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Last fall I was thinking of a new way to honor the birds we pursue while remembering a great season. After a few quick calls, I sent a grouse, woodcock and pheasant up to Bare bones mounts (http://www.barebonesmounts.com/) in Maine to give them the Dermestid beetle treatment. The result has arrived and I could not be happier.   Grouse, Woodcock, Pheasant  "I speak of Africa and golden joys; the joy of wandering through lonely lands; the joy of hunting the mighty and terrible lords of the wilderness, the cunning, the wary and the grim." Theodore Roosevelt, Khartoum, March 15, 1910 | ||
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Wow, those look great! -+-+- "If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun." - The Dalai Lama | |||
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Atticus, that is stunning. Big thanks for sharing, both for the idea as well as the local link for a beetle guy. I have some work for them, if they're taking on first time clients.  ______________________ Hunting: I'd kill to participate. | |||
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Looks good Billy. ----------------------------------------- "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. -Henry David Thoreau, Walden | |||
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Very cool! Was just going to say that's right up Kamo Gari's alley but he beat me to it! | |||
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Wow...that is very thoughtful and unique. Probably a great conversation starter. Presentation is very tastefully done. | |||
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Beetle's are the way to go for all skulls/bones. Great looking frame Atticus 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's a great idea! Well done too. | |||
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Very nice.....I'm fond of skulls meself. A quick boiling with Sal soda and then leaving them in the garage for a month gets them looking just like yours....I'm not sure what bug it is but some sort of hairy larval looking thing (not maggots) shows up with his buddies and devours all the remaining soft tissue. Edit: I just looked it up and the critters that show up are in fact dermestid larvae.....I guess the message is: leave it and they will come.  | |||
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Don't mess with those man. If they get into your house and mounts they'll ruin a lot of good work!
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Apparently you've never seen Norty's collection...   For the love of all things sacred, Norty, man, please, post a couple pics. You know the ones. The mink and woodie at least! ______________________ Hunting: I'd kill to participate. | |||
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I could really do without a photo of his woody.......just sayin! | |||
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Pics to follow......you asked for it.  | |||
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About 10 times! Now c'mon, share the wealth already. Folks, prepare to be dazzled and amazed! ______________________ Hunting: I'd kill to participate. | |||
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Leading off the display.....is Mink The Merciless....for added effect he cut the ears off and put a pack of cigarettes out on his back.  Next up is the specially "antiqued" GWT....looked a 100 years old the day I got it....well done.  Ah, "art school" Woodie.....with the paint-by-numbers bill and paste-on eye.....poor guy didn't deserve this treatment.   And who could forget the Uncommon Eider with a metal spike projecting from the top if his head.   And finally, the hoodie with severe neck issues...I think he swallowed a U-bolt somewhere in the marsh.  All these mounts of kills from early in my career are in transition to the basement, ne'er to be seen again.  | |||
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THAT'S THE SPIRIT, AND GOOD MAN! Pure awesome. Now, everyone, BOW TO YOUR LEADER!______________________ Hunting: I'd kill to participate. | |||
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