It Won a Blue Ribbon

[OutdoorWriter]

Went to the AZ taxidermy show earlier today (6/11) and finally got to see my bobcat and rattlesnake diorama.

It was done by Chris Krueger -- Krueger Creations, and it won a first-place blue ribbon in the Masters Division. The voting for the People's Choice award was going on until 4 p.m., but I imagine he's got a good shot at that, too, since I saw several folks voting for it.

We kind of modeled it off this Bobcat/snake video at the 1:22 mark near the very end.

I took a couple quick pix (below) but didn't use the flash since the mount was sitting close to the wall; it would have caused a great big black shadow. There was already a shadow from the room lights. So without the flash, the pix aren't tack sharp.

Chris will be taking other photos, though, against the nice black backdrop he uses. I'll add them when he does.

TONY MANDILE

How To Hunt Coues Deer

 

[rmanwill]

Looks aweso,e. Congrtas to you and you taxidemist on a geat mount and a blue ribbon.

 

[never_satisfied]

The imagination alone on that is worth a blue ribbon
Congratulations looks awesome

 

[eldorado]

Spectacular diorama. Your taxidermist did an incredible job.

Eldorado

 

[OutdoorWriter]

Update:

Chris also won the People's Chocie award with the above mount.


TONY MANDILE

How To Hunt Coues Deer

 

[quest]

Chris also did a seminar at our 20th annual show. Heres a pick- of him showing us how to recreate saliva, and fake cactus. Quest

 

[bogey]

Awesome mount! i was waiting for you to post pictures after you had told me what you were doing in the email.

 

[OLBUZZTAIL]

OutdoorWriter...Hey Tony!! Wow that really came out nice!! I was wondering if you had gotten them back yet!! send me some pics to my email if you get a chance!!


Hunting is Life...everything else is
Just details.
Ol' Buzztail...

 

[OutdoorWriter]

LAST EDITED ON Jun-13-11 AT 03:44PM (MST)[p]Chris did a super job on it. Here's a list of what the mount won:

*State Champion Life Size (Best of Catagory)
*Master's Division - First Place
*Artisan's Award - most artistic piece
*McKenzie's Best Lifesize
*People's Choice Award

And...a few pix Chris and Mary took today from different angles:

These are the parts that went into the mount before the alterations. The bobcat form is one of Chris' original sculptures sold through Research, which he dramatically changed for my mount. The steel rod, which Chris cut and welded to shape, goes from the base through the snake and into the bobcat's mouth. The 'cat will slide off the snake, and the snake is removable from the base, as well.

TONY MANDILE

How To Hunt Coues Deer