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Community => Taxidermy & Scoring => Topic started by: HoofsandWings on December 04, 2012, 10:00:11 AM

Title: Deer mount question
Post by: HoofsandWings 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.
Thanks
Title: Re: Deer mount question
Post by: h20hunter 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.
Title: Re: Deer mount question
Post by: Michelle_Nelson 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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Post by: Prime Time 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:
Title: Re: Deer mount question
Post by: jess 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
Title: Re: Deer mount question
Post by: adamR 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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Post by: BsB 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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Title: Re: Deer mount question
Post by: elkhunter1977 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....
Title: Re: Deer mount question
Post by: h20hunter 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!
Title: Re: Deer mount question
Post by: D-Rock425 on December 04, 2012, 11:48:25 AM: My mount faces the front door as you walk into the room.
Title: Re: Deer mount question
Post by: lokidog 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.
Title: Re: Deer mount question
Post by: RoyBoy on December 05, 2012, 02:28:39 PM: Quote from: D-Rock425 on December 04, 2012, 11:48:25 AM
My mount faces the front door as you walk into the room.

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