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And then there was this beauty in the lobby. They actually had three giraffe shoulder mounts in their shop, along with a full body hippo, several full body lions, a full body bongo, and several other African full bodies. And one very unique animal.....they had a condor that had died at the Houston Zoo and they were mounting for the Houston Museum. The wingspan was unreal! I love walking through taxidermy shops and checking out all the mounts.



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Nice!!

Nice. Those are some impressive cutters on your pig.

Very nice, those cutters are wicked!

Nice porcine specimen!

Congrats.

Holy crap.

How much did you estimate he weighed?

Surprisingly, he only weighed 160-170 lbs. I was shocked to see tusks that big on a smaller boar. He walked out at 175 yards and I could see his tusks with my naked eyes. I was looking for a really nice buck that I had seen earlier in the year, but there was no way I was passing on this hog. I've always wanted a european mount of a hog with really big cutters and I knew the second he walked out that he was perfect candidate.

Just as a heads up. Someone in the back room of the shop is being mauled by 2 lions. You might want to call them and let them know.

Hog looks damn good!

Damuth Taxidermy in Brady, TX??

Floor looks familiar.

B&B Taxidermy in Houston

I was gonna ask. Looked like Beard (sp?) taxidermy off Jones? He's done several of my deer. A little expensive, but does excellent work. Can't get into the giraffe shooting thing though.