Dandy General season Wet side archery bull (Charlies Taxidermy)

[bucklucky]

Any guesses on the score on this bull.

    This was a nightmare bull to start. Customer brought it to me to re-mount. The origional mount had the eye guards sitting just above the bridge of the nose and had the skull cap broke to clear the wall (definately not the correct way to make the antlers clear the wall), it was about 5 inches narrower than the rack should have been via score sheet. This was not kosher with my customer so I told him I could fix it and make it right. So a new cape and me changing my mind on how I wanted to modify the form many times, this is what I came up with . I sure hope this brings back good memmories  of his trophy instead of displeasure everytime he looked at it on the wall. Too bad the origional mount was only 3 years old   Lesson learned, make sure the taxidermist you take it to does the quality of work you expect so you dont have to pay to have it done again.

[jason4429]

That's a nice one for sure .I saw you taking pics ,when i drove by a little earlier today.

[bucklucky]

That was you , I thought it was . It started raining bout that time too.

[archery288]

That thing looks sweet!!! Nice work Charlie!!!! My ol' man is gonna be one happy camper when he gets back from redding!!    Now you just have to get his deer done and he'll be good to go for life! Lol

I'll guess the score - may be unfair though because I know the answer.. 

[LittleJohn]

MAN THAT LOOKS ALLOT BETTER!!!! Love what u did with the form. Bringing back some great memories
Great Job Charlie

[BOWHUNTER45]

Yep ...Bucklucky  . Your the sh$t man... awesome job !!! seriously nice job ! 

[MuleySniper]

Looks awesome! Is that the Eastmans article bull?
MS

[bucklucky]

Looks awesome! Is that the Eastmans article bull?
MS

Wich one, Ive mounted quite a few critters that have been in Eastmans

[bucklucky]

Oh and thanks guys. That was a perfect cape for that bull John 

[archery288]

That was an Eastmans' bull featuring a bull I had taken as well.. "The father son duo". Also was the article that announced me winning the hunt with Cameron Hanes.. What an awesome bull - another HUGE congratulations to my ol' man!! My true hero!! 

John - thank you for being there and calling that big boy in! You definitely made his dreams come true!

[Alan K]

Great work Charlie!

[Pathfinder101]

Great looking mount Charlie

[BrushChimp]

Looking good, Charlie! Not to hijack this thread, but what is the minimum width you'd expect to lose on a 19 1/4" wide buck after the antlers "dry." I have a buddy out here who may have ran into the same problem as the owner of this bull mount did. Seems like he lost a little too much in width after the mount. I told him about what you were doing with this bull and I may have to stear him your way.

[bucklucky]

From what I have seen about 3/4 of an inch on the high end  is about the norm on a deer rack , but usually around that 3/8 to 1/2 inch area. I have seen some racks that have lost a bit more though.

[bowsandhose]

looks great  that form looks familiar