Author Topic: Val's 390 class Blue Mountain Bull Elk (Read 14055 times)

Kuduman · « **on:** January 01, 2010, 11:03:43 AM »

Hey folks thought you might enjoy this.

A customer of mine found theses sheds on his property and wanted them mounted. I'm not an official scorer but like most of you can get a pretty good idea of gross scores. I taped the left side at 179 and the right at 175 and change. Now realizing that they are sheds i estimated a 36in inside spread that I felt was pretty conservative. By my estimation that ranges this bulls score at about 390 and I would bet the spread was a little wider than I gave them credit for but due to the conventional shed mounting system I was constraint by design.

These were on the ground about 7 months before Val found them so I know the colore looks a little dark. Most of the brow tines were missing (chewed) and allot of the left main beam. I had to color them a little darker than I would have liked to hide the repairs.

Anyway Enjoy

Jeff

markts · « **Reply #1 on:** January 01, 2010, 11:05:25 AM »

Nice work Kudu.Mark

Buckhole · « **Reply #2 on:** January 01, 2010, 03:39:36 PM »

Whopper antlers!!!

Joe_Hunter · « **Reply #3 on:** January 02, 2010, 04:47:27 PM »

Nice work as usual

huntnphool · « **Reply #4 on:** January 02, 2010, 04:51:12 PM »

I think sheds get a 40" credit for elk

Kuduman · « **Reply #5 on:** January 02, 2010, 07:32:27 PM »

Huntnphool:
Thanks and I think your right on the 40 inch credit I have mounted elk with spreads as high as 50 inches and as low as 30. When mounting sheds spread is a subjective issue. I start at 36 and see how they look and go from there.
With a 40 inch credit theses sheds are getting dangerously close to 400 gross

Thanks

Jeff

WCTaxidermy · « **Reply #6 on:** January 03, 2010, 09:53:25 PM »

Nice mount Jeff. I wish I can find sheds like that. John

h2ofowlr · « **Reply #7 on:** January 03, 2010, 09:58:03 PM »

It looks good from this distance.

Kuduman · « **Reply #8 on:** January 03, 2010, 10:58:10 PM »

Thanks guys:
I guess I could have included a few close up's .....I thought of leaving the antlers out of the pic but that would have been a

Customer already picked up the mount or I would put a few more pics on here.

Thanks for the business Val

Kuduman · « **Reply #9 on:** January 03, 2010, 11:01:05 PM »

Actually on second thought If you click on the pic you can zoom in so that should do it

carpsniperg2 · « **Reply #10 on:** January 03, 2010, 11:09:29 PM »

good looking elk mount

bearpaw · « **Reply #11 on:** January 03, 2010, 11:14:53 PM »

I zoomed in like you said to do, didn't know you could do that....

Your repairs looked great, nicely done.

Kuduman · « **Reply #12 on:** January 04, 2010, 07:56:49 PM »

Thanks

HEADSHOT · « **Reply #13 on:** January 04, 2010, 07:57:16 PM »

its about time you got that mount posted on here, dang fine animals on the eastside! I am pumped everytime I see the work you and your fellow mounters turn out! If there was one thing I would love to learn, its hides and feathers and paying due's to the dead! Yall rock! I cant wait to see my mulie, antelope, and bear rug! JEFF RULES!!!! I drive all the way from darn LONG BEACH just to have him do my work.... cant wait man! Just hope you can repair the damage to my bear rug the cat did! I HATE CATS!!! WELL YOURS are pretty cool, even the mounted ones.... but only yours!

bowhunterforever · « **Reply #14 on:** January 05, 2010, 10:56:15 PM »

What a monster!

lewy · « **Reply #15 on:** January 06, 2010, 06:25:20 AM »

looks good, nice work

Kuduman · « **Reply #16 on:** January 08, 2010, 01:21:43 PM »

Thanks lewey

gunnarnewt · « **Reply #17 on:** January 08, 2010, 03:04:01 PM »

You do amazing work Jeff. Those antlers are massive!

Kuduman · « **Reply #18 on:** January 08, 2010, 05:54:26 PM »

Gunnernewt:
You gotta be boared up there to be surfing this forum

Sorry I couldn't go whack dogs last month but things have been crazy in the shop. It's starting to settle down now and I can actually relax.
Thanks for the nice remarks. you should take some pics of the mounts I did for you and post em up. Make sure you groom them first so they look respectable

Thanks

Jeff

gunnarnewt · « **Reply #19 on:** January 11, 2010, 01:33:27 PM »

If I ever learn how to operate a camera I will! I love seeing my antelope and deer that you did every day, and I wish I had 'Hairy" up here with me too! Keep up the good work! It's probably a good thing you didn't go......I missed twice

Next time I go though I'll holler at you.

Austrian Hunter · « **Reply #20 on:** January 11, 2010, 01:44:57 PM »

Awesome, man what a bull. I can't tell you have done any repair work it looks super natural.

Kuduman · « **Reply #21 on:** January 11, 2010, 05:26:57 PM »

Thanks

HEADSHOT · « **Reply #22 on:** January 21, 2010, 10:02:08 PM »

Post some more of your work!!!!

elk311 · « **Reply #23 on:** January 22, 2010, 07:27:01 AM »

Nice mount! My Peola "A" bull had a dark rack also, your color is very close if not right on. They must rub against some dark stuff in the Blues.

robb92 · « **Reply #24 on:** January 23, 2010, 06:20:39 AM »

Very nice work!!! Thanks for posting the pic!

rosscrazyelk · « **Reply #25 on:** February 02, 2010, 04:35:40 PM »

That loos great. I am not sure I could justify mounting sheds however.

Kuduman · « **Reply #26 on:** February 02, 2010, 08:03:09 PM »

rosscrazyelk:
Believe it or not I'm getting more and more inquiries for mounting sheds than ever before. I would attribute that to the odds of drawing a local tag. It's awefully hard to go out and consistently see 370 class bulls and know that the chances of drawing a tag are slim. So when shed hunting season comes around and your picking up set after set of monster bulls you start thinking about mounting them. That's exactly what happened in this case.

HEADSHOT · « **Reply #27 on:** February 27, 2010, 12:00:59 AM »

post some pics man!

Deep Forks · « **Reply #28 on:** February 27, 2010, 12:30:25 AM »

Good looking mount, just love looking at that brute. When I'm down toward Dayton I would like to see your shop.

I've got around a 330" I need mounted.

DF John

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