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Here are some before and after finishing shots of Ann's Kudu. 10 years ago I stole one of Animal Artistry's great finishers, Jamie Outman, right out from under the nose of Mike Boyce as we worked together. This is why I have one of the best taxidermy finishers in the world working at my studio. Their is no such thing as a bad skin, We do whatever it takes to get the results we want for our clients.          December 2011 thru Decenber 2012 SAFARI SPECIAL! Been on Safari this year and expecting your shipment to hit the states soon? We now have 2 trucks and 2 trailers ready for "To your door FREE DELIVERIES". ANY AFRICAN SAFARI WORK over 6 Shoulder and or Life-size mounts or any Shoulder Pedestal or Life-size Mounts with a total invoice over $7,500 (Per current price list with no discounts) This is for shipments East of the Mississippi. West of the Mississippi we have great discounts you can't beat by freight. Yes that's right NO SHIPPING CHARGES or CRATE FEES . Hand delivered by our own drivers.  Producing the Highest Quality Custom Wildlife Mounts with less than 120 Working Day Delivery. Visit our Studio Online at: The Artistry of Wildlife "2009 World Champions" "Best in World Combined Artists" World Taxidermy Championships " 2010 Michigan State Champion" Email: info@artistryofwildlife.com | ||
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This is truly amazing to me. I am always fascinated by a good taxidermists artistic ability to make a beautiful mount out of a hide that is anything but beautiful coming back from the tannery. "Conservation through Hunting" | |||
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Dennis, check your PM! | |||
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Outstanding job guys, truly a compliment to yourself and the industry! 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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That is pretty damn amazing. I would guessed that the mount was a total loss. Mike | |||
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Ok, beautiful mount. My question is: is that the same skin? OR another cape?? I had a 184 3/8 muley buck remounted that my uncle killed back in '1946 that had sun bleached & rotted the ears, lips n nose off, one eye was white, skin almost white on one side etc. Grandkids were going to trash it. I knew the rack was just too great to throw out and asked for & got it. Swapped my smaller buck cape for cape & had it remounted. Came out beautiful too. That's a fine job, be proud of your work. George "Gun Control is NOT about Guns' "It's about Control!!" Join the NRA today!" LM: NRA, DAV, George L. Dwight | |||
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Really, to me, the result is quite miraculous. Unfortunately due to others mishandling the cape for so many years not only was it nasty looking but the mane fell out. ~Ann   | |||
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Georgeld. That is the same cape just before finishing and after finishing. December 2011 thru Decenber 2012 SAFARI SPECIAL! Been on Safari this year and expecting your shipment to hit the states soon? We now have 2 trucks and 2 trailers ready for "To your door FREE DELIVERIES". ANY AFRICAN SAFARI WORK over 6 Shoulder and or Life-size mounts or any Shoulder Pedestal or Life-size Mounts with a total invoice over $7,500 (Per current price list with no discounts) This is for shipments East of the Mississippi. West of the Mississippi we have great discounts you can't beat by freight. Yes that's right NO SHIPPING CHARGES or CRATE FEES . Hand delivered by our own drivers. Producing the Highest Quality Custom Wildlife Mounts with less than 120 Working Day Delivery. Visit our Studio Online at: The Artistry of Wildlife "2009 World Champions" "Best in World Combined Artists" World Taxidermy Championships " 2010 Michigan State Champion" Email: info@artistryofwildlife.com | |||
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Ann, I have been wondering about your kudu. I wanted to ask, but bit my tongue because I know that it was a sore subject. I would sure like to hear the story behind getting your kudu back. I think that your kudu might be the best trophy taken by an AR member. Jason "You're not hard-core, unless you live hard-core." _______________________ Hunting in Africa is an adventure. The number of variables involved preclude the possibility of a perfect hunt. Some problems will arise. How you decide to handle them will determine how much you enjoy your hunt. Just tell yourself, "it's all part of the adventure." Remember, if Robert Ruark had gotten upset every time problems with Harry Selby's flat bed truck delayed the safari, Horn of the Hunter would have read like an indictment of Selby. But Ruark rolled with the punches, poured some gin, and enjoyed the adventure. -Jason Brown | |||
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+1 Will J. Parks, III | |||
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I may come in for a re-finish of myself. I'm starting to look like the "before" photos of the kudu cape. Amazing rescue work. ______________________________ "Truth is the daughter of time." Francis Bacon | |||
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My kudu and several other trophies were simply not worked up by a former AR member who I trusted to do the work. I spent a few years trying to get him to return my capes. I did get everything back from him except a very nice black bear I arrowed on an Idaho wilderness hunt. Actually my best bear ever. He says he lost it. I have had a lot of trouble with taxidermists. Some of my stuff is now over ten years old and still not mounted. It took me years to force slimeball taxidermists to return my items. Not all were recovered, my only plains zebra is a loss as well. Many of my mounts were paid in full and these charlitans went out of business. I've been pretty gun shy since. Dennis has done very well by me. I just don't have the money to have all of my mounts done now so they get finished piecemeal, when I have the funds. Dennis is itching to do my leopard, hopefully someday! ~Ann | |||
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Nice to see you finally are getting your stuff mounted. Bummer about the bear! | |||
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Dennis I doubt there is another way to better show off your talents. If you can accomplish this anyone should be able to trust you with anything. | |||
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Forrest, you are a funny boy! "There are worse memorials to a life well-lived than a pair of elephant tusks." Robert Ruark | |||
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ANN: Did you hunt with Jan du Plessis when you shot that 62" kudu? Jesus saves, but Moses invests | |||
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I hear you there. I had a taxidermist that was sponsoring my television show. He agreed to do some taxidermy work in exchange for the promotion I gave him. He has (had?) my first black bear hide/skull, a bison skull and the cape for a VERY good whitetail! He was to make a rug from the bear, clean the skulls from the bear and the bison for Euro mounts and make a shoulder mount of the whitetail. He's since gone out of business, moved someplace out west and the only thing I have is a bison hide tanned and the rack from my whitetail. Believe me Ann, I feel your pain... | |||
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