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Posted by DanS (Member # 316) on May 03, 2009, 05:49 PM:
After all this waiting, my Taxidermist called me this morning and said I can come get it. It looks pretty nice to me and is so far my largest cat. Not a monster by any stretch, but it's mine all the same. These are almost as rare as rocking horse poop or hens teeth for me.
Took it with my little Rem 700, 17 Classic and a 25gr Berger.
Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on May 04, 2009, 11:53 AM:
Looks great Dan! nice rug.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on May 04, 2009, 02:09 PM:
Yeah, looks great. You got it on the Huntmasters campout 2007?
Good hunting. LB
Posted by Tim Behle (Member # 209) on May 04, 2009, 03:03 PM:
Looks great! I've been thinking of doing one like that myself!
Posted by Az-Hunter (Member # 17) on May 04, 2009, 07:20 PM:
Wise choice on the rug Dan. I have never seen a cat mount that looked worth a shit to my eye, but the rug mount always looks much more attractive.....very nice indeed!
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on May 04, 2009, 09:52 PM:
....what Vic said. I'm also very critical of bobcat full body mounts. (however) the rugs are nice.
Good hunting. LB
Posted by DanS (Member # 316) on May 05, 2009, 07:42 AM:
Thanks for the positive comments,
Leonard, I got this one in Vic and Tim's area. I sold one of the Campout bobcats to pay for this one's taxidermy work.
First thing I looked at was the face, it seems that too many I've seen look funny or just wrong, but the guy did pretty good on this one I believe.
It's funny how wild game and fish always look bigger until you hang them on a digital scale. This tom was almost 25lbs according to my scale.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on May 05, 2009, 02:18 PM:
I have a trophy room, hardly ever go up there, but I did, right now.
The first pic is a quite large bobcat, a lynxcat, taken in late summer. (maybe August?) Not the best job, but it was done probably 35 years ago?
The second is the second largest bobcat I ever killed, the taxidermist had to use a lion form for it.
The largest? Wish I was able to keep it but it went bad on me, a long ways from home....I can't even find the picture any more. But he was a doosie!
You have a very nice trophy, Dan.
Good hunting. LB
Posted by TA17Rem (Member # 794) on May 05, 2009, 06:37 PM:
Leonard, Dan S.. Nice trophies...
Posted by Okanagan (Member # 870) on May 06, 2009, 12:19 PM:
Great looking mounts. Any idea of the weight on your larget bobcat, Leonard?
I love the spots on the back of your bobcat, Dan. I'd love to get one like that.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on May 06, 2009, 01:48 PM:
The rug was 29 pounds, and change; didn't have a chance to weigh the head mount, but a little more, I suspect? An educated (and conservative) guess, 32?
Good hunting. LB
edit: oh? did you mean the one I can't find the photo? Well, I have seen a legit 38 pounder, and that bad boy was right in the same league.
[ May 06, 2009, 01:51 PM: Message edited by: Leonard ]
Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on May 06, 2009, 03:07 PM:
I've only seen one 'cat that tipped a scal at 38#, and it was one I caught ten years ago when Dalian was just 8 years old. I was trying to work up a piece on a way to modify #2 coilsprings to make them dog proof like the Duffers and this big male 'cat kept spraying all my sets. Not a bad problem, except that we were only about two weeks into the season and they weren't prime enough to focus on yet. To save the article (which never got written), I set out two footholds - one at either end of this creek - and caught him the first night out by two toes on his front foot. He tipped a digital scale at 38#4oz and his skull was nearly 7-inches wide at its widest point. This is him, and Dal was right at 4 foot tall at the time.
It's been my experience, both as a customer and as a taxidermist following up with customers, that the best mount for a bobcat is actually a rug mount. You can hang them on the wall, throw them over the sofa back, or lay them on the floor, whichever best suits your decor at the time. Lifesize mounts are great, but the cat itself is going to set you back 4-500, then you have to add in the timel labor and materials for the base/ habitat. Then, after you get all that money invested in it, your wife makes you hang it in the garage. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
At least, with a rug, you have a fighting chance that it'll end up in the house. The second most flexible option would be a tabletop pedestal mount. Both can be had for half of a lifesize mount, if not less.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on May 06, 2009, 03:37 PM:
Sad, but true, Lance. The little woman will order you to put that "thing" in the garage, or do it herself. This is why, when we bought here, it was non negotiable; I get my den/trophy room, even if I never go in there, except to toss stuff in the door, or nail it to the wall.
So, that was settled, except I was always hearing about the fact that I selfishly took the biggest room. Well, not really so much,......but she did wish that guests could have a little more room than they did, otherwise. Naturally I countered with: "Hey, that's a kingsize sofa bed in (what she called) the dead room, if they feel cramped? Just be careful moving them rugs around and do not step on them!
Women. Always trying to civilize the menfolk.
Good hunting. LB
Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on May 06, 2009, 07:33 PM:
LOL, so true. When we bought the house we're in now, the wife and I stood in the basement family room visualizing where we would put furniture while awaiting the realtor to get the last of the paperwork. In her most "this is not open for debate" voice, she calmly and emphatically stated, "you do realize that your tribute to dead shit will NOT be in the living room upstairs, don't you?"
Yes, dear.....
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on May 06, 2009, 08:10 PM:
Well, I guess I'm well trained, I have not brought any of my shit back down, although I have been thinking that a nice mule deer would look swell above the living room fireplace.
Good hunting. LB
Posted by Dusty Hunter (Member # 1031) on May 07, 2009, 04:41 PM:
Dan, Nice rug and rifle. I didn't see you at the campout last year. My wife tells me if I get too many more dead things to hang up, I'll have to add a room onto the house!
Posted by DanS (Member # 316) on May 07, 2009, 07:09 PM:
Hey Fred,
I wanted to come to the campout, but work and school took priority to me having fun. I'm the new guy so I have to get in line for time off, so to speak...
[ May 07, 2009, 07:10 PM: Message edited by: DanS ]
Posted by Andy L (Member # 642) on May 07, 2009, 08:41 PM:
Nice cat Dan. ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
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