Office/Tropy Room

[Rob]

My parents are in the process of downsizing to a smaller house so I made a road trip to Texas last month to pick up a good deal of his taxidermy.  It took quite a bit of work but I managed to fit nearly all of it into my office/trophy room.

It is probably too crowded, but I love having his mounts in the house.  We were on all these hunts together and I was with him for nearly all of the shots.  So many memories.

What is even better is that I have the mounts AND my dad.  I always figured I would be adding these in after he passed away, but I am in the enviable position of having both.  I know a lot of folks don't see the value in taxidermy and I don't judge that viewpoint - but for me the taxidermy has huge meaning.  I work from home so I spend a lot of time on conference calls soaking up the memories of these hunts. 

Brought back the following:
Pedestals:
-Eland
-Kudu
-Gemsbok
-Cape buffalo

Wall Mounts
-Impala
-Red Hartebeest
-Two Pronghorn
-Blue Wildebeest
-Mule Deer
-Whitetail

Full Body:
-Hyena

The Hyena has been banished for now.  First, there is no room for it, and second my wife absolutely hates it! 

[Rob]

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[Rob]

The banished Hyena...

Not pictured are the Pronghorn as I had to put them into the reloading room and it's a mess in there!

[bracer40]

Initial thoughts:
WOW!!!
What a wife!
A fella could easily get impaled in there if not careful

[idaho guy]

Outstanding! Looks great thanks for posting. I love taxidermy and have a similar "office" at home. Waiting for my Africa stuff to arrive this week love looking at the African mounts

[PolarBear]

Wow!  You definitely do not want to get all liquored up and stumble around that room!  I like the monkey wearing a skirt. 

[Rob]

Initial thoughts:
WOW!!!
What a wife!
A fella could easily get impaled in there if not careful

Ironically my wife is a vegetarian because she does not like the idea of killing animals - we married young, and after nearly 28 years I can say I made a good call!  That's why I cannot get upset for the banishment of the Hyena...

[Rob]

Outstanding! Looks great thanks for posting. I love taxidermy and have a similar "office" at home. Waiting for my Africa stuff to arrive this week love looking at the African mounts

Be sure to post photos when they arrive!

[Rob]

Wow!  You definitely do not want to get all liquored up and stumble around that room!  I like the monkey wearing a skirt. 

My wife added the kilt..  here is a non-kilt view from our old place and I think you can see why she wanted him clothed!

[2MANY]

Poor guy could use a hand.

[Alchase]

I am curious what caliber was used on that Meerkat?

 

[Rob]

I traded a copy of MS Office for that to come back with my shipment!  I wanted a Disney tribute display...

I did however use a 375 HH on both the monkey and klipspringer!

[greenhead_killer]

Awesome room. Thanks for sharing. Lots of great memories sitting in there. Glad you still have the old man around to enjoy it with

[MtnMuley]

Good ole blue-balled monkeys.   From the looks of it, I wouldn't argue with the wife on the hyena....it looks like you've done quite well in obtaining space in the house for your trophies so far, so don't push it.

[meatwhack]

Wow that’s a lot of mounts. I’d hate to think of ever having to move.