Lions and Tigers and Bears and Hippos and Leopards and Crocodiles... OH MY!

This evening was quite the occasion. Pat Early, the managing principal at Somerset, where I work, had an open house at his home to showcase his hunting trophies. Now this wasn't your regular home, or trophies...it was a log cabin style mansion and these were a few of his treasures...




My pictures hardly do it justice. I am not exaggerating when I guess that he probably had 150-200 mounts of different animals scattered throughout his house. There were several bears, moose, a zebra head, every African deer you can think of, a Hippo, several fish, turkeys, bobcats, white tail, mule deer, water buffalo, fox, coyotes, and elk, just to name a few. His latest kill hasn't made it back from Africa yet, but there will soon be a branch across the entry way with his prized leopard perched upon it.

All I have to say is WOW, he has a supportive wife!