Fate of your trophies
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elkassassin
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Looks like when I Die somebody's gonna get a couple hundred dollars!
I know so many people in so many places
They make allot of money but they got sad faces
It Ain't Easy being Me!
I know so many people in so many places
They make allot of money but they got sad faces
It Ain't Easy being Me!
Adventurewriter
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yep you better find landing spots if they are important to you can hardly given them away...
feddoc
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I dont have to worry so much about that anymore. Somewhere in that pic are remains of every head, antler set and hide I ever had.
?Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. "
?Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. "
fullthrottle
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^^^this^^^
Zeke
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Yep, I'm sure when I die the old trophies will have zero value to me and very little more than that to anyone else.
We are a somewhat selfish bunch.
I've told the wife and kids, keep what you want (if any), sell what you can, pitch the rest, done! It's not any more complicated than that.
Now, firearms are a slightly different story. I'm taking some with me so I can hunt all those heavenly 200" bucks, 400" bulls and 200" rams! The family can sell the rest.
Zeke
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We are a somewhat selfish bunch.
I've told the wife and kids, keep what you want (if any), sell what you can, pitch the rest, done! It's not any more complicated than that.
Now, firearms are a slightly different story. I'm taking some with me so I can hunt all those heavenly 200" bucks, 400" bulls and 200" rams! The family can sell the rest.
Zeke
#livelikezac
hawkbill
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I'm sorry to see what happened to your house and trophies Feddoc, we always talk about what is going to happen to our trophies, there could be nothing worse than loosing everything in your life to a fire. I am 60 years old now and have not thought about this for 40 years, when I was around 10 years old I would walk around our house and admire my dads sheep heads and he had quite a few. As a matter of fact I think he had the only sheep heads in the town we lived in. Our house burned down and they lost everything. If I close my eyes I can still see those great sheep hanging on the walls.
feddoc
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Didn't lose the house at all. Just the two story barn and a lot of stuff inside.
The biggest loss was my dads bed roll from the 50s.
?Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. "
The biggest loss was my dads bed roll from the 50s.
?Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. "
desperatehills
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I watched a show about trophy log homes. One of the homes featured was full of nice mounts. He told the camera that he didn't hunt. He said when a husband dies those are the first things to go. Wifes can't wait to get them out of the house and they sell cheap.
foundation
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>Yep, I'm sure when I die
>the old trophies will have
>zero value to me and
>very little more than that
>to anyone else.
>We are a somewhat selfish bunch.
>
>
>I've told the wife and kids,
>keep what you want (if
>any), sell what you can,
>pitch the rest, done! It's
>not any more complicated than
>that.
>
>Now, firearms are a slightly different
>story. I'm taking some with
>me so I can hunt
>all those heavenly 200" bucks,
>400" bulls and 200" rams!
>The family can sell the
>rest.
>
>Zeke
>
>#livelikezac
I have the same plan on taking some guns with me. I have carried a 1911 everyday for most of my life. Told my wife to slip a 1911 in my waistband at my funeral. She said she would let me take one of the Colts, but no way was she letting me get buried with the Wilson Combat. LOL. Smart gal. Now I need to figure out how to get buried with my favorite rifle.
>the old trophies will have
>zero value to me and
>very little more than that
>to anyone else.
>We are a somewhat selfish bunch.
>
>
>I've told the wife and kids,
>keep what you want (if
>any), sell what you can,
>pitch the rest, done! It's
>not any more complicated than
>that.
>
>Now, firearms are a slightly different
>story. I'm taking some with
>me so I can hunt
>all those heavenly 200" bucks,
>400" bulls and 200" rams!
>The family can sell the
>rest.
>
>Zeke
>
>#livelikezac
I have the same plan on taking some guns with me. I have carried a 1911 everyday for most of my life. Told my wife to slip a 1911 in my waistband at my funeral. She said she would let me take one of the Colts, but no way was she letting me get buried with the Wilson Combat. LOL. Smart gal. Now I need to figure out how to get buried with my favorite rifle.
Bwht4x4
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>Exactly why i quit taking stuff
>to the taxidermist a few
>years ago. Would rather
>have that money be spent
>on memories and new adventures,
>rather than another mount on
>the wall.
Same here I don't mount anything. All I do is a skull mount. Between the costs to get a shoulder mount and then having to deal with the dust it collects and then the pain in transporting them when you move...it's not worth it to me.
My oryx from 2018:
>to the taxidermist a few
>years ago. Would rather
>have that money be spent
>on memories and new adventures,
>rather than another mount on
>the wall.
Same here I don't mount anything. All I do is a skull mount. Between the costs to get a shoulder mount and then having to deal with the dust it collects and then the pain in transporting them when you move...it's not worth it to me.
My oryx from 2018:
