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Double Shovel
02-06-2013, 09:38 AM
Here are a few mounts I just finished up for Rich. Still have an Impala,Blesbok and a Springbuck to do
Kudu
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e138/fischer-cu/DSC00696_zpsfb81cd46.jpg
Bush buck
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e138/fischer-cu/DSC00680_zps8720796d.jpg
Mountain Reedbuck
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e138/fischer-cu/DSC00682_zps1c5e0dfc.jpg
Ryry4
02-06-2013, 09:40 AM
Good looking stuff.
C Taylor
02-06-2013, 09:47 AM
Looks like some good work, I really like how you did the Kudo. Hard to get a picture to not look funny but that Kudo has the "he's watching you" look to it.
hillbillyreefer
02-06-2013, 09:59 AM
Look good, nice jobs.
Great job curtis. You do awesome work! Rich that is a nice Bushbuck and Kudu you got there as well. Great trophies , congrats!!
209x50
02-06-2013, 10:39 AM
Remarkable work Curtis! Once again you have breathed life into our trophies and reawoken the excitement of the hunts agsin. Thank you.
Artistic Taxidermy
02-06-2013, 06:07 PM
nice mounts curtis!!!!
Alberta Bigbore
02-06-2013, 06:23 PM
Good stuff!
Ceilidh69
02-06-2013, 06:25 PM
Fantastic - really like the kudu:)
singleshotom
02-06-2013, 06:36 PM
Rich, we might have to get those mounts for our booth at the show in Edmonton in March. It would saves us a lot of work hauling heads in an out :angry3:
I just sent the link for Guy to have a look.
Very well done, great animals and great work. Perfect!
Tom
Cowtown guy
02-06-2013, 07:12 PM
Remarkable work Curtis! Once again you have breathed life into our trophies and reawoken the excitement of the hunts agsin. Thank you.
How big was that Bushbuck?
sevenmil
02-06-2013, 07:16 PM
Nice job! I like the backdrop too.
hal53
02-06-2013, 07:54 PM
Ears need some finishing, but otherwise they look good.
so do your manners, but thanks for the comment....little bit jealous?????
Double Shovel
02-06-2013, 08:00 PM
How big was that Bushbuck?
Not sure on the exacts but from what a few experienced African Hunters have said,it is a good one
Cowtown guy
02-06-2013, 09:15 PM
Not sure on the exacts but from what a few experienced African Hunters have said,it is a good one
It's a TOAD!
Springer
02-06-2013, 09:21 PM
Like !!!
Great work Curtis, Love the Kudo mostly because its also an african animal i want the most, looks totally alive in the pic.
ditch donkey
02-06-2013, 09:28 PM
Looks great. I really like the natural color of the horns. Especially on th Kudu. I don't understand why so many African mounts have the horns painted black? Any input on that Curtis?
SugarCreek
02-06-2013, 11:00 PM
Nice job Curtis and congrats to both of you Rich and Sandy on some great memories.........Marco
Double Shovel
02-07-2013, 07:47 AM
Looks great. I really like the natural color of the horns. Especially on th Kudu. I don't understand why so many African mounts have the horns painted black? Any input on that Curtis?
Not exactly sure on that. I am not sure if most guys paint or rub down with an oil which really makes the color pop and appear darker. These were just cleaned with water and a few touch up spots with paint
209x50
02-07-2013, 07:56 AM
It's a TOAD!
He was pretty much average for the area. If I remember he is 14 1/2 or 151/2 inches long. We did see a couple that were pushing over 17" in Guys area.
Stinky Coyote
02-07-2013, 07:59 AM
that kudu should be a show stopper when home! i rarely comment on mounts but looks awesome to me
Deer Hunter
02-07-2013, 08:42 AM
Super trophies and great mounts!! What is the length of your kudu? That bushbuck is really nice and heavy.
209x50
02-07-2013, 08:43 AM
that kudu should be a show stopper when home! i rarely comment on mounts but looks awesome to me
Now he is a giant. He is an eastern cape kudu the smallest of the family yet he stretches over 55"!last I heard from Guy he should be top 3 all time for eastern cape kudu.
And yes he is spectacular, Curtis has done a fabulous job. This big bull was rutted up and nothing but mud, ticks and scars when I hammered him, I never knew he was so pretty.
whitetailsheds
02-07-2013, 05:06 PM
WOW!!! Very nice work!!!
Cowtown guy
02-07-2013, 05:40 PM
He was pretty much average for the area. If I remember he is 14 1/2 or 151/2 inches long. We did see a couple that were pushing over 17" in Guys area.
Really? He looks bigger to me. Mine was almost 16. I could have sworn this one is bigger. Great trophy. Such a gorgeous little animal. The size of their feet shocked me.
Really? He looks bigger to me. Mine was almost 16. I could have sworn this one is bigger. Great trophy. Such a gorgeous little animal. The size of their feet shocked me.
I would have figured bigger as well Daryl. Mine went just a bit over 15 1/2" and thought Rich's would have been closer to 17"
There was a guy a couple weeks before us that killed a 19". It was massive!
I think they are one of the prettiest animals in africa along with the Nyala. I plan on a wall pedestal with the front half of my Nyala for a mount just to get all the colors in.
Rich, at 55 " for a southern Kudu you did fantastic. Congrats. Do you have a link to the hunt report that you could throw up on here again to relive it all?
fishtank
02-07-2013, 06:01 PM
Thats some nice mount you got there sir, congrats !!
Ronji
02-07-2013, 09:11 PM
Very nice work. It is nice to see great work!
singleshotom
02-07-2013, 10:11 PM
Rich, here is a pic of your Kudu's brothers, Guy got a pic of. And he got this pic on a trail cam of a buster of a bush buck.
I hope to find them in August when I get back over there.
Tom
tackleberry
02-08-2013, 12:48 PM
When the bush buck starts to look more like a Nyala, then you better shoot!! Nice mounts!!
singleshotom
02-08-2013, 01:50 PM
My bad wrong pic....
mcreg
02-08-2013, 02:49 PM
Very nice work. Interesting the kudu doesn't have the typical "pinkish" inner ear colors? Usually the first thing ones sees when hunting them! - they stick out like 2 little flags in the thick bush they typically habitate.
Double Shovel
02-08-2013, 10:15 PM
According to all the reference photos I studied,not every kudu is the same. Some have lighter ears than others some darker. I chose the not so light colors. Dont worry the inner ears have their spots as shown in the reference pics I studied and do resemble some of the kudu I looked at
Donny Bear
02-09-2013, 05:42 AM
Great animals and great work Curtis sure makes it easy to want to bring them home to the people we know and trust rather than have them done in africa!
Beautiful
209x50
02-09-2013, 08:54 AM
Very nice work. Interesting the kudu doesn't have the typical "pinkish" inner ear colors? Usually the first thing ones sees when hunting them! - they stick out like 2 little flags in the thick bush they typically habitate.
only the cows and young calves had the bright pink clownish hue to their ears. This fellow didn't whether from dirt or coloration so I prefer him that way.
Huntnut
02-09-2013, 09:56 AM
According to all the reference photos I studied,not every kudu is the same. Some have lighter ears than others some darker. I chose the not so light colors. Dont worry the inner ears have their spots as shown in the reference pics I studied and do resemble some of the kudu I looked at
Awesome job Curtis.
super7mag
02-09-2013, 12:30 PM
Now he is a giant. He is an eastern cape kudu the smallest of the family yet he stretches over 55"!last I heard from Guy he should be top 3 all time for eastern cape kudu.
And yes he is spectacular, Curtis has done a fabulous job. This big bull was rutted up and nothing but mud, ticks and scars when I hammered him, I never knew he was so pretty.
That's a gorgeous mount , very well done. Congrats.
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