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Offline SCGunNut

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Back From The Taxidermist (Fox Squirrel)
« on: January 21, 2010, 03:26:51 PM »
Here's the before and after of my recently killed fox squirrel.









Here are his two wall mates...










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Re: Back From The Taxidermist (Fox Squirrel)
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2010, 04:29:44 PM »
geeeze that is one pretty squirrel!  Good lick!   ;D
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Re: Back From The Taxidermist (Fox Squirrel)
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2010, 12:06:08 PM »
Those r sweet mount and may i ask what kinda gun is that? interiesting!!!

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Re: Back From The Taxidermist (Fox Squirrel)
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2010, 12:59:28 PM »
that looks like a savage o/u combo gun but ive sure never seen one that nice looking.

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Re: Back From The Taxidermist (Fox Squirrel)
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2010, 05:20:12 PM »
It's a Savage model 24 Deluxe in .22 Mag/20ga.

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Re: Back From The Taxidermist (Fox Squirrel)
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2010, 06:24:01 PM »
About how much does it usually cost to take a squrrill to the taxidermist?

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Re: Back From The Taxidermist (Fox Squirrel)
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2010, 04:42:01 AM »
This one cost $195. The other two were $140 each but that was about 8 years ago.

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Re: Back From The Taxidermist (Fox Squirrel)
« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2010, 04:45:49 AM »
Nice... I got to get some of mine done when i got out. It beats getting a mount of deer or boar(price wise)....just out of curiosity, any one have a coon mounted and how much the run...?

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Re: Back From The Taxidermist (Fox Squirrel)
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2010, 08:56:46 PM »
very nice , a friend of mine had a black squirrel mounted in a similar way .

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Re: Back From The Taxidermist (Fox Squirrel)
« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2010, 02:29:10 AM »
Just getting to this thread.....what a cool mount!!!  I have more that 20 mounts and none are of small game!  I'm miss'n out!!
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Re: Back From The Taxidermist (Fox Squirrel)
« Reply #10 on: February 13, 2010, 03:33:35 AM »
Do all the fox squirrels down your way look like that with the white face? Here in Ohio they are all the red/orange color.
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Re: Back From The Taxidermist (Fox Squirrel)
« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2010, 05:48:49 PM »
Do all the fox squirrels down your way look like that with the white face? Here in Ohio they are all the red/orange color.


Yeah, most have a black mask with white snout, except for the rare solid black ones that I've yet to see while squirrel hunting. Most where I hunt are the silverish color with black mask/white nose. Prettiest one I ever saw had a solid black body with a snow white head, rather than just the white nose or mask. Looked like he stuck his head in a bucket of white paint. Saw him while deer hunting with nothing to shoot him with. Not being able to shoot and mount him still haunts me!

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Re: Back From The Taxidermist (Fox Squirrel)
« Reply #12 on: February 17, 2010, 12:57:57 AM »
Same sort of thing happened to me this year. Except it was a gray squirrel that had a patch of red fur down almost his whole left side.
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