Post by: Kuduman on January 01, 2010, 11:03:43 AM
A customer of mine found theses sheds on his property and wanted them mounted. I'm not an official scorer but like most of you can get a pretty good idea of gross scores. I taped the left side at 179 and the right at 175 and change. Now realizing that they are sheds i estimated a 36in inside spread that I felt was pretty conservative. By my estimation that ranges this bulls score at about 390 and I would bet the spread was a little wider than I gave them credit for but due to the conventional shed mounting system I was constraint by design. :dunno:
These were on the ground about 7 months before Val found them so I know the colore looks a little dark. Most of the brow tines were missing (chewed) and allot of the left main beam. I had to color them a little darker than I would have liked to hide the repairs.
Anyway Enjoy
Jeff
Post by: markts on January 01, 2010, 11:05:25 AM
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Post by: Kuduman on January 02, 2010, 07:32:27 PM
Thanks and I think your right on the 40 inch credit I have mounted elk with spreads as high as 50 inches and as low as 30. When mounting sheds spread is a subjective issue. I start at 36 and see how they look and go from there.
With a 40 inch credit theses sheds are getting dangerously close to 400 gross :yike:
Thanks
Jeff
Post by: WCTaxidermy on January 03, 2010, 09:53:25 PM
Post by: h2ofowlr on January 03, 2010, 09:58:03 PM
Post by: Kuduman on January 03, 2010, 10:58:10 PM
I guess I could have included a few close up's .....I thought of leaving the antlers out of the pic but that would have been a :bdid:
Customer already picked up the mount or I would put a few more pics on here.
Thanks for the business Val
Post by: Kuduman on January 03, 2010, 11:01:05 PM
Post by: carpsniperg2 on January 03, 2010, 11:09:29 PM
Post by: bearpaw on January 03, 2010, 11:14:53 PM
Your repairs looked great, nicely done. :tup:
Post by: Kuduman on January 04, 2010, 07:56:49 PM
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Post by: Kuduman on January 08, 2010, 05:54:26 PM
You gotta be boared up there to be surfing this forum :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Sorry I couldn't go whack dogs last month but things have been crazy in the shop. It's starting to settle down now and I can actually relax.
Thanks for the nice remarks. you should take some pics of the mounts I did for you and post em up. Make sure you groom them first so they look respectable :chuckle: :chuckle:
Thanks
Jeff
Post by: gunnarnewt on January 11, 2010, 01:33:27 PM
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Post by: rosscrazyelk on February 02, 2010, 04:35:40 PM
Post by: Kuduman on February 02, 2010, 08:03:09 PM
Believe it or not I'm getting more and more inquiries for mounting sheds than ever before. I would attribute that to the odds of drawing a local tag. It's awefully hard to go out and consistently see 370 class bulls and know that the chances of drawing a tag are slim. So when shed hunting season comes around and your picking up set after set of monster bulls you start thinking about mounting them. That's exactly what happened in this case.
Post by: HEADSHOT on February 27, 2010, 12:00:59 AM
Post by: Deep Forks on February 27, 2010, 12:30:25 AM
Good looking mount, just love looking at that brute. When I'm down toward Dayton I would like to see your shop. :) :) I've got around a 330" I need mounted. :) :) DF John