Post by: rodell on September 13, 2022, 03:04:24 PM
I'll likely be moving soon and the collection isn't going to fit in any reasonable way. I have about 12 shoulder mounts, including one very big elk. I have only one full mount, a Himalayan Tahr on a rock base.
Have any of you contemplated this scenario? What are your thoughts/ideas?
(I'll still be hunting and fishing, but for the freezer.)
Post by: full choke on September 13, 2022, 03:07:37 PM
Post by: Mulie87 on September 13, 2022, 03:08:48 PM
Post by: Pathfinder101 on September 13, 2022, 04:40:11 PM
I am a high school ROTC Instructor at Walla Walla High School. Part of my curriculum includes certifying all of my Cadets in Washington Hunter Safety Education, so I teach Hunter's Ed for about 50 new students each year. My classroom is actually an Olympic Style 10 Meter, 8 lane rifle range (we have a nationally competitive rifle team that I coach as well). If you are looking for someone to donate mounts to, I would be glad to have any of your shoulder mounts of animals that are found in Washington State. My class has 15 foot ceilings, so I can accommodate large animals like elk. I could label the animals with your name and the year they were harvested, and they would live in perpetuity in our program. We are one of the oldest Junior ROTC Programs in the United States ( one of the 5 original programs certified in 1918), so we are not going anywhere. I have trophies and photos hanging on my walls from the 1920s. Currently I only have whitetail and mule deer mounts that I use for teaching animal identification. I have a pickup truck and would be willing to pick up donated mounts. Post or PM me if you would like to talk.
Post by: 257wbymagkiller on September 13, 2022, 05:00:43 PM
Post by: TVHunts on September 13, 2022, 05:13:43 PM
Rodell,
I am a high school ROTC Instructor at Walla Walla High School. Part of my curriculum includes certifying all of my Cadets in Washington Hunter Safety Education, so I teach Hunter's Ed for about 50 new students each year. My classroom is actually an Olympic Style 10 Meter, 8 lane rifle range (we have a nationally competitive rifle team that I coach as well). If you are looking for someone to donate mounts to, I would be glad to have any of your shoulder mounts of animals that are found in Washington State. My class has 15 foot ceilings, so I can accommodate large animals like elk. I could label the animals with your name and the year they were harvested, and they would live in perpetuity in our program. We are one of the oldest Junior ROTC Programs in the United States ( one of the 5 original programs certified in 1918), so we are not going anywhere. I have trophies and photos hanging on my walls from the 1920s. Currently I only have whitetail and mule deer mounts that I use for teaching animal identification. I have a pickup truck and would be willing to pick up donated mounts. Post or PM me if you would like to talk.
Wow, what a perfect potential solution!
Post by: Mulie87 on September 13, 2022, 06:04:07 PM
Rodell,
I am a high school ROTC Instructor at Walla Walla High School. Part of my curriculum includes certifying all of my Cadets in Washington Hunter Safety Education, so I teach Hunter's Ed for about 50 new students each year. My classroom is actually an Olympic Style 10 Meter, 8 lane rifle range (we have a nationally competitive rifle team that I coach as well). If you are looking for someone to donate mounts to, I would be glad to have any of your shoulder mounts of animals that are found in Washington State. My class has 15 foot ceilings, so I can accommodate large animals like elk. I could label the animals with your name and the year they were harvested, and they would live in perpetuity in our program. We are one of the oldest Junior ROTC Programs in the United States ( one of the 5 original programs certified in 1918), so we are not going anywhere. I have trophies and photos hanging on my walls from the 1920s. Currently I only have whitetail and mule deer mounts that I use for teaching animal identification. I have a pickup truck and would be willing to pick up donated mounts. Post or PM me if you would like to talk.
:yeah:
Perfect, right there. Pathfinder101 has the perfect home for a noble cause.
Post by: bornhunter on September 13, 2022, 06:59:03 PM
Rodell,
I am a high school ROTC Instructor at Walla Walla High School. Part of my curriculum includes certifying all of my Cadets in Washington Hunter Safety Education, so I teach Hunter's Ed for about 50 new students each year. My classroom is actually an Olympic Style 10 Meter, 8 lane rifle range (we have a nationally competitive rifle team that I coach as well). If you are looking for someone to donate mounts to, I would be glad to have any of your shoulder mounts of animals that are found in Washington State. My class has 15 foot ceilings, so I can accommodate large animals like elk. I could label the animals with your name and the year they were harvested, and they would live in perpetuity in our program. We are one of the oldest Junior ROTC Programs in the United States ( one of the 5 original programs certified in 1918), so we are not going anywhere. I have trophies and photos hanging on my walls from the 1920s. Currently I only have whitetail and mule deer mounts that I use for teaching animal identification. I have a pickup truck and would be willing to pick up donated mounts. Post or PM me if you would like to talk.
:yeah:
Perfect, right there. Pathfinder101 has the perfect home for a noble cause.
:yeah:
Post by: rodell on September 14, 2022, 11:15:26 AM
I did think about doing a stack mount, reconfiguring several of the shoulder mounts to be on the same pedestal. I've seen a couple at SCI done that way. I could at least keep a few. Since the mounts weren't designed that way from the beginning I don't even know how feasible that might be.
I've enjoyed them tremendously, but what WAS I thinking?
Post by: NRA4LIFE on September 14, 2022, 11:25:02 AM
Post by: Mark Brenckle on September 14, 2022, 12:51:21 PM
Post by: birddogdad on September 14, 2022, 03:05:52 PM
Post by: highside74 on September 14, 2022, 03:54:56 PM
when your son has no interest in your guns.. we are here for you ~~ :t :IBCOOL:up:
:yeah: :tup:
Post by: Whtlhunter170 on September 16, 2022, 09:17:18 PM
Post by: LDennis24 on September 16, 2022, 10:47:18 PM
Post by: bugs n bones on September 18, 2022, 10:57:34 AM
Post by: rodell on May 15, 2023, 07:06:49 AM
Everyone can take a look here https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/yqG26hOmSJKaVD4vSUJ5rQ.fTMFgTwVlsxwdObY1dCScZ (https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/yqG26hOmSJKaVD4vSUJ5rQ.fTMFgTwVlsxwdObY1dCScZ)
I will gift these, but someone will have to come get them in the Woodinville area of WA. The Tahr is a two piece, so it isn't as hard to move as it looks. The elk is BIG, it barely fit in the largest U-haul trailer when I bought it home from the taxidermist. It would have to be covered somehow to move it to prevent hairslip. It is currently screwed to a piece of plywood to make moving it easier.
I'm keeping one animal from each continent - they aren't in the pictures.
I would prefer they be displayed and enjoyed as I have for some time.
Post by: brew on May 15, 2023, 07:35:00 AM
Post by: Magnum_Willys on May 15, 2023, 08:01:49 AM
Post by: rodell on May 15, 2023, 12:28:51 PM
Big elk gotta be worth $300 just for antlers?
Yeah, probably. I could never do it. I had no trouble taking him down, but I can't cut him up!
Post by: Rob on May 15, 2023, 07:42:32 PM
Wonderful mounts-sorry you cannot keep them.
Post by: nwwanderer on May 18, 2023, 06:59:56 AM
Post by: Pathfinder101 on May 18, 2023, 07:22:14 AM
You could visit them in Walla Walla, decent place if you avoid the tasting rooms. Would help with a stock trailer hauling party if you go that way
Very kind offer nwwanderer, thank you. I think he indicated that none of what he had remaining were Washington wildlife except the elk (I would be using it for a WDFW Hunters Ed Class). If I can manage a trip over to the west side I may contact him about the elk if it is still available. Thanks again for the offer of help though. :tup: :tup:
Post by: h2ofowlr on May 18, 2023, 07:40:45 AM
Post by: LDennis24 on June 06, 2023, 10:38:37 AM
Post by: builtfordtough on June 06, 2023, 12:38:51 PM
Post by: rodell on June 08, 2023, 01:37:03 PM
All of the mounts are available. I may have found a couple more small ones, too. I would like them appreciated and not thrown in the trash and I'm not looking to sell, but give, them. If some would like to get together and come get them all to split among yourselves i'm ok with that. I have so much to do I can't deal with them 1 by 1.
I will be able to watch this thread now and respond to any inquiries. It would be best if they all found a new home by the end of July.
Post by: Caseyd on June 08, 2023, 10:03:28 PM
Post by: HAGEMANIAC on June 08, 2023, 11:59:01 PM
Post by: Caseyd on June 12, 2023, 06:41:42 PM
Post by: rodell on June 15, 2023, 02:35:49 PM
Rodell can I come take a look at the elk.
Did you see it https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/yqG26hOmSJKaVD4vSUJ5rQ.fTMFgTwVlsxwdObY1dCScZ/gallery/lJZsLnZ-R8OSNGQeqOmDYQ (https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/yqG26hOmSJKaVD4vSUJ5rQ.fTMFgTwVlsxwdObY1dCScZ/gallery/lJZsLnZ-R8OSNGQeqOmDYQ)?
It's big. When I brought him home from the taxidermist I had to have the largest U-haul trailer to fit him in. It cost me a fortune.
Post by: rodell on July 09, 2023, 07:04:33 AM
Now on to the other things I can’t move.