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The sign which was placed at the unveiling ceremony as people entered.
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Left Photo: A beautiful granite cut-out of the State of NH that lists all the initial Sponsors of the project who donated $500 or more towards the project.
Right Photo: A carved wooden plaque which lists the initial Donors who donated $250 or more towards the project.
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Left Photo: Lenny Charron, Great Northern Signs worked tirelessy to get the logos on to the trailer in time for the unveiling ceremony and Deerfield Fair. Chris Scott of CS Marketing and Design provided the computer graphic designwork to remaster many of the logos to make them ready for printing on the vinyl sign material.
Right Photo: The 24' trailer in which the exhibit will travel from show to show. Initial sponsor and donor logos can be seen throughout the exterior of the trailer.
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Left Photo: A parachute covered the display until its unveiling! If you look close enough, you can see two very large moose silhouttes.
Right Photo: John Wimsatt explains the program to the people before letting them in to the ceremony area. Approximately 300 people were on hand. To the left with the microphone is Jon Greenberg from NH Public Radio.
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Left Photo: An estimated 300-400 people came to the unveiling ceremony in Wilmot on Saturday, September 24. Vehicles were parked along Route 4A in both directions and on both sides of the road adjacent to the wayside.
Right Photo: The crowd gathered around the veiled mounts anxiously waiting for the first opportunity to see the finished exhibit.
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Left Photo: John Wimsatt explains the ceremony and the exhibit before introducing the finder of the locked antlers, Ray Deragon (seen on the left).
Right Photo: John Wimsatt prepares to introduce the next speaker who is seen to the right, Director of The Fish and Game Department, Lee Perry.
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Left Photo: Fish and Game Department Director, Lee Perry speaks to the crowd.
Right Photo: Conservation Officer Colonel Jeffrey Gray speaks to the crowd about the exhibit.
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Left Photo: Fish and Game Department's Wildlife Biologist and Moose Program Director Kristine Rhines speaks to a captive audience about how these two bull moose antlers likely became locked and what the rutting season is all about!
Right Photo: Mark Dufresne, the very talented taxidermist for the project explains how many hours were put in to this project and how important it was for him to make the display as close to the real thing as possible.
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"Forever Locked"
The life-sized exhibit is unveiled for the very first time!
Saturday - September 24, 2005
Photo by Bryan Flagg©
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The Above four photos were taken at different angles of the locked antlers.
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The two bull moose - "Forever Locked!" This is a life-size, full-body display. You can see how large this exhibit actually is by looking at the people in the background of the picture. Massive!
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Ray Deragon is the one responsible for starting the entire project by finding the locked antlers in October of 2003.
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Above from left to right are: Conservation Officer Wayne Saunders also President of the Conservation Officers Relief Association; Raymond Miner, Asst. Vice President/Branch Manager at the Concord location of First Colebrook Bank. First Colebrook Bank made a genorous initial donation of $5,000 towards the project; Lt. John Wimsatt who spearheaded the large scaled project.
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Above, Bryan Flagg, Publisher of the Northcountry News and sponsor of the project, congratulates John Wimsatt on the completion of the display. John and Bryan have been working together to bring you the on-going project through this website.
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The finished product. Left to Right are, Lisa Bell, Ray Deragon, Lt. John Wimsatt and Taxidermist Mark Dufresne. While there were dozens of volunteers that made this exhibit possible, this four person team made this extraordinary endeavor a reality.
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They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, but in this case I think the enormous display speaks for itself. There is no one picture which could be taken of this display that could possibly substitute seeing it with ones own eyes. You can easily see how large the exhibit actually is. It is indeed a life-size display.
I suggest that if you ever get the opportunity to visit this museum quality exhibit while it is on display somewhere, that you do so. Keep checking back to our exhibit location updates to see where the exhibit will be displayed throughout the future.
We will be adding more pictures as time goes on and as it is displayed at different locations. Please check back regularly for newly posted pictures and updates.
Thank you for visiting & Please Stop By Often!
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Two more nice photos of the moose, "Forever Locked."
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Left Photo: The display is in a studio for proper and professional pictures.
Right Photo: The beautiful exhibit in its entirety.
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The Northcountry News is providing the information concerning "Forever Locked" in cooperation with the
NH Locked Moose Antler Project, Inc. (non-profit owner of the exhibit) Permission to use any of the information within
these pages or questions regarding this project should be directed to:
NHLMAP, Inc., PO Box 236, Northwood NH 03261 or you may call(603) 387-0047 for more information.
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