MTA89,
NICE Black Bass, imo. = CONGRADS.
Inasmuch as I'm a "catch, measure, tag, photograph & release" shark hunter/conservationist, I can tell you that you are 100% CORRECT.
(Once completed, you cannot tell that the mounted trophy is a replica, presuming that the taxidermist is gifted as a painter/artist.)
Fwiw, I have NOT killed any large shark in nearly a half-century (I do take/eat Bonnet-heads, as they are GREAT-TASTING & VERY NUMEROUS.) & have NO shark trophies on the wall BUT I've seriously considered having a mount made of "my" BABY TIGER (66.75" long), that I caught on a saltwater flyrod & with a streamer fly. = Fwiw, that was "one H of a tussle" on a flyrod. Why the baby (female) Tiger hit a fly is more than I can explain.
(I was fishing for baby tarpon, which are REALLY FUN to play with on a long whippy rod & low-test line.)
When I was a student in TX Master Naturalist class, I told a Game Warden about catching my "littlest man-eater" & he said, "Did you have her mounted?"
I told him "NOPE. - We weighed, measured, tagged, took photos & 'wished her well', when we lowered her over the side, to go grow up."
The GW then said, "If you would like a mount of her, take your photos & measurements to any GOOD taxidermist & wait. - You'll, I believe, get a beautiful trophy for your wall, that you can be proud of."
He paused & then said, "IF I had been lucky enough to take any Tiger on a flyrod, that's what I would do for sure."
(Once we build the house at Port A, I'm going to have a replica of her made for the wall of my study.)
Note: Since 2 of our members asked, YES I kept the big streamer fly that I caught "the littlest man-eater" on. - When I have a replica made, the "well-chewed" streamer fly will be mounted on the plaque with her.
yours, satx
NICE Black Bass, imo. = CONGRADS.
Inasmuch as I'm a "catch, measure, tag, photograph & release" shark hunter/conservationist, I can tell you that you are 100% CORRECT.
(Once completed, you cannot tell that the mounted trophy is a replica, presuming that the taxidermist is gifted as a painter/artist.)
Fwiw, I have NOT killed any large shark in nearly a half-century (I do take/eat Bonnet-heads, as they are GREAT-TASTING & VERY NUMEROUS.) & have NO shark trophies on the wall BUT I've seriously considered having a mount made of "my" BABY TIGER (66.75" long), that I caught on a saltwater flyrod & with a streamer fly. = Fwiw, that was "one H of a tussle" on a flyrod. Why the baby (female) Tiger hit a fly is more than I can explain.
(I was fishing for baby tarpon, which are REALLY FUN to play with on a long whippy rod & low-test line.)
When I was a student in TX Master Naturalist class, I told a Game Warden about catching my "littlest man-eater" & he said, "Did you have her mounted?"
I told him "NOPE. - We weighed, measured, tagged, took photos & 'wished her well', when we lowered her over the side, to go grow up."
The GW then said, "If you would like a mount of her, take your photos & measurements to any GOOD taxidermist & wait. - You'll, I believe, get a beautiful trophy for your wall, that you can be proud of."
He paused & then said, "IF I had been lucky enough to take any Tiger on a flyrod, that's what I would do for sure."
(Once we build the house at Port A, I'm going to have a replica of her made for the wall of my study.)
Note: Since 2 of our members asked, YES I kept the big streamer fly that I caught "the littlest man-eater" on. - When I have a replica made, the "well-chewed" streamer fly will be mounted on the plaque with her.
yours, satx
Last edited: