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Offline jrebel

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Re: No room for a second mount, what would you do?
« Reply #15 on: June 29, 2015, 07:56:06 PM »
Loan it to me!!!  I have a great spot for one and will probably never kill a bull.   :tup:  One of these days I am going to mount a cow so I can enjoy an elk mount.   :chuckle:

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Re: No room for a second mount, what would you do?
« Reply #16 on: June 29, 2015, 08:06:38 PM »
One of these days I am going to mount a cow so I can enjoy an elk mount.   :chuckle:
My advice is to wear large antlers and bugle loudly.  Good luck in your quest. :chuckle: :chuckle:

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Re: No room for a second mount, what would you do?
« Reply #17 on: June 29, 2015, 08:23:43 PM »

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Re: No room for a second mount, what would you do?
« Reply #18 on: June 29, 2015, 08:30:18 PM »
One of these days I am going to mount a cow so I can enjoy an elk mount.   :chuckle:
My advice is to wear large antlers and bugle loudly.  Good luck in your quest. :chuckle: :chuckle:

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Re: No room for a second mount, what would you do?
« Reply #19 on: June 29, 2015, 08:41:29 PM »
One of these days I am going to mount a cow so I can enjoy an elk mount.   :chuckle:
My advice is to wear large antlers and bugle loudly.  Good luck in your quest. :chuckle: :chuckle:

Sorry JR but that's darn funny  :chuckle: :chuckle:

Made me chuckle!!   :chuckle:

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Re: No room for a second mount, what would you do?
« Reply #20 on: June 29, 2015, 08:54:26 PM »
The good thing about bringing up this subject is that I'm going to jinx myself and NOT get a bull so I won't have the dilemma after all. :chuckle:
Your supposed to be negative going into it, then you'll get one....reverse physycology!  :tup:

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Re: No room for a second mount, what would you do?
« Reply #21 on: June 29, 2015, 08:57:10 PM »
I think the suggestion ofTanning the cape and doing a Euro mount is valid. Euro's are pretty sweet and no less of a trophy for preserving the memory. They look pretty cool in a garage as well

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Re: No room for a second mount, what would you do?
« Reply #22 on: June 29, 2015, 09:03:05 PM »
Is there any way of you ever owning a larger home?  I was fortunate to kill an awesome 6x6 for my first bull but didn't have the area to put such an animal in the home I had at the time.  So, I just had the cape dry tanned for safe keeping and mounted it 6 years later.  Not sure if this is at all a possibility but it worked great for me!!! 

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Re: No room for a second mount, what would you do?
« Reply #23 on: June 29, 2015, 09:20:06 PM »
selling a mount :yike: not me! never

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Re: No room for a second mount, what would you do?
« Reply #24 on: June 29, 2015, 09:22:37 PM »
The next deer mount I get will be replacing the family picture :chuckle:
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Re: No room for a second mount, what would you do?
« Reply #25 on: June 29, 2015, 09:54:33 PM »
Tanning the cape and doing a euro mount does sound like a viable option, although I don't know that I'll ever want to load up a wall with more than one elk shoulder mount.  I've seen some folks do that and, unless they have a huge house, it can really take over the living space.

I've suggested to my wife that I could put one over the bed since the master bedroom has a vaulted ceiling but you might guess what her reaction was to that.  Maybe I'll do that anyway and pay extra for the taxidermist to put in moving eyeballs and a sound track that does cat calls when she walks through in the buff. :chuckle:

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Re: No room for a second mount, what would you do?
« Reply #26 on: June 29, 2015, 10:00:41 PM »
 :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Re: No room for a second mount, what would you do?
« Reply #27 on: June 29, 2015, 10:53:29 PM »
This will be a moot point if I don't score a big bull but I've been thinking about a very possible dilimna I may face in elk season this year.  I have a quality archery bull tag in an area I know to hold big bulls and the season timing has improved my chances over previous years.  Here's the problem: I have a big bull mount at my place and there is absolutely no good location for a second.  If I happen to score I want to have the decision already made as to whether to take it to a taxidermist.  What would you do? :dunno:

Sounds like an addition is in order or a new shop.  I would start making arrangements with a contractor or buddy at this time.  Don't let small things like space hang you up.   :yike:
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Re: No room for a second mount, what would you do?
« Reply #28 on: June 30, 2015, 12:35:14 AM »
This is what I did

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Re: No room for a second mount, what would you do?
« Reply #29 on: June 30, 2015, 05:34:31 AM »
That's pretty cool buglebuster

 


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