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NaturePunk In reply to Featherologist [2011-01-10 19:34:16 +0000 UTC]
Found these on my friend's farm where I get all my feathers. I didn't know they were owl at the time (I thought they were from one her domestic turkeys), and it would have been illegal to keep them, so I donated them to the University's biology department.
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NaturePunk In reply to Featherologist [2011-01-11 17:00:32 +0000 UTC]
We hear the owls at night sometimes. But I never saw the one whose feathers these came from. We found them right near the turkeys' safe house, so it took me a while to realize they were even from an owl. I noticed the difference when I felt how soft the owl feathers are compared to turkey. It's amazing.
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Majiran [2011-01-10 00:37:55 +0000 UTC]
It's funny that you mentioned African black-backed jackal, I've actually got that on my menu! I've been wanting a headdress of my own for a long time but I'm really tall so my options are limited to bear, puma or wolf- and bears and pumas are illegal in my state. XP I've resigned myself to using something smaller until I'm good enough to maybe make a wolf one.
Anyway, I have to say thanks for posting these, I love looking at headdresses as inspiration and to try to figure out how to do my own.
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NaturePunk In reply to Majiran [2011-01-10 01:11:29 +0000 UTC]
Which state are you in? Some states will allow you to have a pelt from an otherwise-illegal animal if it's strictly for personal use (as in, you don't intend to sell it). But you have to be able to prove that it came from a different state.
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Majiran In reply to NaturePunk [2011-01-10 02:06:22 +0000 UTC]
I live in Florida, black bears and pumas are illegal because they're lookalike species to our protected black bears and panthers, so I'm not sure how that would figure in (for instance I know in California you can do what you mentioned with wolf skins, but they aren't lookalikes to anything there.)
Grizzly bears, African lions, Arctic wolves...there are other large mammals that I could legally get a skin of, but they're way beyond my means unless I get really lucky.
There is another aspect that plays into how I discriminate in what I bring into my collections- I have to consider the fact that at any moment I might have to sell everything I own and leave. Not to be dramatic, it's just something I need to keep in mind, haha.
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NaturePunk In reply to Majiran [2011-01-10 07:17:03 +0000 UTC]
Ah-ha. Yes, that makes sense. Shame it has to be that way, though.
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wolfofsecrets [2011-01-09 03:38:30 +0000 UTC]
Vury nice. Oh and is that a red fabric I see on the inside of the hide?
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NaturePunk In reply to wolfofsecrets [2011-01-09 21:23:15 +0000 UTC]
It's an all-natural 100% recycled felt. Feels nice on your shoulders and does a great job of protecting the leather from damage during wear.
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aztecwolves [2011-01-08 19:15:37 +0000 UTC]
that is so cool! neat work you do
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