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Deer mount question
« on: December 04, 2012, 10:00:11 AM »
I know it is personal preference, but should the deer 1) face forward, 2) look slight left, 3)look slight right, 4)head up high.
BTW. I am surprised at how long a head/shoulder mount takes. Over a year was the estimate.
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Re: Deer mount question
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2012, 10:02:15 AM »
Part of it depends on where it is going. I like a turn to one side to help keep the antlers and a pleasing angle.

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Re: Deer mount question
« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2012, 10:21:18 AM »
I prefer a right or left turn.

Wall Pedestals are what I really like.  They just add a lot of character to a mount.  Plus they have a turn and can still look to the center of a room. 

Personally I can't stand a mount that looks streight ahead.  I don't care how good the taxi is they all look stuffed.  Deer in the head lights of a train look.  :yike: :twocents:

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Re: Deer mount question
« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2012, 10:21:49 AM »
Another way I've determined when picking which way it faces was what way the animal was facing right before I pulled the trigger. That image is an image burned into my memory and I like to look up on the wall looking at the mount which resembles how I saw that animal last before I harvested it.  :twocents:

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Re: Deer mount question
« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2012, 10:41:49 AM »
left or right for where your going to hang it.. Never do a straight mount. What are you getting mounted? I would ask your taxidermist to use a mckenzie form on your mount.. Unless its a blacktail then it will be a reasearch manikins form

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Re: Deer mount question
« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2012, 10:52:55 AM »
I figure out where I'm going to hang it in my house first and decide how to mount based on where I want him to be facing

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Re: Deer mount question
« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2012, 10:55:28 AM »
My blacktail and a nice cork screw point on the left so I had mine look right to accentuate the left side cork screw.

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Re: Deer mount question
« Reply #7 on: December 04, 2012, 11:32:27 AM »
Depends on where you are hanging it.... Generally you will want the animal facing towards you as you enter a room....but it's what ever floats your boat....
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Re: Deer mount question
« Reply #8 on: December 04, 2012, 11:36:05 AM »
I also suggest the "howling at the moon" pose.....chin up, mouth open, eyes blazing wide open!

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Re: Deer mount question
« Reply #9 on: December 04, 2012, 11:48:25 AM »
My mount faces the front door as you walk into the room.

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Re: Deer mount question
« Reply #10 on: December 04, 2012, 04:23:35 PM »
There was a spot in the family room where I grew up that had one of my dad's deer and an antelope and a buck of my mom's all staring at, from three different walls.  It was kind of freaky to stand there.

My dad's buck was a regal 4X4 WT from WY with it's head held high and turned slightly whereas my mom's was a dark-faced 4X4 WT from some swamp in northern WI, it's head was also turned slightly but was lower in a sneaking position.

I think it depends on the deer/antlers and where you plan on putting it.  I would like having them looking at me from where I usually see them whether it is a doorway or a recliner.

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Re: Deer mount question
« Reply #11 on: December 05, 2012, 02:28:39 PM »
My mount faces the front door as you walk into the room.

how old is that mount?  :chuckle: nice double throat patch!  :tup:
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