Room of Death

Qweetzy · 07-21-2011, 03:41 PM

So I hunt every chance I get. I do it mostly to feed us but then again, it's fun, a way to get out in the woods and bag trophys. I get quite a few taxidermed and have a lot of them in my den. My daughter and my wife call it "the room of death". LOL They've finally gotten used to it though. I just don't have the room to put any more.

Judy Ann · 07-21-2011, 03:56 PM

I can relate to their perhaps lack of enthusiasm on the decor. Have you considered mounting just the skulls ( European Mounts)? Costs less, easier to dust, and they last longer.

hummingbird · 07-21-2011, 05:00 PM

We have the same thing at our house.

We like it though. When Christmas time comes, my daughter and I "pierce" the deers ears and put dangly earrings on them. It's hilarious.

SweetSassyLady · 07-21-2011, 05:07 PM

Poor deer. I can sympathize with them! But it's also hilarious thinking of it. We used to put tinsel garland around the necks of ours and hang Christmas ornaments from their antlers. LOL

dinosaur · 07-22-2011, 07:21 AM

I used to have a hunting lodge which was really just a converted house trailer and it was filled with stuff like that. I tore it down last year and converted it into a partially covered deck. Got rid of all the artifacts. I guess I realized how stupid it was. I still have one hell of a photo album though. That is just so I can prove my boast when people don't believe me.

ChadTower · 07-22-2011, 08:31 AM

My great grandfather and then my great uncle used to maintain a very large hunting lodge in NS for the owners. I remember going in as a kid now and then and it was scary. There were trophies in there that you could never hunt legally now and probably never bring through any sort of customs. Animals from all over the world. If it was too big to stuff there was a head mount. Man, walking around in that place as a 7 year old, no lights on all long shadows from high windows, and fangs, claws, beasts everywhere! I wish my boys could see the inside of that place just once.

Greatoutdoors · 07-22-2011, 05:46 PM

I used to think mounting the animals was dumb and "rednecky", but now that I actually hunt myself I would totally hang the head on my wall and be proud of it.

Judy Ann · 07-22-2011, 07:37 PM

My one and only is hung on a porch for hats...poor little cowhorn.

**CozInCowtown** · 07-23-2011, 10:39 AM

Most of my hunting trophys got sequestered to my office at work but I still maintain my "I Love Me!" wall in the house.
Great thing about being self employed is I get to put what I want where I want.
DC

Tubby · 07-23-2011, 03:05 PM

We have a few, but unless it's unusual or a trophy, I don't any more. It's mostly for the meat these days. I just usually put what I get in the freezer these days.