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Hi Guys I am off to Zambia, then Mozambique with Boddington tomorrow. About a month on this tour of duty. I could not resist posting some before and after pics of a 14 ft. croc I shot in Moz a while back. I am a very avid croc hunter and decided to really throw good taste out the window and have the whole thing mounted lifesize. As always, Dan Catlin and his great team at The Wildlife Gallery hit it out of the park. In fact, Dan and Charlotte came to Texas to help me hang it up (GOD what a process) and then we nipped off to hunt Axis deer in the hill country. This is really a show stopper of a mount if I do say so myself and I just wanted to show my AR buddies my new pride and joy! See you in a month Dave Fulson | ||
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This was definitely a show stopper of a mount for Dave's trophy room, and an incredible task getting him hung. I had our fabrication shop make a custom - adjustable bracket for this mount, and we could not have hung it without the bracket and lots of help, sweat, and soar backs.... I included a couple pictures of the crock and the Axis Deer Dave guided Charlotte on. Dave is a "Hoot" to hunt with I tell you, and we enjoyed every minute of it.... Thanks Dave, DAN      | |||
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Great looking mount... fabulous ! Good looking axis too ! Andy -------------------------------------------- National Rifle Association - Life Member National Wild Turkey Federation - Diamond Life Sponsor Pope & Young Club - Associate Member | |||
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I really like the design of that mount. Well done Dan. | |||
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Dave - Super mount. I just dropped off some skins to Dan the other day - they have a excellent operation and it is good to see a business doing well in northern Michigan. . Good luck and safe travels. | |||
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What a huge crock and great mount!!! Congrats Dave! Looks like you have filled that new trophy room up since I was there. (Several years ago when you had the DFW SCI meeting at your place.) Dan, what did the mount end up weighing? Do you have nay pics of the mounting bracket...... or is that proprietary?? | |||
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Dave Great croc, and I must say, super mount, I just love it when people decide too do a full mount, Some does not do it any honor, but this is as sweet as it gets Walter Enslin kwansafaris@mweb.co.za DRSS- 500NE Sabatti 450 Rigby 416 Rigby | |||
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Is that a warthog in the croc's mouth in the trophy photo? Very cool mount, looks like you have got quite a trophy room as well. Any chance for more pics of your whole trophy room? Please!  ____________________________ If you died tomorrow, what would you have done today ... 2018 Zimbabwe - Tuskless w/ Nengasha Safaris 2011 Mozambique - Buffalo w/ Mashambanzou Safaris | |||
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Great looking Croc Dave! Good hunting, David 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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Thanks guys. Dan and his team deserve all the credit! The critter in his mouth was a fully mature bush pig boar.I will be in the silver tube this time tomorrow looking forward to getting the hell off and a good nights sleep at Afton House. Hoping for a really nice sable in Zambia, a trophy that for whatever reason has been elusive for me so far in a pretty full safari life. Maybe this time. I always said I will only take one, and I hope this trip will be the one I find him on ! Then I hope the shot will do both he and I credit. As it will be on the show, you will all see if it comes right this time. Hope you enjoyed the croc pics, I really loved the mount. Thanks to Dan and the guys at Wildlife Gallery. And bye the way, It has been a very long time since I enjoyed guiding a hunter(and she is both a hunter and skilled shooter ) as Dan's wife Charlotte. Hard hunting, fun, and a pleasure to be with the both of them. Back 9-22 All the best Dave Dave Fulson | |||
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Looks awesome, Dave!! Have a great trip and my Diana smile upon you and give you a crack at a big sable.. | |||
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Looks Great! W. | |||
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Nice Croc Dave Good luck with the Sable can't wait to see it  | |||
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Great croc, Dave! An great mount as well.. You'll scare the hell out of every little kid that's trying to play with your mounts in the future..  Anders Hunting and fishing DVDs from Mossing & Stubberud Media: www.jaktogfiskedvd.no ..and my blog at: http://andersmossing.blogspot.com | |||
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great mount and that room is incredible. Congrats! Good Hunting, Tim Herald Worldwide Trophy Adventures tim@trophyadventures.com | |||
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Wow! That mount is nothing short of spectacular! "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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I thought everyone would be interested in Dave's reproduction croc head. Dave was kind enough to allow me to reproduce the massive head on his croc and use it for this new line of tables that we have created. We had this particular table and chairs at the Dallas Safari Club Show. This set has been sold, but we can make another just like it. The croc head actually has a light inside the mouth which makes it very impressive indeed. Would make quite a conversation piece in anyones trophy room...   | |||
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That looks pretty cool! | |||
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yes it does! 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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love that table; A+ in the creativity dept | |||
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nice work DRSS,SCI. ZOLI 9.3X74R (2) Zoli 450 400 NE Merkel 470 NE V-C 600 NE VICTOR SARASQUETA 375 | |||
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Kind of disconcerting to try and enjoy your single malt with that old boy giving you the eye! But I like it! On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | |||
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Now that is cool!-------- OMG!-- my bow is "pull-push feed" - how dreadfully embarrasing!!!!! | |||
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Absolutely huge croc, great place to put it!! It is big enough to drown a mature buffalo. It could swallow a man whole. Takes a 5 meter/16ft croc to do that. Essentially one ton of croc. I love croc hunting!! Crocs can be incredibly difficult to stalk. Congrats! Steve "He wins the most, who honour saves. Success is not the test." Ryan "Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Stalin Tanzania 06 Argentina08 Argentina Australia06 Argentina 07 Namibia Arnhemland10 Belize2011 Moz04 Moz 09 | |||
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