trophy heads

31 July 2008, 05:53

puntgunner

trophy heads

Ivâ€™e bought a new camera. So I though I might show a few of the trophies Ive had over the years.

Hope you do not find it a too indulgent.

Regards

31 July 2008, 08:41

Wooly ESS

No, it's not too indulgent, and WHAT IN GOD'S NAME IS THAT THING WITH THE FANGS?

31 July 2008, 09:22

Millwall Paul

Very nice Puntguner

31 July 2008, 12:44

Fallow Buck

quote:
Originally posted by Wooly ESS:
No, it's not too indulgent, and WHAT IN GOD'S NAME IS THAT THING WITH THE FANGS?

Wooly,

In cetrain parts of England we have the last remaining wild populations of the pigmy sabre toothed tiger. Limited hunting is available to help protect livestock and fund conservation projects.

Rgds,
FB

31 July 2008, 12:52

Claret_Dabbler

quote:
Originally posted by Fallow Buck:
quote:
Originally posted by Wooly ESS:
No, it's not too indulgent, and WHAT IN GOD'S NAME IS THAT THING WITH THE FANGS?

Wooly,

In cetrain parts of England we have the last remaining wild populations of the pigmy sabre toothed tiger. Limited hunting is available to help protect livestock and fund conservation projects.

Rgds,
FB

FB, would you ever keep quiet. Now we are going to have dozens of yanks wanting to come to Baldock to hunt the wee cats...

31 July 2008, 13:01

UKhunter

FB...seriously...delete the post about the PSTTs.

You of all people should know how difficult it is to get a PAC permit for one of these.

At least the price is still reasonable these days, if the yanks find out about them it will end up like some of those Asian sheep at 25K a pop.

31 July 2008, 13:30

Fallow Buck

Last I heard USF&G did not allow them to be imported hence the relatively cheap prices still. CITES situation may have changed since though. Would be interesting if someone stateside could find out for us.

Rgds,
FB

31 July 2008, 15:14

puntgunner

Good observation FB.
But,in fact, it is a wererabbit.

Since the Chernobyl cloud passed over this land, we have noticed mutations in some creatures. So it has been very slight. Others it has been more noticeable.

So much so that a new trophy scoring system has been developed to mark these abnormal heads.

The judging takes place at the beginning of April each year. The highest scores are achieved by the degree of mutation. As most of the creatures have developed canine teeth, this is one of the factors.
Also the degree of antler malformation is also taken into account.

Here are 3 heads I entered last April.

31 July 2008, 20:08

griff

I believe the latin name is is pissus-takkus- illegitimae..

regards
griff

01 August 2008, 02:55

Wooly ESS

Oh thank goodness, it's only a sabre toothed tiger. I thought perhaps it was the vicar's wife!

01 August 2008, 17:34

Fallow Buck

Wooly,

they don't have a medal big and shiny enough for the vicars wifes teeth...

FB

01 August 2008, 20:09

Wooly ESS

01 August 2008, 20:31

Claret_Dabbler

Wooly, to answer your original question, the skull with the fangs is that of a Chinese Water Deer. An exotic import / escapee found in certain areas of south east England.

The pigmy sabre tooth tiger is a much better story though.

02 August 2008, 10:15

Wooly ESS

quote:
Originally posted by Claret_Dabbler:
... a Chinese Water Deer...

Good Lord!

02 August 2008, 16:13

D99

Wooly,

You could always go to texas and shoot one.

02 August 2008, 16:15

D99

Puntgunner,

Man you have taken some nice deer!

07 August 2008, 18:50

Anders

WOW! Beautiful trophies.. I must go over the pond next winter and try for the muntjac and cwd!

08 August 2008, 04:14

Cazador humilde

quote:
Originally posted by D99:
Wooly,

You could always go to texas and shoot one.

That's Texas with a capital "T". And that thar is a damn fine ideer. I'll look into importin me some uh them right quick like; thowin up a high fence, commence to feed the hell out of 'em with protein feed and chargin' yankees $10,000.00 a pop to off one of the little buggers.

08 August 2008, 04:17

Cazador humilde

quote:
Originally posted by Cazador humilde:
quote:
Originally posted by D99:
Wooly,

You could always go to texas and shoot one.

That's Texas with a capital "T". And that thar is a damn fine ideer. I'll look into importin me some uh them right quick like; thowin up a high fence, commence to feed the hell out of 'em with protein feed and chargin' yankees $10,000.00 a pop to off one of the little buggers. One slight glitch might be, I think they're use to RAIN and lots of it.

08 August 2008, 09:44

luv2safari

Great trophies and a good camera, IMO!

I have recently gained an appreciation of what you have over there on that soggy/foggy island.

I do thank you for sharing with us.

L2S

08 August 2008, 20:17

sewinbasher

quote:
Originally posted by Claret_Dabbler:
Wooly, to answer your original question, the skull with the fangs is that of a Chinese Water Deer. An exotic import / escapee found in certain areas of south east England.

The pigmy sabre tooth tiger is a much better story though.

Not just the SE of England where there are actually relatively few, the latest distribution maps show the largest area containing them to be Norfolk and with them present in much of the rest of East Anglia, and extending south west through Cambridgeshire into Buckinghamshire.

They have been present in the area between Leighton Buzzard and Aylesbury for at least 10 years.

09 August 2008, 14:46

pearling

I also think they are now in the region of the humber. No doubt they hitched a ride to establish a population there.

09 August 2008, 17:01

sewinbasher

quote:
Originally posted by pearling:
I also think they are now in the region of the humber. No doubt they hitched a ride to establish a population there.

There are new reported populations in quite a few areas of England that are not adjacent to previous records but in most cases they occupy just one ot two grid squares which suggests some hitching of rides as you mentioned.

These include squares in the Swindon area, a couple around Gloucester, and quite a few in West Sussex or Hants.

However the nearest current record of CWD to the Humber are two adjacent squares near Grantham in which CWD were reported in 2002 and one near York which had reports in 1972 but which may no longer be there.

09 August 2008, 20:10

Wooly ESS

Would someone like to post of photo of one of these creatures alive? I can't even imagine a deer with fangs!

Or are they an elusive creature, hard to spot in the wild - like a jackalope.

10 August 2008, 02:17

sewinbasher

quote:
Originally posted by Wooly ESS:
Would someone like to post of photo of one of these creatures alive? I can't even imagine a deer with fangs!

Or are they an elusive creature, hard to spot in the wild - like a jackalope.

Follow this link and you will see a buck with the tusks showing.

http://www.bds.org.uk/chinese_water_deer.html

10 August 2008, 11:18

Hamish

Gidday Guys,

Chinese Water Deer! That what happens when you feed the deer water instead of Famous Grouse or Chivas. They grow teeth like that.

I have a couple of ex Mothers in Law that that happened to.

Let this be a warning!

Happy Hunting

Hamish

06 September 2008, 11:16

D99

quote:
Originally posted by Cazador humilde:
quote:
Originally posted by D99:
Wooly,

You could always go to texas and shoot one.

That's Texas with a capital "T". And that thar is a damn fine ideer. I'll look into importin me some uh them right quick like; thowin up a high fence, commence to feed the hell out of 'em with protein feed and chargin' yankees $10,000.00 a pop to off one of the little buggers.

I quite capitolizing it when I realized that my adopted Alaska is twice as big as texas with enough room for Wyoming left over.

Not everything is bigger in texas.

I actually love Texas, pretty girls, good Mexican food, lots of nice animals to shoot at, and they occasionally speak English.