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Largo
Sport climber
The Big Wide Open Face
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Mar 24, 2013 - 12:44am PT
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Very fine work, Ron.
How do you get the waddles like that on the gobblers?
JL
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Mar 24, 2013 - 03:32am PT
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Wattle ya do when they come for you, bad boy?
After the munchies...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 24, 2013 - 09:09pm PT
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You Da Man! Ya know I hear there's gud money in Jackalopes.
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dirt claud
Social climber
san diego,ca
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Mar 25, 2013 - 10:38am PT
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First time I have seen this thread Ron. Beautiful work man, hope to see your stuff on display some time.
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Mar 25, 2013 - 10:53am PT
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You ever screw around and make a cross eyed mountain lion or something goofy?
BTW, just looking over the thread and WOW!!! you are amazingly talented.
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Mar 25, 2013 - 06:21pm PT
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Gorgeous work, Ron!! We at TINS will be very proud to use these for education and outreach!!
EDIT - And sorry about the dehydrated skin - we try, but sometimes specimens come to us that have just been chucked in the freezer with no protection. I always recommend a paper cone and double freezer bags - seems to do the trick for birds I'm going to make into study skins.
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dirt claud
Social climber
san diego,ca
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Mar 28, 2013 - 11:35am PT
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Saw this on FB this morning and thought it would go good here Ron.
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Roughster
Sport climber
Vacaville, CA
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Mar 29, 2013 - 11:56pm PT
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My daughter is intensely interested in taxidermy. I wouldn't be surprised to find out it is her calling in life. She is very passionate about it.
She says your stuff is awesome!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 30, 2013 - 01:30am PT
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Is that a juv Ring-billed gull at the top?
The GHO is beuteous!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 30, 2013 - 01:43am PT
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Ha,that never occurred to me given yer locale. I saw the thingie on the end of the bill and just thought it was the ring on the Ring-billed. Now that I look closer i can see it is that 'thingie'. Being an Alaskan I never paid no mind to juvie jaegers as there was always plenty of adults to ogle. :-). So did this one show up in yer hood?
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Mar 30, 2013 - 03:36am PT
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That jaeger washed up on the beach at Sand Harbor, on the east shore of Lake Tahoe, back in August of 1999. Starved on migration, apparently. It's been frozen ever since, passed through a few different hands, and now, finally, we'll be able to display it thanks to Ron's skills and artistry (and rehydration secrets)!
BTW, Tahoe probably gets a couple jaegers every fall, but they're pretty rare and it takes certain weather conditions to expect to see them.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Mar 30, 2013 - 08:05am PT
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hey there say, willoughby... :O oh my, now i know a bit more about that
'owl?' ...
i was wondering about it, as, i saw it on ron's facebook share...
so, it came through your find?
thanks for all the shares, once again, ron...
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splitter
Trad climber
Cali Hodad, surfing the galactic plane ~:~
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Mar 30, 2013 - 08:33am PT
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My art of death Actually, I look at it as the art of bringing something that was dead, back to life!
BTW, awesome thread, and "art"!!!
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Apr 17, 2013 - 11:38pm PT
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Wow Ron, somehow I missed this thread till now, awesome taxidermy! You are an artist of a different color.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 18, 2013 - 12:00am PT
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Ron, you did well by old Woodsy, very very well.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Apr 26, 2013 - 04:48am PT
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Ron, I guess you may have seen this on the Flames. I'm posting the whole picture, warts y todos. The Trophy Room Bar awaits your sooner-or-later patronage. It's opening maybe in another month.
Their mounts have aged well, as far as I can tell. They date back to the 40s, most of them. You've probably seen lots of these ancient ones in your life as pig o' the woods, etc.
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S.Leeper
Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
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Nice work , as usual, Ron!
Probably been asked already, but do you have a favorite animal to work on?
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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May 15, 2013 - 08:09pm PT
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You really do beautiful work.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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May 15, 2013 - 10:11pm PT
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I am offended by these dead animals. they are being exploited...
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Michelle
Social climber
1187 Hunterwasser
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May 15, 2013 - 10:35pm PT
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Woodsie, lol, nice name. Good looking job too.
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