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Croc Back Home !
26 August 2009, 19:49
Dave FulsonCroc Back Home !
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
26 August 2009, 21:16
ghostbirdGreat looking mount... fabulous !
Good looking axis too !
Andy
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26 August 2009, 21:41
NavalukI really like the design of that mount.
Well done Dan.
26 August 2009, 21:42
djsjrDave - 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.
26 August 2009, 22:03
bo-n-aroWhat 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??
26 August 2009, 22:11
KwanDave
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
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26 August 2009, 22:11
SevensIs 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!
27 August 2009, 03:54
L. David KeithGreat looking Croc Dave! Good hunting, David
Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris
http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333
Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com
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Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt:
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142Hunting 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#212108409Natal: 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#926103994110 days in the Stormberg Mountains
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322Back 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."
27 August 2009, 07:48
Dave FulsonThanks 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
27 August 2009, 14:42
Equinsu OchaLooks awesome, Dave!!
Have a great trip and my Diana smile upon you and give you a crack at a big sable..
27 August 2009, 22:41
woodsieLooks Great!
W.
27 August 2009, 23:34
matt uNice Croc Dave
Good luck with the Sable can't wait to see it
28 August 2009, 13:12
AndersGreat 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..
28 August 2009, 16:27
Tim Heraldgreat mount and that room is incredible. Congrats!
Good Hunting,
Tim Herald
Worldwide Trophy Adventures
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28 August 2009, 20:18
WhitworthWow! 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.
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"Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time"
16 March 2010, 16:25
Wildlife GalleryI 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...
16 March 2010, 16:37
GraftonThat looks pretty cool!
17 March 2010, 04:18
L. David Keithyes 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/6881000262Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142Hunting 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#212108409Natal: 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#926103994110 days in the Stormberg Mountains
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322Back 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."
17 March 2010, 05:54
butchbucklove that table; A+ in the creativity dept
19 February 2011, 05:30
bwananelsonnice work
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19 February 2011, 19:59
bwanamrmKind 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.
08 March 2011, 06:21
WoodmnctryNow that is cool!--------
OMG!-- my bow is "pull-push feed" - how dreadfully embarrasing!!!!!
08 March 2011, 06:39
SGraves155Absolutely 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!
