Gary Walker_Giraffe

In 2001, Gary Walker took a rare giraffe, one with black spots instead of tan. It was also rather old at about 26 years of age. The skin on its face and head was thin, which required that the taxidermist take more care with it.

Sauk Centre resident Gary Walker’s hunting experiences began like most Minnesotans’, going after pheasants and deer with his dad at about age 12. He got his first deer, a doe, at that hunt, using a borrowed .351 Winchester of his uncle’s. When he turned 14 and could hunt alone, he hunted a lot with a friend. They mostly hunted ducks.

“I’ve always hunted deer,” he said. “That’s been the main thing in my hunting life.”

Gary Walker_Moose

Gary Walker’s largest North American trophy is a moose that he harvested while on a guided hunt in northern British Columbia. “I got a nice moose with 50-inch wide antlers, 30-plus points,” he said. “It missed making the record book by one inch.” Walker drove his pickup so all the way to the hunt so he could bring the meat, horns and cape home. If he’d flown, he could not have done that.
Gary Walker_Cape Buffalo

Gary Walker took a Cape buffalo during his first hunt in Africa in 2001.  He was on the east coast of South Africa, near the Indian Ocean. The Cape buffalo is a “very mean, scary animal”. Its hide is one-inch thick. The trophy is a most-prized display in his Africa room.
Gary Walker_Mountain Lion

Gary Walker shot a mountain lion in 1995, in southern New Mexico, the Gila Wilderness. He flew in to the guided hunt, where he shot the cat with a .41 magnum.
  

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