aclawrence
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- Feb 20, 2015
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Hey guys, I have an interesting situation I would like to get your thoughts on. This is the perfect group to talk to because it is about me taking ownership of another guys hard earned trophies as far as I know. Now that I have your attention I'll tell you the story. So from 2007-2010 I had a sporting goods store that specialized in archery gear. I sold all kinds of hunting stuff. Unfortunately with the crash and such a specialized seasonal area of interest I had to close my business. While my business was open I began to buy ads from a guy that had a local newspaper. He was a nice and even did a story about me on the cover of the paper one time. I did several ads with him and he would be a few things from my store every now and then. At some point he told me he had some of his deer heads in storage and wondered if I'd be interested in hanging them up in my store. I said sure and he brought them over. He brought three deer heads and they were all really nice bucks. The mounts weren't that great but they were pretty big deer for Alabama. So at some point he ending up doing a new paper that was different than his first one he was doing. One day he came by and was telling me about it and I gave him $250 for ads in his paper. This was the last time I ever saw the guy while I was in business and I never saw the paper. He disappeared. I'm pretty sure he made his rounds and took a lot of peoples money and dropped off the radar. So here it is 2018 and I've had this guys deer heads since then. I did see they guy in a grocery store one time several years later and it was awkward. He asked if I still had the deer heads and I said yes and he said he still had my number like he would call me or something. I should have just confronted him there in the store and offered for him to by his mounts back but I didn't. I haven't seen him since. As far as I'm concerned, and by law (i think), the mounts are mine. But I don't really want them. There on the wall in my moms basement and she's ready to get rid of so many mounts down there. I'm sure I could sell the mounts and get my money and make some money to but I don't know what the rules are for selling animal mounts. The main thing is I just feel so bad about doing that. I mean I'm not even sure he really killed those deer but he did tell me stories about the deer. I'm just having a hard time getting rid of his trophies. I guess if he really cared he could have tracked me down. I've searched for him but can't find him on Facebook or anywhere. I'm guessing this is because I'm not the only one he did this to. I'm open to whatever feedback ya'll have. Let it rip.