African dep - small for now:

upwards


downwards



warth:



euro dep - reds and roes:






chamois colection:



gun case:

NIce setup. The rack the little girl is holding is out standing. I really liked the fish swimming out of the wall too. Is that a pike?

niced racks

awesome trophies! some great looking roe stags on that wall!

Great collection.

Thanks for sharing.

Kyler

thanks guys...yes Ben it is a pike that I cought when I was 7 years old - I woke up before dawn and went fishing on the lake that was some 1/2 a mile away from our family weekend cottage - I got a strike with 3 rd cast and get it out in a couple of minutes, but it was almost bigger than me and it took me 1/2 an hour to get it to the cottage - I held it for a gill cover and trawl it...Luke thanks for notice - I use to search for a non tipical or handicaped roebuck every year and when I find one its only that one that counts - there were seasons I stayed empty handed becouse of that...if I find some time I will pick the oddest racks and post them separatelly...

Great Capercalle mount!!!

Mouse93, That's a lifetime of fun and pleasure you have shared wiht us. Thank you and well done. Good hunting!
Dave

mouse93,

Excellent collection! Nothing wrong with it! Keep them coming!!!!!

Thanks for sharing!!

Great collection! I like the "Zehner", the 5x5 stag... bit of an odd shape...

Frans

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Originally posted by dogcat:
Great Capercalle mount!!!

Hazel grouse - treated as a big game in our parts - one of my favourite till there was an open hunt (its fully protected now)...I only hunted it by calling...It is highly teritorial and monogamus bird...the hunt takes place in woods early in the september on clear cold days...you need a special whistle made from hollow cat or marten bone and a good musical ear to imitate male`s call which is used by male to mark its teritory...every bird has distinctive chorus that never change, so you must also whistle your chorus exactly the same all the time because those birds have a keen ear and if you blow it just a bit you are out of game...so when hunting you must first locate the teritory that is occupied by teritorial male and find a good place to hide yourself...after everything settles down, you whistle your first chorus and normally get a rapid response by the birds answer...sometimes it flies over instantly other times it can answer you for 1 hour and after some silence time it comes by foot, but sometimes it just becomes silent and you wont see it this time...my best hunt on one perticullar male took 3 years - every time I came to his territory and whislte he answerd right away but never showed...but one day I was fox hunting with my hound that just passed that territory when I heard his call...I take a hide (havent had my whistle with me) so i just tried to imitate the sound of the wings (prrr or smthn) that got him of the hook and he landed in the slope 30 m above - that cost him his life...it was a nice old cock that outgrown any other hazel grouse at the taxidernist for 10%...otherwise its a great speciality in cuisine (beautifull soft white meat)...

mouse93,

Very nice. Thanks for inviting us in

The more that I see Europeon mounts done with African animals the more I like them. Not only do they look very good, they take up less room and cost less money.

Doug

Mouse93
You have a GREAT collection !!!
What calibers you use ???
Thanks for sharing !!!
L

thank you guys...Lorenzo in Africa I used 7 mm rem mag and .300 win mag, at home there were 7x57, 7x64, 7,62x54R, 8x68S and 9,3x62...

Hey Mouse,very nice.You got everything to make you happy.Good work.Commendable performance!That grouse was just dazzling.

Good stuff!

Homer Simpson voice on: Mmmmm, merganserrr..

Nice display! And thanks for sharing it with us.Is your girl interested in hunting? Mine can't wait.I've had her out after squirrels the last few years.Dave

- we have more contenders here, and we are more in the zoologic phase right now , hunting can wait for now



contenders with 2006 AR calendar - that is a trophy "per se"

A very nice European and African collection. Thank you for sharing. Kudude

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Originally posted by mouse93:
African dep - small for now:

upwards

Three new acquisitions in African dep:





And a "new look":

That's a lot of chamois and roe deer. Nice.

VERY nice collection. Love the Roe deer. Must make time to collect one.

Mouse:
Very nice! Puts my efforts to shame.
Cheers

Thanks guys - Bryan IMO no efforts are to be shame of - there are many trophy rooms on this site only, that would put mine to shame by that means

Mouse93,

I see you have some of the most important and hardest to keep trophies, smiling children and a good dog. Children grow up too fast and good dogs die too soon. Keep them all close.

Great overall collection. Could you take a couple of more photos from different angles of the grouse?? It is a wonderful mount. A superb collection.

montycalhoun soorry for delay:

WOW, absolutely stunning!! What species is the grouse?? Where and how are they hunted??
Thank you for the tour of your wonderful trophies and thank you for sharing them with us.

Hazel grouse (Tetrastes bonasia) - also considered a big game in our parts - one of my favourite till there was an open hunt (its fully protected now)...I only hunted it by calling...It is highly teritorial and monogamus bird...the hunt takes place in woods early in the september on clear cold days...you need a special whistle made from hollow cat or marten bone and a good musical ear to imitate male`s call which is used by male to mark its teritory...every bird has distinctive chorus that never change, so you must also whistle your chorus exactly the same all the time because those birds have a keen ear and if you blow it just a bit you are out of game...so when hunting you must first locate the teritory that is occupied by teritorial male and find a good place to hide yourself...after everything settles down, you whistle your first chorus and normally get a rapid response by the birds answer...sometimes it flies over instantly other times it can answers you for 1 hour and after some silence time it comes by foot, but sometimes it just becomes silent and you wont see it this time...my best hunt on this perticullar male took years - every time I came to his territory and whistled he answered right away but never showed...but one day I was fox hunting with my hound that just passed that territory when I heard his call...I took a hide (havent had my whistle with me) so I just tried to imitate the sound of the wings (prrr or smthn) that got him of the hook and he landed in the slope 30 m above - that cost him his life...it is a nice old cock that outgrowned other hazel grouse at the taxidernist for 10%...otherwise its a great speciality in cuisine (beautifull soft white meat)...

Thank you for that exceptional description of the hunt. Sounds like a wonderful hunt and a more than worthy trophy.

Would you mind if I downloaded the photos to my computer??

Thanks again,

Monty

Great collection. I love the Euro style mounts.

I like your trophy room!

It looks like a nice lived in, personal space. Not the florescent, anti-bacterial wipe, unappealing surgical environments that some folks seem to like...

Where did you hunt those beautiful roe deer?happy x-mas

That is a excellent collection

Really nice collection, thanks for sharing.

Thank you guys - montycalhoun be my guest , diego trophies mainly come from the hunting ground that lays ~30 km south of Ljubljana (Slovenia). It is 6.000 Ha big, it starts with lowland marsh in the northern part (300m a.s.l.) with abundance of small game (hare, fox, pheasant...), waterfowl roe deer and occasional boar and red deer. Further south it climbs up to plateau (900m a.s.l.) with roe deer, red deer, boars, brown bears...and on the southern part it drops into canyons where red and roe deer, brown bears and chamois can be found. Here is a pic of the area (Google Earth):

thanks for the quick response. I´ll have to make a plan to visit slovenia for hunting cause for roe deer i have only hunted in spain. Did not know they were so good there. Any clues for a goodm, serious outfitter there? Best for 2008

Awesome collection thanks for sharing.