Ultimate fisherman mount just finished

I've been lucky to be trusted with several unique animals to mount but the piebald otters have to be one of my favorites. This is the 3rd one I have done over the years. I have been fascinated by otters all my life but especially after I saw my first in the wild when one swam up to my boat on Blood River some 25 years ago.

This one was taken on a watershed lake close to Benton. I got it ready for a neat Christmas gift. Very rare animal. The Clarks River NWR folks came by and none of them had ever seen one.

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That is one of the critters who ate all the fish in my pond!

Awesome animal. Great job on the mount.

Looks awesome Doug!

Awesome looking mount. Never heard of or Seen a piebald one .

Very nice work

Good job on a cool animal.

Nice work Doug.

Thanks for the compliments guys. My next big project is getting to the shop tomorrow---a full body whitetail buck with a full body mountain lion jumping onto its back. I've mounted both animals before, just not on the same mount.

When I opened my shop in 2003, the 1st thing thru the door was a 4 pound black crappie. I guess that raised the bar pretty high. I never expected all the African, Asian, North and South American, New Zealand, etc animals that I have had the privilege to work on.

Nicely done sir!

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Originally Posted by mrdux

-a full body whitetail buck with a full body mountain lion jumping onto its back.

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Not that you need inspiration or anything but I remember the old mount of the same that was in Uncle Lee's for the longest time. Over the years it got to looking pretty rough but I remember as a kid being mesmerized by it. That and the "white faced woods critter" that was up on the wall behind the gun counter.

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Originally Posted by smashdn

Not that you need inspiration or anything but I remember the old mount of the same that was in Uncle Lee's for the longest time. Over the years it got to looking pretty rough but I remember as a kid being mesmerized by it. That and the "white faced woods critter" that was up on the wall behind the gun counter.

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Are you talking about the Paris store? Hank Jr lost a ton of African mounts. There were several book elk that burned in it also.

Never heard of a piebald otter. Pretty cool.

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Originally Posted by mrdux

Are you talking about the Paris store? Hank Jr lost a ton of African mounts. There were several book elk that burned in it also.

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No, the one in powderly. They had a decent whitetail getting et on by a mountain lion/panther/puma/catamount.