist, I would certainly appreciate it. I need a good artist to tackle my cat taken last week and this guy seems to do some fine work!

You are kidding, aren't you?

Bill Quimby

Bill, you ARE kidding, aren't you?

Todd:

Beauty obviously is in the eyes of the beholder. To my eyes, that lion head is a classic example of why many people still say "stuffed" when speaking of the taxidermy art. I would refuse to pay for such work and demand that the "stuffer" provide me with another head skin so I could take it to a qualified taxidermist, if that were my lion.

To each his own,I guess.

Bill Quimby

Bill, we aren't seriously having this discussion, are we? Of course that is a world class "stuffing". I especially like the Elvis sideburns. And they got the facial expressions just right, don't you think. Kind of an electronic cattle prod on the testicles expression.

Bill, you need to go back and review ALL the posts on this thread because I think you are missing something. A sense of humor, perhaps?

Cheers

Not so much a shooter as a burner.
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He was shot 20 years before taxidermy was invented.

............................................................Ouch! Damn that makes my eyes hurt!

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Bill ... you are missing something. A sense of humor, perhaps?

Obviously.

Bill Quimby

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Originally posted by bwana cecil:
He was shot 20 years before taxidermy was invented.

Exactly, and has been decaying on the wall for 60+ years.

he looks more like an hyena with proper lamb chop sideburns that lived in the 70's than a lion!

A couple more points in defense of this mangy stuffing....That tongue is the original tongue skinned out. Wonder which modern day taxidermist could do that? Furthermore, if I had hunted and shot this lion the way Jimmy Whittall did (alone in the thick stuff in 1940 something with probably an old .303), I'd be a hell of a lot prouder than if I 'hunted' and shot any one of the 98.7% tame, permed lions that are shot these days, regardless of what the stuffing/mount looked like...Just saying...

It would be interesting to see if a modern taxidermist could rescue that mount.

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Originally posted by Palmer:
It would be interesting to see if a modern taxidermist could rescue that mount.

That's an interesting thought...Of course, it is just there for sentimental reasons, Roger has a number of fine modern mounts of different animals.

In other words, it's not the quality of the mount, but the quality of the hunt.