I had 5 mins to kill this morning, so had a look around a local antique store for the first time.
Spotted this beast hanging above the counter
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I had 5 mins to kill this morning, so had a look around a local antique store for the first time.
Spotted this beast hanging above the counter
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Pronghorn Antelope. Don't see that often
Common in Nth America. The reason they invented the 25-06.
Pengy thought it was a four prong Chamois :D
Pengy it is an Outer Mongolian racing Antelope. Your long extinct cousins the predatory Himalayan Bald Penguin used to hunt them.
Fixed it for you @Rushy
I was expecting to see an O Rouke special.....a hare with young chammy horns in place. definately a pronghorn antelope. introduced to the USA and they took quite nicely...its a wonder/pity they were not let go in Mackenzie country or on dessert road..
Not a forgery, just plain messed up.
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Messed up? Or just f*cken AWESOME!!!??
I think it is pretty unique. I like it
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Definitely a solid conversation starter.
No they literally make things out of cocaine , treated pressed into moulds to try circumvent customs. Think Mother Mary statue from Mexico.
Although whoever crafted that gem was probably pretty much cooked.
South Dakota, November 2003
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Americans make big budget promotional videos for howa and weatherby where they go out west and "hunt" these things by setting themselves up a nice bench rest table 7 meters from the road
How much did he want for it? I've never seen any taxidermy animals yet in May antique shops
Bit like the buck rabbits around here very elusive and hard to kill unless an experienced hunter is behind a trusty .22 Stirling.:D
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The Americans call them "speedgoats".
Every time I see one of these it reminds me of "No Country for Old Men" (the move). Lewellyn goes out shooting Pronghorn and ends up with a shit ton of Mexican drug money and a lot of trouble.
In the same shop.
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Pronghorns are the fastest mammal in North America. A very ancient species, and an antelope not a deer. They evolved their speed to escape a lot of predators that lived in North America before the last ice age.... Cheetah and dire wolves etc. The predators are gone but the pronghorn can still do 100kph in a burst and 70kph sustained.