First Deer for the 2012 Season

We got in our first deer for the 2012 season. 

Bruce Jacobs shot this 8pt this morning. 

This will be a nice looking mount especially since it is still in velvet.  We have already injected the horns to preserve the velvet.

Day in the Shop 09-04

Here is another project we are working on with Paul Rhymer for a museum in New Mexico.  Paul and Tim mounted this cougar yesterday in the shop while Brian was getting a turkey ready for mounting (wheeling, cleaning).

Fishing on the Bay Labor Day Weekend

So we spent the weekend fishing.  It was a good weekend with a lot of small Rockfish, lots of Bluefish and Spanish Mackerel.   The little ones spent some time over at the beach as well. Brooke did very well in the water and was more comfortable then ever.

Silverback Gorilla

Here are some photos of a joint effort with Paul Rhymer on a Silverback Gorilla for a museum in Oklahoma.  We have made molds of different parts.  Shown below are some molds of the ears that we have made.  We also have the skin prepped for the tannery.  We will be posting more pics as we move forward.

Mushroom Hunting

So hubby went to the bay to go fishing this weekend so I decided to take our little girl mushroom hunting.  She loves doing this and had a blast.  She actually saw more of them then Mommy did. 

Here was the first finding:

Here are some more:

 

Brooke then says "Mommy look at this".  We found about 7 or 8 in this one spot.

We ended up with a full plastic bag so we decided it was time to come home.  "Mommy that was a lot of fun, thank you"........that is priceless.  So glad I took her.