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 Jerry Huffaker State, National and World Champion Taxidermist | ||
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Jerry, I'm guessing you don't need me to tell you that's very nice work, but I'm gonna anyway... "If you’re innocent why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?”- Donald Trump | |||
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 beautiful mount Jerry!Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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Nice mount! What is the story on the base? Would have thought for what he paid you to do a lifesize, how much it cost him to whack the kudu, and all those incidental cost of an 21 Day east African safari that he would have bought a nicer base than that. | |||
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So what's wrong with the base? Most people want to see the animal. When I see a base of sagebrush, willows and weed filled, I start looking for exposed seams the taxidermist was trying to hide. Another point to consider is that most of the guys who have such a trophy have them in game rooms. A game room can only hold so much and the simpler and smaller the base, the more room for other mounts. I have one hunter whose game room now looks like a K-Mart Blue Light Sales Room. He has dozens of beautiful animals in there but it is so cluttered, it's difficult to see one particular mount. To that mix, I'm doing a 400 pound lifesized lioness right now that will stand under a leopard on a suspended branch with a dead steinbok. The base for that lioness will only be just large enough to support her and I'm not planning much more than Jerry has on his MINUS the "bumps" RETIRED Taxidermist | |||
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Nice job Jerry. Very clean, and I like the simple habitat. It does not distract from the mount. The base is appropriately sized. I usually prefer walnut to oak and I like the look of raised or recessed panels on a furniture base, but that is just personal preference. A weathered barn wood furniture base would also look good as it would compliment the color of the skin. The gold tones of the oak on this base do marry well with the color tones on the lower leg skin. | |||
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I also really like the mount and the base habitat work, however I would of added a bottom trim on the wood like the top trim to it for a little more balance and pazaz. Again, the taxidermy looks as good as gets. | |||
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Nicely done. That's a lot of work. Nice neck detail. _______________________________  | |||
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