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BearClaws Donating Member (223 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-04 11:21 AM
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Taxidermy?
Does the thought of hanging dead animals on your wall bother you?
My (Freeperish) brother has a bunch of deer heads and a mountain lion hanging in his den.
I absoloutley love wildlife and the outdoors, and although I hunted as a kid, I kind of outgrew it.
I don't get freaked out by the heads, but my wife won't go in that room.
How do you guys feel about it?
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Nimrod Donating Member (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-04 11:29 AM
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1. Honestly, it doesn't matter to me overmuch
I love wildlife and the outdoors as well. I'm definitely of an environmentalist bent, and I don't hunt. That said, I don't really mind people who DO hunt doing things with the skins and heads. It's either that or throw them away.

Admittedly, I wouldn't hunt a mountain lion specifically (can't eat those) but if it was a situation where the mountain lion had to be killed to (for vague example) protect my livestock/family, I could see myself doing something with the skin.
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BearClaws Donating Member (223 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-04 11:41 AM
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2. I would have to agree.
That makes sense.
I know some people just can't stand it though!
(My Wife)
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phantom power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-04 12:34 PM
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3. I grew up with it, so it doesn't bug me. But it's pretty easy to see
why it could creep people out. Displaying dead animal heads is a bit macabre, if you think about it.
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