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I was feeling a little "artistic" this evening....and thought I would pay tribute to my South Texas Water Buffalo hunt from last year. Not all trophy photos have to be taken in the field.  _______________________________________________________ Hunt Report - South Africa 2022 Wade Abadie - Wild Shot Photography Website | Facebook | Instagram | ||
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Nice trophy, nice photograph! Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "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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What kind of wood is that mounted on? | |||
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Wendell, It is mounted on a very large piece of mesquite. _______________________________________________________ Hunt Report - South Africa 2022 Wade Abadie - Wild Shot Photography Website | Facebook | Instagram | |||
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Sweet. That is a big chunk o mesquit! | |||
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I like it but that cigar isn't lit. Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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Yeah it is!! There are actually three massive pieces to the base: the oval shaped piece where the skull sits, the base (which is the largest piece...nearly 3 inches thick), and the wedge holding the two together. All of it with the skull probably weighs 80-90 lbs. It is VERY heavy. The taxidermist I use for my euro mounts gets the mesquite from a gentleman in Kerrville that owns a sawmill. He will custom make just about any mesquite bases/plaques my taxi requests. _______________________________________________________ Hunt Report - South Africa 2022 Wade Abadie - Wild Shot Photography Website | Facebook | Instagram | |||
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You are correct....and it would look better if it was. I wasn't really expecting to get that good of a photo, and I had simply grabbed one of the sticks out of my humidor for the picture. But I don't smoke inside my house anyway. _______________________________________________________ Hunt Report - South Africa 2022 Wade Abadie - Wild Shot Photography Website | Facebook | Instagram | |||
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