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Gator mounts? Let see em!

Started by joebuck, June 28, 2012, 12:07:00 PM

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joebuck

June 28, 2012, 12:07:00 PM
Got my coveted Mississippi Gator tag yesterday. Hopefully add a different species notch to my Swamprooter this September.  any pics of mounts ? rugs? etc?  can you tan one yourself?  thanks
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Whip

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June 28, 2012, 12:27:00 PM
Congrats on the tag Joey!  Gators are cool, and totally different than some old bird you might chase.
With mine I just had the hide tanned and plan to use it on some leather projects.  Quiver, knife sheaths, etc.  I also had the skull done as a euro mount.  I'll get a pick and post it.
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Whip

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June 28, 2012, 12:37:00 PM
Mine was just a little guy (6 1/2') but I still think he looks cool.  A bigger one would certainly make more of an impression.



 

The belly leather is thin and should make for some great project material.  Haven't figured out what I might do with the back leather.  Would probably look good hanging on the wall kind of like a bear skin.  
You can have it tanned in a number of different colors/shades.

 
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June 28, 2012, 01:44:00 PM
Thats cool "Whip". Next thing we know they'll be selling your "Bobblehead" on the history channel, "Swamp People" TV series.  :thumbsup:

Biggie Hoffman

#4
June 28, 2012, 02:06:00 PM
Joey, you'd better check, I think Lennie told me gator mounts were $100 per foot!
Better save that money for cheeseburgers
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huntmaster80

#5
June 28, 2012, 02:07:00 PM
That is cool. I wouldnt want to run into a 6 1/2 foot gator, and you call that small?????

gregg dudley

#6
June 28, 2012, 02:54:00 PM
Biggie is right, gator mounts are EXPENSIVE!

I like the tanned hides just as well as a "rug" for draping over a couch or tacking to the wall.  The euro skull is the way to go in my mind.

Living in Fl you would think that I would have killed a gator or two, but I never have.  The one hunt I did was a bust.  I was way too picky and passed on many many 7 and under gators looking for an 8 or better.
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joebuck

#7
June 28, 2012, 03:40:00 PM
My life size hog was $400 a foot!    

I am thinking a 13' hide hanging on the wall of a 18 , vaulted ceiling..   Skull in or out?   Seen some crocs with head skinned out.
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JohnV

#8
June 28, 2012, 05:56:00 PM
Rudy vs the gator!  Now that would be a real smackdown contest!
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kbetts

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June 28, 2012, 06:22:00 PM
A buddy of mine euro mounts the skulls and sells the rest of the gator to off set hunt costs.  He goes every year though.
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#10
June 28, 2012, 06:55:00 PM
Here is mine! This is a euro mount off an 11'1", 390#'er.

 

The pics do not do these euro mounts justice. They are AWESOME looking in person.

I have the belly skin in my freezer and need to send it to the tannery. i am going to do the rug thing like Gregg said above.

Bisch

Don Batten

#11
June 28, 2012, 07:41:00 PM
Bring the meat to the st judes hunt and Cory will show you something you aint never seen before. I wish I lived closer. Would love to tag along just to hear Louie telling yall what to do.
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cody94

#12
June 28, 2012, 07:50:00 PM
pretty cool fellas
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Steve Clandinin

#13
June 29, 2012, 02:11:00 AM
What a hunt,Love to nail a big Gator.
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jcar315

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June 29, 2012, 07:49:00 AM
Very cool euro mounts guys.
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awbowman

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June 29, 2012, 12:19:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Bisch:
Here is mine! This is a euro mount off an 11'1", 390#'er.

  Bisch
You mean a 9'er doesn't weigh 900#s like on Swamp People!

I'm from Louisiana and that show is stupid at times!
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gregg dudley

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June 29, 2012, 03:59:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by awbowman:
 
QuoteOriginally posted by Bisch:
Here is mine! This is a euro mount off an 11'1", 390#'er.

  Bisch
You mean a 9'er doesn't weigh 900#s like on Swamp People!

I'm from Louisiana and that show is stupid at times! [/b]
:laughing:  That's what I was thinking too!
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#17
June 29, 2012, 04:04:00 PM
Could have shot these two big boys out of the kayak this morning.  The first one made my 10' yak feel small.  



Like this reflection shot:

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#18
June 29, 2012, 04:37:00 PM
Awww man, y'all're all getting my juices flowing for September! I'm hoping to cross a gator off my bucket list this year.
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KOOK68

#19
June 29, 2012, 04:46:00 PM
I don't know, guess growing up around them and grabbing the smaller ones for fun, I have zero desire to shoot one. It's kind of like shooting the park ducks and squirrels. LOL
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