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Title: looking for a blacktial, bench leg cape......
Post by: bowhunter/taxidermest on January 15, 2009, 10:19:23 PM: just wandering if anybody has a Bench leg buck cape, blacktail, or medium sized mulie cape for sale, looking to mount a couple of shed horns for a customer? thanks :peep:
Title: Re: looking for a blacktial, bench leg cape......
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on January 15, 2009, 10:24:29 PM: Well are the shed horns blacktail, bench or mulie? What size cape you looking for?
Title: Re: looking for a blacktial, bench leg cape......
Post by: Aneoakleaf on January 15, 2009, 10:27:06 PM: Quote from: Michelle_Nelson on January 15, 2009, 10:24:29 PM
well are the shed horns blacktail, bench or mulie?
Lets see them?
Title: Re: looking for a blacktial, bench leg cape......
Post by: bowhunter/taxidermest on January 15, 2009, 10:55:32 PM: i dont know how to post pics yet still learning, but there just a set of four by fours with some garbage on the right side, its a bench buck but i figure that any one of those three will do, the size that im looking for is from nose to front cover of eye around 5 to 5 1/2 and circufernces of the neck around 15 1/2 to 18 1/2 the guy dosent have a whole of room so he asked if i could mount as a little bit of a smaller body deer so i said why not....thanks
Title: Re: looking for a blacktial, bench leg cape......
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on January 16, 2009, 12:29:22 AM: 5" - 5 1/2". You mounting a fawn? An 18" Blacktail Cape will normally be around 6" - 6 1/4" eye to nose. Mule Deer and Bench Bucks will normally have 6 1/4 - 6 1/2" eye to nose.

You don't want the deer to look like a giraff with a big rack. Seeing the horns and some measurments of the antlers would really help. I wouldn't mount it on anything less than 18" Cape.
Title: Re: looking for a blacktial, bench leg cape......
Post by: bowhunter/taxidermest on January 16, 2009, 01:33:23 AM: wow been a long day for me michelle your going to have to excuse my head from not thinking :bash: umm well sorry bout that i was thinking bout to diffrent deer ya im mounting a small doe my niegbor boy got this year with a doe tag. but about the bench buck im looking for a 6 1/2 and 21 1/2 cape im truley sorry for that i stayed home from school ad have been up since five doing deer, finishing birds, im sure you know how it is?
Title: Re: looking for a blacktial, bench leg cape......
Post by: gasman on January 16, 2009, 05:22:43 AM: I have never heard this term.

What is a bench buck? :dunno:
Title: Re: looking for a blacktial, bench leg cape......
Post by: bucklucky on January 16, 2009, 08:03:14 AM: Bench leg, Bench buck = blacktail muley cross.
Title: Re: looking for a blacktial, bench leg cape......
Post by: bucklucky on January 16, 2009, 08:14:03 AM: Quote from: Michelle_Nelson on January 16, 2009, 12:29:22 AM
5" - 5 1/2". You mounting a fawn? An 18" Blacktail Cape will normally be around 6" - 6 1/4" eye to nose. Mule Deer and Bench Bucks will normally have 6 1/4 - 6 1/2" eye to nose.

You don't want the deer to look like a giraff with a big rack. Seeing the horns and some measurments of the antlers would really help. I wouldn't mount it on anything less than 18" Cape.

Bear hunter had a cape off a little 3 point for sale on here.
Title: Re: looking for a blacktial, bench leg cape......
Post by: bucklucky on January 16, 2009, 08:16:35 AM: http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,16990.msg193203.html#msg193203
Title: Re: looking for a blacktial, bench leg cape......
Post by: bucklucky on January 16, 2009, 09:25:48 AM: I think Bearhunter sold that cape.
Title: Re: looking for a blacktial, bench leg cape......
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on January 16, 2009, 09:56:20 AM: Bearhunter sold that cape.

bowhunter/taxidermest,

Where do you measure your capes? McKenzie C, B, or D measurment?
Title: Re: looking for a blacktial, bench leg cape......
Post by: bowhunter/taxidermest on January 16, 2009, 12:53:30 PM: umm i use vandykes mostly not sure what letter for mckines
unno: but i measure from tip of nose to eye, what letter would that be for mckinzes?
Title: Re: looking for a blacktial, bench leg cape......
Post by: Bearhunter on January 16, 2009, 08:13:46 PM: Bowhunter/taxidermist Ill sell you a 20" 61/4inch Blacktail cape if your interested, I sold the smaller one to Michelle. PM me if your interested.
Title: Re: looking for a blacktial, bench leg cape......
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on January 17, 2009, 12:13:41 AM: Quote from: bowhunter/taxidermest on January 16, 2009, 12:53:30 PM
umm i use vandykes mostly not sure what letter for mckines
unno: but i measure from tip of nose to eye, what letter would that be for mckinzes?

I am talking about where you measure your necks?
Title: Re: looking for a blacktial, bench leg cape......
Post by: bowhunter/taxidermest on January 17, 2009, 04:43:25 PM: three inches down from the ears, sorry bout that i didnt fully unerstand the question maybe i still dont? :dunno: :chuckle:
Title: Re: looking for a blacktial, bench leg cape......
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on January 17, 2009, 08:34:09 PM: That is what I am looking for.
Title: Re: looking for a blacktial, bench leg cape......
Post by: bowhunter/taxidermest on January 17, 2009, 08:57:57 PM: ok good i wasnt quite sure what you were looking for there my mistake you clearfied it just fine, my misunderstanding
Title: Re: looking for a blacktial, bench leg cape......
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on January 18, 2009, 12:50:00 AM: The reason I ask is every taxidermist measures their capes differntly. A 21" cape to you might be a 19" cape to me and vise versa. Some measure tight under the chin and some measure the swell.
Title: Re: looking for a blacktial, bench leg cape......
Post by: bowhunter/taxidermest on January 18, 2009, 02:36:37 PM: ya that is true i understand that now im getting one from bearhunter soo im taking care of fo0r now