Caping of trophy animals (Bulls)

[floatinghat]

I now have a trophy sitting out in my chicken pen. 

Now that is pic worthy

[j_h_nimrod]

To me it is sort of like wasting meat on an animal. The hide is part of the animal you killed and should be used if possible. That being said I don't have a room full of deer hides, actually only one and that is for rawhide. I do have
5-6 Mt. Goat hides, and some bear hides laying around. I have 2 coastal brownies that I prepped for full body mounts if I ever have an extra $5000+ laying around ...

I was at a guys house the other day with some phenomenal animals on the wall. He shot one this year I would have mounted but just hacked out the skull cap because he has no more need of another mount and did not want to take the time and effort to cape it properly.

[elkinrutdrivemenuts]

Seems that a lot of members on here are always concerned about why someone didn't cape out a trophy bull or buck. What does it matter to anyone except for the person that shot the animal? How bout we just congratulate them on a successful hunt and a great animal, instead of possibly making them feel bad that they screwed up by not capping it out or making them second guess their decision. Many people don't have room for such a mount. Just a little rant.

Thats because that's all they care about.  Filling the tag isn't important,  it's gotta be a trophy and it's gotta go on the wall.

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