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Community => Taxidermy & Scoring => Topic started by: BLKBEARKLR on May 18, 2009, 07:21:44 PM

Title: Ok so bull elk finally done
Post by: BLKBEARKLR on May 18, 2009, 07:21:44 PM: Just wanted to show the rack on this thing, I got to finish my elk from 2007 today.. So does anyone have any idea why it would grow like this?
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Post by: javman on May 18, 2009, 08:03:48 PM: Uhh.. prevailing winds?? :chuckle:

Nice bull and good work with the mount!
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Post by: BLKBEARKLR on May 18, 2009, 08:08:45 PM: Yea it was kind of windy that day :chuckle:
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson on May 18, 2009, 08:17:26 PM: :) Maybe he just prefers to sleep on that side. :chuckle:
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Post by: boneaddict on May 18, 2009, 08:18:25 PM: Must have got him in Ellensburg :chuckle: Trees all grow that way, why not velvet. LOL
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Post by: BLKBEARKLR on May 18, 2009, 10:31:50 PM: LOL was way way away from Ellensburg, just to hot over there for me. I would be hunting like a 3 toed slouth/ sleath/ slath or however it is spelled!!! :P
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Post by: WCTaxidermy on May 18, 2009, 11:00:25 PM: Nice looking bull and even a nicer looking mount. Great Job! ;) John
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Post by: bowhunterforever on May 19, 2009, 12:17:37 AM: Quote from: WCTaxidermy on May 18, 2009, 11:00:25 PM
Nice looking bull and even a nicer looking mount. Great Job! ;) John
:yeah: Awsome :tup:
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Post by: BLKBEARKLR on May 19, 2009, 05:57:55 AM: WC, Bowhunt, thank you both for the compliments.

Joe
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Post by: huntnphool on May 19, 2009, 07:41:24 PM: Poor genes :dunno:
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Post by: Wild Bill on May 19, 2009, 07:47:27 PM: Any chance that's a toutle bull?
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Post by: BLKBEARKLR on May 19, 2009, 07:58:30 PM: Wild Bill not a toutle bull, but I have seen some in that area with the same kind of rack

Joe
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Post by: livtohutn on September 05, 2009, 06:19:51 AM: Hey I like your work, you've done a really good job on this. How much does it cost to do an elk like this? I was also wondering if it costs extra to have it bugling? What is your turn around time on doing an elk?
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Post by: BLKBEARKLR on September 05, 2009, 02:29:08 PM: Thanks for the compliment

On elk I charge 700+. The only time that I charge over the 700.00 if someone brings in a monster bull that will need a lot of modifications to the form to make it fit correctly.

My biggest bull so far that I have done was a nice size 5x5 and I still only charged the 700.

I do charge extra for bugling. It is an additional 100.00 for a bugling bull.

My turn around time is always less than a year, unless there is a sickness in the family or a natural disaster.

If you look at my website, there is a link below you can see some of the other work that I have done.

Thank You
Joe
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Post by: rackattack on September 05, 2009, 03:02:04 PM: Just a guess, but I would imagine that bull had a wound or injury to a leg while the antlers were growing. Usually it's the opposite side of the funky antler. I've seen a lot of bulls harvested that seem to have something wrong with a leg (old bullet injury, embedded broad head, hoof injury) and their rack is not even. :twocents:
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Post by: BLKBEARKLR on September 05, 2009, 05:57:22 PM: Really?

I never noticed anything when I caped it out, but I did not look at the feet. Could have been something there.

Joe