Weird Bar Question

[DecoJuicer]

Ok, this is going to sound like a really weird question(and it is), but I'm going to give a little bit of background so it doesn't sound quite so bizarre.

My wife and I have been talking about making our bar, and we want to make it in the style of a hunt club. We have decided that we will get a woodburned sign that says "The Hounds Den" and have all sorts of hunting pictures and related "stuff."

Everybody that knows me, knows that I am a little bit...odd. I think things are funny that most people just shake their head in disbelief at(I had to leave a funeral once because I started laughing uncontrollably when the minister made a racist comment).

So I decided to get a mounted Buck head complete with rack and hang beer mugs off of it. To mkae this even funnier, I want to have a bottle opener installed in it's mouth.

Has anybody ever heard of this, or seen it. I don't even have an idea where to start. I could wait for hunting season and hope for the best, then go see the taxidermy man. Or I could find one in a garage sale and go see the taxidermy man to have the modifications made. I just don't know if they can do such a thing.

Please let me know if you have any ideas.

[gone_fishing]

I used to know a taxidermist, he would have been able to do that, so I'm sure it's possible. Post pictures when it's done! LOL

[zoom6zoom]

We had a restaurant up here at one time that had a deer or moose head in the lobby that had a motion detector in it; when you walked past, it would start talking to you.

[ClockworkOrange]

Sounds like a really cool and original idea. Anything is possible if you have enough $. Good luck and let us know how things turn out.

- Cheers!

[Erin W]

It would also be cool if you could open bottles in the antlers somewhere like Mac Guyver

[O2 Mash]

It can be done, no problem. The hard part might be finding a deer head. If you shoot one and take it to a taxidermist, you'll pay $250 on the low side. Some mounts are upwards of $500, depending on the taxidermist. Have you tried eBay?

I'd sell you one of mine, but I don't think I could part with them.....
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c338/WITrapper/DSCN5398.jpg

[DecoJuicer]

I've actually seen alot of them at garage sales locally. Of course, I would prefer to have my own trophy(along with the venison of course), but I am not to proud to put somebody elses up.

[Vienna Lager]

So Mash you been hunting up by Butternut.? Hehe

[Wilson]

I knew a taxidermist in New Orleans, and he would/could do anything with any animal. He told me people sometimes want weird stuff, and he could do anything. Some of it real amazing. Doing it from scratch wouldnt be a problem, bagging a good one to do it to might. I'm sure a good taxidermist could put one in a ready made one.

[O2 Mash]

Originally posted by Vienna Lager
So Mash you been hunting up by Butternut.? Hehe

No, not quite. Most of these were taken in Southern Illinois, but the 3rd and 4th from the left were taken in Montello, WI. They were all taken with a bow. What happened in Butternut? Is that where they cut the fence and all the CWD deer got loose?

By the way, my wife loves our new bar, but HATES these deer heads, and she really hates this.....
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c338/WITrapper/DSCN5399.jpg

[Vienna Lager]

The fence cutting was at Almond WI in Portage County and got the local community hopping mad. People are saying it is that preacher from south of us who protests at funerals of veterans. We think he got more misguided than he is and cutting the fence was his way of protesting the non-monogamous ways of the deer.

The area around Glidden and Butternut in Ashland County produce some of the largest deer historically.

[Payson]

and she really hates this.....

I gotta agree with your wife on that one. Well done mount, I'd just rather see them in the wild. I'm not trying to incite a riot by the way, just my opinion. For what it's worth, I'm not a PETA activist nor am I implying that you don't have a love for animals as well.

[HarkJohnny]

here's what you do with the other end of the deer

http://www.harkjohnny.com/ff/doorbell.jpg

[HogieWan]

I don't know if you should have given Deco such ideas

[HarkJohnny]

[sinister laugh]hehehehbwwahahahhahah!![/sinister laugh] :D

[DecoJuicer]

Damn Hark,

That is FUNNY!! However, I am really streching it by mounting a deer HEAD. I'm sure that it will cost me sometime in the future. We will be arguing over decorating, and she will just stop and point to the wall in the bar. I will try some lame arguement, and she will get what she wants. It works out really well that way.

As far as getting a deer large enough to mount, my sister lives on an 11 acre piece of land that is like a deer highway. Since they moved out there, her husband has taken some excellent sized bucks. They have already offered my their place to hunt this year. In fact, I have a nice tree picked out for bow seasons.

EDIT: Shortly after I typed this, Mrs. DecoJuicer walked by and I showed her the picture of the Deerbell. She just shook her head and said, "Maybe in your new house." Which I took to mean that I will never have an item like that as long as she allows me to live under the roof that I pay for. I was right. Then she read my response above, patted me on the head and said, "See honey, that is why we get along so well, because you are so smart." She then walked away without another word. She wouldn't even discuss mounting it by the back door. So unfair.

[chazwicke]

When I was in London last week, in Harrods, they had a singing deer head that was activated by motion. I think it is the next step up from those silly singing fish mounts.:rolleyes:

[hops99]

I'd mount Jennifer Granholm...

[Vienna Lager]

Hey Hops:

How 'bout Bea Arthur??

After a 12 pack of Hudepohl bet you would. Hehe

[Beer Monkey]

Originally posted by Vienna Lager
Hey Hops:

How 'bout Bea Arthur??

After a 12 pack of Hudepohl bet you would. Hehe

quick get me some soap to wash that image out of my brain

[HarkJohnny]

Betty White was the best looking one of the Golden Girls :eek:

[hops99]

How 'bout Bea Arthur??

Nah.

Maybe Brett Somers though - and only after a CASE of Little Kings.

[Vienna Lager]

Beer Monkey:

Just think Rachel Nichols to snap back to reality. ;>)

[Beer Monkey]

Originally posted by Vienna Lager
Beer Monkey:

Just think Rachel Nichols to snap back to reality. ;>)

how about i just hold onto that one in my imagination a bit