Name/Title
JackalopeEntry/Object ID
2022.62.1Description
Stuffed rabbits head with antlers commonly known as a "Jackalope" Donated to the Museum by Val and Carol Woods It had been hanging in a bedroom in their home "for a long time" according to Val.
In the 1930s, Douglas Herrick and his brother, hunters with taxidermy skills, popularized the American jackalope by grafting deer antlers onto a jackrabbit carcass and selling the combination to a local hotel in Douglas, .Douglas Herrick, creator of the “jackalope” -- that curious critter with a jack rabbit's body and an antelope's antlers that could turn downright vicious when threatened yet sing a gentle tenor along with the best of the campfire cowboys --