Post by: go4steelhd on April 07, 2021, 12:12:47 PM
Please share pictures of your man caves or trophy room/area. I’m not that creative and I’m looking for ideas.
Here are the mounts I should get this Saturday.
Yes this was expensive, and no I did not tell my wife even remotely close to what it costs :chuckle: :chuckle:
Work Completed by Natures way Taxidermy out of Spanaway. He knocked it out of the park with these!!
Coastal brown bear
Story link:
https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,212801.0.html
Post by: go4steelhd on April 07, 2021, 12:14:51 PM
Story link:
https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,218774.0.html
Post by: go4steelhd on April 07, 2021, 12:19:08 PM
Story link:
https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,202147.0.html
Post by: go4steelhd on April 07, 2021, 12:25:10 PM
Story link:
https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,254818.0.html
Post by: teanawayslayer on April 07, 2021, 12:33:45 PM
Post by: go4steelhd on April 07, 2021, 12:40:27 PM
I hope to get this all into a loft that is about 16' by 24' by 8' 1/2 tall.
Post by: deerlick on April 07, 2021, 01:36:54 PM
Post by: Ironhead on April 07, 2021, 03:29:22 PM
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Post by: teanawayslayer on April 07, 2021, 05:13:29 PM
This isn't the best picture of the mounts but, I like the way it turned out.what’s your lid height? 10’?
Post by: pd on April 07, 2021, 05:38:27 PM
When the missus sees all of these, your spot in the dog house will be permanently reserved.
Congratulations on the beautiful pieces. You have earned your place amongst hunters!
Post by: Blacktail135 on April 07, 2021, 07:19:42 PM
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Post by: go4steelhd on April 08, 2021, 05:05:26 AM
This isn't the best picture of the mounts but, I like the way it turned out.
That’s verrrrrrry nice!!!
Thanks for sharing
Post by: Jingles on April 08, 2021, 05:12:43 AM
To the OP: Sorry to say this, but you're in trouble. I mean, serious trouble.Fantastic mounts and wholehearted agree you be in some deep chit when the misses finds out. Might as well do like I did and name your man cave the dog house cuze probably be spending a lot of time in it so make it comfortable
When the missus sees all of these, your spot in the dog house will be permanently reserved.
Congratulations on the beautiful pieces. You have earned your place amongst hunters!
Post by: Ironhead on April 08, 2021, 07:19:45 AM
The wall height is 12' the ceiling height is 17'.This isn't the best picture of the mounts but, I like the way it turned out.what’s your lid height? 10’?
Post by: teanawayslayer on April 08, 2021, 07:36:08 AM
the wall height is perfect! Looks good!The wall height is 12' the ceiling height is 17'.This isn't the best picture of the mounts but, I like the way it turned out.what’s your lid height? 10’?
Post by: Pathfinder101 on April 08, 2021, 12:47:43 PM
And we love our pool table. Mamma says no bar (yet... maybe when the youngest goes off to college... :rolleyes: )
Post by: go4steelhd on April 08, 2021, 01:18:31 PM
Post by: Rob on April 08, 2021, 02:09:30 PM
Post by: Blacktail135 on April 08, 2021, 07:12:04 PM
This isn't the best picture of the mounts but, I like the way it turned out.That’s nice Ironhead!
Post by: idaho guy on April 08, 2021, 08:21:36 PM
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Post by: go4steelhd on April 09, 2021, 05:58:43 AM
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Nice!!!
Thanks for sharing!!
Post by: Rob on April 09, 2021, 07:52:34 AM
Great mancave photos I-G
here is a 360 shot of my office. probably 80% of my mounts sit here.
Post by: go4steelhd on April 09, 2021, 03:07:58 PM
I must say - that bear is amazing!
Great mancave photos I-G
here is a 360 shot of my office. probably 80% of my mounts sit here.
This is cool!!
Thanks for sharing Rob
Post by: idaho guy on April 09, 2021, 08:55:24 PM
I must say - that bear is amazing!
Great mancave photos I-G
here is a 360 shot of my office. probably 80% of my mounts sit here.
I think I remember that from another thread. It’s an awesome office :tup:
Post by: go4steelhd on April 11, 2021, 06:10:56 AM
Post by: Rob on April 11, 2021, 07:07:48 AM
Post by: Pathfinder101 on April 12, 2021, 11:24:49 AM
Post by: go4steelhd on April 16, 2021, 11:39:54 AM
Post by: Pathfinder101 on April 19, 2021, 11:24:08 AM
"My bull's antlers are too big to fit in my house..." :chuckle:
Post by: pd on April 19, 2021, 02:20:30 PM
What a terrible problem to have... :rolleyes:
"Mu bull's antlers are too big to fit in my house..." :chuckle:
Or worse, having to remove part of the wall of your house to get the elk's head inside!
Post by: go4steelhd on April 20, 2021, 06:23:43 AM
What a terrible problem to have... :rolleyes:
"My bull's antlers are too big to fit in my house..." :chuckle:
The struggle is real :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: OutHouse on April 22, 2021, 08:43:32 AM
Post by: go4steelhd on June 07, 2021, 09:59:28 AM
I still need to get the the euros on a skull hooker tree.
I’m about half way done with the room
Post by: go4steelhd on June 07, 2021, 10:18:37 AM
Post by: phildobaggins on June 07, 2021, 11:00:36 AM
Post by: go4steelhd on June 07, 2021, 06:44:01 PM
Those mounts are tremendous, you won't regret the cost.
I agree. I will be able to enjoy them for ever :IBCOOL: :IBCOOL:
Post by: Rob on June 07, 2021, 07:13:11 PM
I tried getting this to go into the stairwell for about 45 minutes. Spinning it every way I could think of. It looks like I am going to have to have a taxidermist remount it with detachable horns :dunno:
On the upside... if you ever have a home intrusion executed by a gang of 7x7 bull elk in the fall, you now know your safe room is anywhere up those stairs!
Post by: carpsniperg2 on June 07, 2021, 08:08:19 PM
Post by: go4steelhd on June 08, 2021, 06:42:01 AM
I tried getting this to go into the stairwell for about 45 minutes. Spinning it every way I could think of. It looks like I am going to have to have a taxidermist remount it with detachable horns :dunno:
On the upside... if you ever have a home intrusion executed by a gang of 7x7 bull elk in the fall, you now know your safe room is anywhere up those stairs!
Great point!!1 I could even stop half way up and taunt him :chuckle: :tup:
Post by: go4steelhd on June 08, 2021, 06:43:17 AM
Any big windows up stairs you can hoist him up and pull him in that way?
I am going to have to take the window out, then use a bucket truck to lift him through
Post by: trophyhunt on June 08, 2021, 06:57:57 AM
Post by: Karl Blanchard on June 08, 2021, 07:09:51 AM
This makes me want a brown bear :chuckle:
Post by: Brushbuster on June 08, 2021, 09:02:01 AM
Post by: go4steelhd on June 08, 2021, 10:50:57 AM
Where is the thread (story) on this bull? How much is it to have detachable antlers on a mount?? Great bull
I have not posted a story, as I killed that bull before I was a member on here.
I got this bull in Oregon about 10 years ago in a draw unit. This bull was hanging out in front of a popular glassing pull off for a few days before season opened. There were about 5 guys watching other than me. I went in at 3 am on opening day, I got into position where I figured I would have a 500 yard shot at the bull if he showed up that day. About 30 minutes before daylight I see 4 headlamps walking down the ridge towards me, and they were walking on the side of the ridge that would be in plain sight of the bull. When they got about 200 yards from me, an elk ran by me at about 35 yards then dumped into the basin behind me. (I feel that elk was this bull and he had just came to my side of the canyon while feeding, sloppy hunting techniques by the other group spooked this bull into another area.) I never seen that bull the first day, during the day light anyways. I had a 320 bull feed out below me and I passed on it. It was three days later when I got to see this bull again. He went into a timber patch a few ridges over, and I did not see him come out of it. It took me several hours to get into range of where the bull last was shortly after daylight. I set up in a rock out cropping across from where I figured the bull would show up that night. Late morning two guys walked less than 200 yards above where I figured the bull was bedded and they had bad wind. I set up to get ready for a quick shot if the bull came running out of the timber patch. Nothing happened. A few hours later it sounded like world war three on the back side of the ridge, but again the bull did not pop up. I sat there glassing every opening that he could show up in. At this point I was unsure if the bull was still there. I found it odd that he would hold tight with bad wind from other hunters, and then 6 or 8 shots being fired less than 500 yards from him and he did not run out. At 1:45 pm a nasty storm blew in, with marble sized hail. About five minutes later this bull pops out of 4 trees in the center of the clearing I had been watching for hours. It turns out he was not in the timber patch at all he had bedded in a patch of four trees in the center of a 300 yard clear cut. When I seen him he stood up and then came running down the canyon towards me to get into the timber and out of the hail. I was trying to follow him down the hill in the scope but he was running and it was hard to stay on him. I was getting ready to take a 300 yards trotting shot at him when he slowed to a walk about 20 yards from the timber. I shot and he stopped and hunched up, I quickly reloaded and shot again and he bolted into the timber. He ended up dying about 10 feet into the timber patch.
Post by: go4steelhd on June 08, 2021, 10:54:03 AM
Post by: Skyvalhunter on June 08, 2021, 11:43:07 AM
general season or permit area?
Post by: go4steelhd on June 08, 2021, 01:12:56 PM
Coach had his CO bull from a few years ago pinned and man after seeing how easy that makes them I'll never mount a bull without doing that. Can't remember how much it added but it was pretty minimal.
This makes me want a brown bear :chuckle:
I wish I would have put removable horns on it, at my last house it worked fine. Now, not so much!
The brown bear was one of my favorite hunts. As you know anytime you go to Alaska it is truly an adventure :tup: (and if I remember right you have family up there, I think I read a Mt goat hunt on Kodiak that you wrote, I would definitely be setting up a brown bear hunt with that option)
Post by: Rainier10 on June 08, 2021, 01:46:05 PM
Post by: Karl Blanchard on June 08, 2021, 09:10:59 PM
yes sir. Well kind of. My brother is an Alaska resident but active duty Army living out of state. Getting the stars to align to make it up there when stuff has been open has been near impossible. Going after more goats this fall and dall sheep next summer. Maybe an interior griz will wander into base camp while we wait for our ride out 🤞Coach had his CO bull from a few years ago pinned and man after seeing how easy that makes them I'll never mount a bull without doing that. Can't remember how much it added but it was pretty minimal.
This makes me want a brown bear :chuckle:
I wish I would have put removable horns on it, at my last house it worked fine. Now, not so much!
The brown bear was one of my favorite hunts. As you know anytime you go to Alaska it is truly an adventure :tup: (and if I remember right you have family up there, I think I read a Mt goat hunt on Kodiak that you wrote, I would definitely be setting up a brown bear hunt with that option)
Post by: NRA4LIFE on June 08, 2021, 10:09:37 PM
Post by: go4steelhd on June 09, 2021, 07:19:24 AM
Beautiful Bull!!Draw unit
general season or permit area?
Post by: go4steelhd on June 10, 2021, 06:05:48 AM
I could come over and open up a hole for ya. How are your carpentry skills?
Hahaha!
My finishing skills would not look that great. But I would have the elk mount up :chuckle:
Post by: Pathfinder101 on June 10, 2021, 06:41:26 AM
I could come over and open up a hole for ya. How are your carpentry skills?
Hahaha!
My finishing skills would not look that great. But I would have the elk mount up :chuckle:
Just hang the elk wherever you made the hole. Finishing skills don't have to be that good... :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: go4steelhd on June 10, 2021, 06:29:30 PM
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on June 11, 2021, 09:41:27 AM
Post by: NRA4LIFE on June 11, 2021, 10:49:05 AM
Post by: Pathfinder101 on June 11, 2021, 10:55:25 AM
Looks like you have plenty of room yet. I like how you did the mule deer on the stand, that's cool.
I think it looks cool too, but if I had killed bucks like the top 2 on your rack, I would have done full head mounts. Those are awesome bucks!
Post by: Karl Blanchard on June 11, 2021, 12:05:06 PM
im with you Path! What kind of loser puts foam on a dumb ol elk when there's the lords deer to mount up :chuckle:Looks like you have plenty of room yet. I like how you did the mule deer on the stand, that's cool.
I think it looks cool too, but if I had killed bucks like the top 2 on your rack, I would have done full head mounts. Those are awesome bucks!
Post by: Pathfinder101 on June 11, 2021, 12:14:07 PM
im with you Path! What kind of loser puts foam on a dumb ol elk when there's the lords deer to mount up :chuckle:Looks like you have plenty of room yet. I like how you did the mule deer on the stand, that's cool.
I think it looks cool too, but if I had killed bucks like the top 2 on your rack, I would have done full head mounts. Those are awesome bucks!
:chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: go4steelhd on June 11, 2021, 12:59:00 PM
Yup. Pretty cool. Still needs an elk head... :chuckle:
Im working on getting the window out, to get the elk head in. I don't really remember why I did not get detachable horns. I sure wish I would have now :bash:
Post by: go4steelhd on June 11, 2021, 01:39:24 PM
Looks like you have plenty of room yet. I like how you did the mule deer on the stand, that's cool.
I think it looks cool too, but if I had killed bucks like the top 2 on your rack, I would have done full head mounts. Those are awesome bucks!
I have two deer mounts already. (In this picture) I will make a pedestal mount with both of them on it. I may even include an antelope that is very nice if it fits. I will get a barnwood base then a mounting bracket for two or three shoulder mounts to be hung on. It just take so more time and money :chuckle: The deer heads will end up being about eye level. If I ever shoot a once in a life time size buck I will mount it also.
Post by: Karl Blanchard on June 11, 2021, 02:34:49 PM
Post by: ShaneTyTrey on June 11, 2021, 09:45:57 PM
Same plan for my latest two mounts. I bought a bunch of old growth juniper boards to build the pedestal out of. Its cool looking stuff and the thought that at some point a mule deer likely used it for cover is pretty neat to me. Pretty limited on wall and floor space so a small footprint is important.. Going to be a variation of this one......That is a super cool mount!
Post by: go4steelhd on June 12, 2021, 05:46:49 AM
Same plan for my latest two mounts. I bought a bunch of old growth juniper boards to build the pedestal out of. Its cool looking stuff and the thought that at some point a mule deer likely used it for cover is pretty neat to me. Pretty limited on wall and floor space so a small footprint is important.. Going to be a variation of this one......
Very nice. That is similar to what I will be making. I’m not sure that mine will turn out looking a great as that, but time will tell. Please post pics when you get it done I would love to see it.
Post by: go4steelhd on July 05, 2021, 06:43:03 AM
Now I’m off to drop off the elk to have the antlers made to detach.
Post by: go4steelhd on July 12, 2021, 07:32:21 PM
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on July 13, 2021, 11:30:23 AM
Post by: go4steelhd on July 13, 2021, 03:35:11 PM
I guess that makes sense, to get him up the stairs, you only need to remove one antler... was that a half-price deal?
:chuckle: :chuckle:
I cost $300 to make the one antler detachable and fix the nose which had cracked from being in storage for 2 years. it's expensive but way cheaper than a remount
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on July 14, 2021, 08:24:22 AM