Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: YellowDog on October 22, 2007, 08:10:07 AM
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Well, I tagged my first blacktail buck Saturday evening down in the Grayback unit. He is a decent 3pt with eyeguards. One of the eyeguards is split. He was in hot pursuit of a doe. His neck was definately starting to swell.
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beautiful blacktail.
there sure are some slug blackies hitting the ground this year.
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Good one :tup:
I'm heading over to that unit wednesday. I hope I have the same fortune you did :brew:
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Nice Blackie. That is a dandy for your first! :)
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Very nice. My best from Vail I had mounted in '04 looks very similar. You can be proud, true trophy.
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Congrats!! That is a very nice blacktail!
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Good looking blacktail, beautiful cape on that buck.
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Excellent. More success for board members. GREAT JOB.
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Sweet buck. Thanks for posting.
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Great job!! Thats a real pretty buck.
MS
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Wow. Thanks for all of the kind words. I was a little hesitant to mention that I am having him mounted thinking that some might not consider him worthy. I have shot a few muleys but none this symetrical or even this wide. I started to gut him like normal and then realized that he might be a pretty wide buck for a blacktail (about 19 1/4") and his cape is in excellent condition with nice thick hair. That and the split eyeguard made me change my mind and he is now going to be on the wall.
One thing to ask you all. The taxi mentioned that he has a lot of white on his nose. Its not rubbed or anything just a lack of pigment for some reason. He wants to know if I want him mounted and the detail work to reflect what he actually looks like or what he "should" look like. What would you do?
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what he actually looked like for sure.
why would you change it?
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Great buck...always keep them the same.
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Yep, I plan to have him mounted just as he looked when he was roaming the hills. My moment of hesitation stemmed from posts on "that other site" and the comments some people make there about people's trophys. I want to respect the taxidermists work and not have some lame a@@ talk bad about the work my taxi does because my buck's nose and mouth are not going to be all black when its done. I want my mount to be as close to the real thing as possible not what someone thinks he should look like. Anyway, I have the photos to show the lack of pigment and I have confidence that my taxidermist will get it right and the photos will back it up. Again, thanks for the kind words.
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does your taxidermist not work with many blacktails, I would say by looking at the pics the white nose is normal.
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i also think he looks like a normal mature deer. nice to see the white in the face, reinforces the fact you killed an old mature buck.
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The white the taxidermist was referring to was not in the "face" but rather in the nose and lips. Its not exactly white-white but rather a pinkish-white. If you look at the mount of the non-typical blacktail in the taxidermy section, my buck does not have a solid black nose like that mount. He sort of has white blotches scattered on his nose between his nostrils and upper lip.
I believe my taxidermist does a lot of big game, including black tail bucks. He said he gets a lot of big black tail bucks from the unit I was hunting. He just pointed out that mine had more white (lack of pigment) to his nose than most he sees.
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huh...interesting.
either way, leave him alone.
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Personally I wouldn't pay attention to anyone that said that wasn't a trophy. Thats your first Blacktail and a dandy one at that. I've had parents bring in their kids does and spikes to have them mounted. Why wouldn't you leave it like it was coming out of the woods? If I am not requested by the customer to change something on an animal I don't!
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I would rather have unique than main stream on a mount anyday.
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Awesome buck. Definitely leave him the way he is. :IBCOOL:
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I want my mount to be as close to the real thing as possible not what someone thinks he should look like. Anyway, I have the photos to show the lack of pigment and I have confidence that my taxidermist will get it right and the photos will back it up. Again, thanks for the kind words.
Put a 8x10 photo of the buck under the mount when it is done.
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Put a 8x10 photo of the buck under the mount when it is done.
make it one of the harvest photo's. that is cool as hell
good idea billy.
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I dont paint my noses all black, Dude, Your messing with fire >:( I use 3 colors on the nose , blends from near white to not quite black. :rolleyes:Geeze, Black is for rookies!Its just the picture that makes it look black. I went back and looked. If I were monting that buck I would personaly take pictures of the nose for my own referance and use it when finishing the mount, Just like i do for any facial features on a buck thats out of the ordinary, roman noses wider heads , heavy heads etc..... Any good taxidermist would.
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Hey bucklucky, believe me, I was not in any way trying to talk bad about your work. That is a beautiful mount. I am not a taxidermist and am not qualified to question anyone's work. I was simply asking a question. I am not even saying that you painted the nose all black on that mount. I guess I should have said dark nose instead of black. I'm sure there is a great deal of detail work in that mount. If not, you could just use a frikking magic marker on him. I will have to see if I can get a close up shot of just the nose on my buck and I think you will see what I am talking about. I was simply using the mount to give folks an idea of the large amount of white that is on my bucks nose, not to say anything bad at all about your mount. You said you blend from near white to black and that's what it looks like. My buck really does have a lot of whitish pink blotches on his nose. I don't think blending would be the issue on my buck. Again, your mount looks fantastic and the nose looks good to me.
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OOPS, I should have put LOL in there somewhere. :hello:
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Got to love them blacktail. Congrades on your first blackie its a beautiful buck.
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Very nice Blacktail! Ones like that are hard to come by, It will loook great on the wall. Congatulations!
