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Here are a few pics of my "Man Room" (sorry lady hunters). Just got the Ivory back a couple of weeks ago. Have 28 animals remaining at the taxidermy including 2 Leopard, 3 Buffalo, and 1 Lioness. Hope they will all fit!











 
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Wow, that's a very nice room. Congratulations.
 
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Is that a Tiger skin?
 
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Is that a Tiger skin?


Yes. It's the only thing in my room allowed that I didn't take. My wife bought it many years ago in an estate auction. It's old and ratty. Must be nearly 100 years old.
 
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Todd:

Great display. Tusks are superb.

Two thoughts.

One, 28 more mounts will NOT fit. Better add on.

Two, natural light from those big windows is beautiful, BUT it will quickly ruin two of your finest prizes (lion and brown bear) if you allow them to sit there for any length of time. Get some blinds.

Otherwise, really nice room.


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Blinds are probably not necessary. Could you not just add a lightly tinted UV film to the windows?
 
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Definitely get something to block the UV rays; window tint, blinds, or both. An excellent looking room though and it looks like you've been quite blessed ... lions, rhino, elephant, leopards. Cool

I'll agree with Will too, looks like time for an addition to the house!


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Brother, I plan to add a couple of long tusks as soon as I take a really good one. Make a geat entrance to 'trophy room'.

Like the yellow to accentuate your trophies.

Room needs to be bigger. Duh! You know that. Heck, I know that for mine.

Congrats on some really nice trophies.
 
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Very Impressiv!


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Thanks for all the nice comments.

By the way, the windows do have a "Low UV" film but blinds are not out of the question. Actually, with the positioning of the house, we only get direct light through those windows for about 1 hour just after daylight in the early morning. But, point well taken!

There are a few areas of the room not in view in these pics but I hear ya about adding on. Right now I'm more focused on spending the coin on hunts and pushing the taxidermy out over time.

Again, thanks for the nice comments. I always enjoy seeing other hunters trophy rooms as well.
 
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Beautiful room!



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Hey Todd. Great room. Welcome aboard.

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There are a few areas of the room not in view in these pics but I hear ya about adding on. Right now I'm more focused on spending the coin on hunts and pushing the taxidermy out over time.

That happened to an acquaintance of mine. He finally built a trophy room when he wasn't able to get into the garage (literally!) because of all the taxidermy.

It was a little cramped to say the least ... Cool


I look forward to seeing your trophy room grow, Todd!


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Man, can you just imagine the amount of hunting necessary to fill a room like that! What a life.
 
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Great lookin' room!
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Nice room.


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Awesome looking room.
 
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Just a little update on my trophy room. Picked up the sable and zebra this afternoon. Hung the sable and moved the gemsbok over to match. Ultimate goal is to have a 90 degree mounted roan opposite the sable, but for now, this will have to do.

Next up is the big leopard I took in 2011 that was the subject of my first post here on AR.

Cheers!



 
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Looking back over this thread just now, I realized I hadn't updated it with my first leopard either. So here it is, standing over a steenbok. Enjoy.

 
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The whole clutter thing is starting to get to me as well. We have some land in Colorado and may build something there, in which case I will export a lot stuff up there. My TR is at the end of a long hallway; you enter through French doors. To the right of the doors you step down into the garage and laundry room; that space is pretty tall, so I put my last elk there. I may start hanging stuff in the garage.

When I had a house in MN I had most of my stuff there.

I do like your idea of a zebra skin on the wall with mounts on top of it. I have two z skins in my TR; one is in front of my lion; it has a really nice buff skull on it. The other one is under the coffee table between two opposing sofas. I have two more in the garage.

I may also put some stuff in my daughter's guest bedroom; she works for my software company so I visit her several times per year.

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Sweet setup, Todd!
 
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Todd - well done on your "MAN CAVE".

Where on earth did you get that nasty toothed bad from??
 
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Todd - well done on your "MAN CAVE".

Where on earth did you get that nasty toothed bad from??


The bat? LOL. Yea, just a little something my wife hung on that buffalo for halloween. Took those original pictures around that timeframe and didn't even notice it until someone called my attention to it later. I actually hate it when she does those sorts of things with my trophies, but then again, she actually likes them in the house so I don't object too strongly ... not out loud anyway.
 
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GREAT TROPHIES AND WELL PRESENTED...I do think that 28 more will force you to enlarge,but look what you have storied in your memory box... beer
 
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GREAT TROPHIES AND WELL PRESENTED...I do think that 28 more will force you to enlarge,but look what you have storied in your memory box... beer


I'm loosing ground right now. I've picked up 5 of those 28 but have added a few more. Definitely looking at building a new room. More hunting to do first however! Slowed the rate of taxidermy completion for awhile due to changing artist. Should be picking up steam again now.

Again, thanks for the nice replies folks.
 
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I understand I have some hunting to do ... Cool


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Start doing euro mounts Todd
It'll save you ton of room
Great trophy cave BTW


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Really nice, Good Job!


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The Stonework/masonry is both excellent and classic TX and you also utilized the skins vertically very nicely.
I see you also put in curtains to cut the sunlight which are trophy killers.. Good job.
I'd get rid of that Spanish Moss hanging above windows. Your roo. Is too nice for that touch.
Youth trophy's are very nicely arranged and spaced.
 
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awesome rooms and mounts
 
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My favorite was the pygmie giraffe full body mount in the 4th pic in the original post.

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Great room! Love the yellow walls. Do you know the name of the color?

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Great room! Love the yellow walls. Do you know the name of the color?

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I'll check for you when I get home later this week. Sherwin Williams brand, something "Gold". I was doing some touch ups last night and noticed this much. I'll get back to you. The yellow is a bit brighter in these photos than in real life. The latter photo of the Zebra is closer to the way it actually looks.
 
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Thanks! My room needs a new paint job and I like how the color makes the animals "pop" off the wall.

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Very nice indeed Todd, but you are running out of space! (throw ME in THAT briar patch! Smiler ). What are the height dimensions, apex, up to the first roof line, etc. We're looking to expand as I am out of room (in my much smaller trophy room)..


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Very nice indeed Todd, but you are running out of space! (throw ME in THAT briar patch! Smiler ). What are the height dimensions, apex, up to the first roof line, etc. We're looking to expand as I am out of room (in my much smaller trophy room)..


Jorge,

First roof line is 13', very top is 16'. Yep, definitely running out of room, more so of floor space for pedestal or life sized mounts than wall space as I still have a bit of room to move what's already on the walls, and there are a couple of spots, ie. the area behind the bar which is not shown, each side of the fireplace, and the wall where the moose antlers are, that's available. Haven't decided what to do long term however. My big leopard is going ON the bar and my second lion from CMS is going ... somewhere? Maybe move the table out from beneath the television and put him there?

But yeah, at some point, I'm either going to have to knock out the wall with the fireplace and go longer (don't want to get into the expense of changing the roof line by going wider Wink OR build an entirely new building out back. Kind of leaning that direction with 3 garage stalls on the back side for a tractor, my sports car, and maybe a proper workshop / reloading room. Just an easy matter of money you know! Kind of like golf being an easy and simple game of distance and direction? sofa NOT!
 
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Beautiful trophy room Todd, I am sure many great memories.

Going to be an odd question but who made/what wood is the TV stand?


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Beautiful trophy room Todd, I am sure many great memories.

Going to be an odd question but who made/what wood is the TV stand?


Oh man, I have no idea. It is an item the wife and I found in a "Western" furniture store here in North Texas. Has cow hide (with the hair) on the drawers and "longhorn" cow head type drawer handles. It just looked rustic as our entire house is decorated in this manner. Beyond that, I couldn't tell you. Really nothing special as we see dressers very similar all the time. You might Google Texas Western Furniture and see if you find anything similar.
 
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