Oh Deer! ~ Animal Photography

This is a photo of some taxidermied animals. I took this photo in a pet store. I guess there is some irony in that! The store offers a taxidermy service and had many different displays. It looked to me like they do good work but I am, certainly, no expert on taxidermy so that is just my opinion. They sell some of the displays also and the deer in this photo had a price tag of seven hundred dollars. It also reminded me of a story. Many years ago, I worked in a restaurant with my sister and sometimes we would arrive early before anyone else was there and play an arcade game that was in the lounge. Right above the arcade game there was a taxidermied deer. We would, jokingly, call him “Old Buck” and wish him good morning. The company decided to redecorate and sold off the old stuff. They wanted twenty five dollars for “Old Buck” and I was planning on buying it but, sadly, someone beat me to it. A manager who knew of the sale in advance bought it before it even hit the actual sale. Anyway, I didn’t get to take “Old Buck” home with me. I had great plans of putting “Old Buck” in my sisters bed so when she woke up it would be laying next to her. I am laughing so hard just thinking about it even as I’m writing this. Now, some may think that would have been mean of me but I come from a family of pranksters so it would have all just been in fun. When I told her of my plan, she too had a good laugh! After seeing the price on this deer in the shop, I can’t help but think that “Old Buck” probably would’ve been a good investment as well!!

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