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Here's a few photos of my African Trophy Room
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If u have any questions, feel free to ask. I sure as heck don't know everything about it, but I know more now, than I did before my first Safari.mr walleye said:Love the room I am planning to go in the next couple of years.
That is awesome! I am glad some one can have room like that, never mind get the chance at all those trophy's! Congrats!mikeh416Rigby said:Thanks. After my wife and I were married, we lived in a small apartment for 7 years. Following that, we bought a small, 1000 sf house in the city. My mounts were scattered everywhere: down in the basement, family members and friends homes, area sporting goods stores, you name it. Well, after living there 19 years, the neighborhood really started going down hill...lots of crime, etc., so we decided that wasn't where we wanted to retire. So 12 years ago a friend of mine who was a real estate developer and home builder, made us an offer on a land/house combo out in the country on 3 acres. We designed the house ourselves, a 2000 sf ranch home (my knees are shot, so I wanted no stairs), with a trophy room. The trophy room measures 24' x 28', and has 14 ' vaulted ceiling. The wall paper is made from woven grass: I bought it because it reminded me of the reed walls of a chalet I stayed in at one of the game reserves in South Africa. The basement has a 20 yard archery and air rifle range. I practice flippin jigs down there too.![]()
Yea...I can shoot indoors when it's raining or snowing, and outdoors, I have targets set up from 10 to 60 yards.offshoreonly said::shock: you have your own archery range?!?
Thanks Tailhunter. I have indeed been blessed to have had those opportunities. I really enjoy sitting down in "my room" and all I have to do is look at a particular mount, close my eyes, and see the whole hunt happening again.Tailhunter said:That is awesome! I am glad some one can have room like that, never mind get the chance at all those trophy's! Congrats!mikeh416Rigby said:Thanks. After my wife and I were married, we lived in a small apartment for 7 years. Following that, we bought a small, 1000 sf house in the city. My mounts were scattered everywhere: down in the basement, family members and friends homes, area sporting goods stores, you name it. Well, after living there 19 years, the neighborhood really started going down hill...lots of crime, etc., so we decided that wasn't where we wanted to retire. So 12 years ago a friend of mine who was a real estate developer and home builder, made us an offer on a land/house combo out in the country on 3 acres. We designed the house ourselves, a 2000 sf ranch home (my knees are shot, so I wanted no stairs), with a trophy room. The trophy room measures 24' x 28', and has 14 ' vaulted ceiling. The wall paper is made from woven grass: I bought it because it reminded me of the reed walls of a chalet I stayed in at one of the game reserves in South Africa. The basement has a 20 yard archery and air rifle range. I practice flippin jigs down there too.![]()
The very first thing you'll need to do, is determine what animals you'd like to hunt. I would suggest that the first time hunter look at a hunt stricktly for plains game, like Kudu, Gemsbok, Impala, Warthog, and Blue Wildebeest.keka55 said:Wonderful trophy room!! I am looking at going to Africa in two years and would love to hear your comments on possible outfitters.
Thanks for the compliment. I have wooden, horizontal blinds on the room's windows, so no sunlight shines on them.tradbow said:That's a great trophy room!!! Do you get any damage from sunlight on your mounts?