Now I know who has been buying up all the mounts at garage sales.
There's a lot of truth to that. I do sometimes buy some taxidermy items to decorate with. Since my wife passed away and I retired, I started to decorate the house the way I wanted. I enjoy collecting and surrounding myself with this stuff. The fish mounts are mostly mine and my son's and some of the big bucks are my own but I do confess to being a bit of a hoarder and collector and do not ever claim to have harvested all that I have on display. If that sounds weird....so be it....criticize away. It is my hobby. I also collect many other things. I have to come to grips with the fact that I have become a hoarder and should clean out a few things so I still have room in the house and basement for necessary items like more fishing tackle and guns and mounts.
The only fish mount in that pic that I did not catch is the Lake Trout that I got at an estate sale for 42 bucks. It is a great mount and a bargain at that price so I just could not pass it up.