My fish got done at the taxidermist today.
30 in. Walleye with a 17 1/4th girth out of Red Lake, MN.
Reminds me of the day I caught it. Brisk north winds freezing our asses off on a February morning on the ice, not even a bite for several hours. Desperate we try all our hooks in the tackle box, all the fancy shindigs that rattle, whistle, flash. Trying all our bait: Wax worms, Emerald shiners, Fatheads. I slap on a small 1/8th old fashioned chartreuse jig with a fathead and jig for 10 minutes and suddenly a wicked ass hit.
Sadly it didn't put that much of a fight, landed it relatively easy. Took longer trying to fit the head in the hole than it took actually fighting the fish. (6 in. hole.)
Anybody else have trophies from outings, whether it be hunting or fishing? Stories would be amazing.
>>1044440
Gonna pick up the mount for this guy July 12th.
>>1044517
Here's my trophy Cou's whitetail
>yes this is actually a record book buck, they're just small
>>1044519
This is my reloading room
>>1044520
Another wall of the reloading room
>>1044522
third wall of the reloading room.
>>1044523
Not technically mine, but in my house. My son's first deer.
Not the nicest, but it has character. Went to dress it and he poked himself on that broadhead stuck through the nose. No idea who shot him in the face.
>>1044525
Basement stairwell.
>>1044527
4th wall of the reloading room
Sorry, got distracted and posted out of order.
>>1044528
Impressive. As someone who just started hunting.... take me with you
Who squirrel hunter here?
>>1044927
>wrong-handed rifle
I don't particularly like the taste of squirrel so I tend to leave them be, though I usually shoot a couple out of sheer annoyance during deer season.
My cat goes absolutely apeshit when I bring the tails home, he acts like they're the result of the devil assfucking a skinwalker behind a dumpster. Quite hilarious, and I have a salted and dried squirrel tail in a drawer I'll pull out if he's being a little shit.
>>1044620
If you're within 150 miles of St. Louis, sure.
Have a duck.
>>1044517
Awesome. DIY or guide (not hating either way, just love Antelopes so enjoy the whole story/adventure)? Wyoming I'm guessing?
My first DIY Western hunting will hopefully be Pronghorn in Wyoming. But I'm not sure the logistics of hunting with public land and being a non-resident; does the WY "need to be with a local" law cover all public land?
>>1044519
Very nice, what time of day did you/how long did it take to glass him?
>>1044517
Seth Rogen????