Last year, Mark drew an antelope tag so he and my dad went hunting in Northern Nevada. While there, Mark shot and killed a record antelope. Although I do not agree with hunting (even though I grew up in a house full of hunters), I was happy that he made it into a hunting magazine because he was just so proud of himself. Being that it was a record antelope, Mark decided to get the head mounted and it has taken over a year to get it back. I don't have the heart to tell him that it wouldn't break my heart if the head was somehow lost in the process :)
Over the last year, Mark has told me that he is mounting that head in the house. My response has typically been something to the effect of, "That's not happening." My mother never let my dad mount his dead animal heads in the house. She always told him that that is what the garage is for. I tried to tell Mark that he can put his big' ol head in the garage as well but he is not backing down!
After mulling things over, I've decided not to fight him on it. After all, he spoils me rotten and he works his you know what off so he deserves to show off his head with pride I suppose. I will not however, let him mount it where he wants to which is right above the television. The last thing I want staring at me creepily with its glass eyes when I'm watching T.V. is a horned stuffed animal head. The man will have to find somewhere else to put his treasure!
Mark just walked in from work, proudly carrying his big head. He immediately placed it on the wall next to the television and I promptly vetoed that idea. We agreed on the dining room. It's not exactly what I want to stare at when I am eating a nice meal but considering that we use that room like once a year, it will do.
Mark mounted it on the wall and it looks like this:
Trent keeps saying that the head is cute!
Even the baby liked the head!
The fun didn't stop there. Oh no, Mark had to nail the plaque in the wall with the animal's measurements on it as well!
Needless to say, it has been an exiting two days for my husband! Yesterday, the 2014 Rzr's were revealed and considering that I did in fact total ours, he was very excited to see what the new ones looked like. Although he immediately fell in love with the new model, there isn't a four seater so it looks like we are getting a 2013 this week. And now, he has his head! I'm not sure he can handle this much excitement in one week!
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