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Title: Taxidermy or not
Post by: boneaddict on August 18, 2010, 10:29:51 AM: How would you preserve a trophy. Money is an issue. What is important to you?
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: rasbo on August 18, 2010, 10:31:33 AM: shoulder mounts are fine for me..
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: bucklucky on August 18, 2010, 10:39:29 AM: I would do whatever is the most expensive :chuckle:

Ok , but seriousely it would depend on the critter for me and situation for me. I really want to do a lifesize bull , but Im gona have to kill him in a easy spot to get that cape out , so just a pedestal mount with habitat and a nice cabinet for a big bull. If I killed a cougar its getting lifesized for sure ;) ANy nice bucks will either be shoulder or pedestals. My moose will get pedestal mounted , but if I kill him in a good sppot on the road there is a posibility it gets lifesized if it is a good one ;) Moutain goat lifesized, bighorn definately lifesized.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: carpsniperg2 on August 18, 2010, 10:42:25 AM: if it is a trophy to me then it gets a shoulder mount. if it is just a nice buck it will get a skull mount or horn mount. the only think i could do a life size mount on is a mt goat or some varitey or sheep, and maybe a grizz. even on the new zealand critters like the tahr i don't know if i would life size them. even though life size is the most popular on the tahr and chamois.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: Ridgerunner on August 18, 2010, 10:43:00 AM: Money is definately an issue on this topic. Not to mention space as well as the attitude of the wife, lots of variables here, tough decision. I think most of my deer will probably become eurpoean mounts from here on out up to now they;ve just been horn mounts.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: rasbo on August 18, 2010, 10:44:16 AM: opps didnt think about a cougar,that would be a life size mount...
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: bucklucky on August 18, 2010, 10:45:47 AM: Grizz is definately a lifesize! I just want an excuse to build a trophy room :P
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: BLKBEARKLR on August 18, 2010, 11:11:19 AM: I did not vote, but my honest opinion wether you shot a trophy in regards to points or a trophy in your own mind. Money should always be a concern. A skull/horn/shoulder/half life size/life size with or with out habitat is a WANT. It is not a necessity, it will not do anything but sit on a wall or in a corner. It does not improve your lifestyle, it does not gain interest over the years.

So with all that being said I think you should do whatever you can afford. If this year you are tight on money and little joe/josephine needs braces then that is what you get. If you are behind on the bills then that is what you get caught up on.

So overall a true trophy in my mind is the memories that come with the hunt. I have taken many large caribou that I just left the racks behind in the tundra, but I have the true trophies/memories of building friendships during that time with friends that are no longer with me.

Joe
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: whacker1 on August 19, 2010, 05:17:09 AM: I voted shoulder mount as I don't think I could afford a lifesze mount - although - I do want a lifesize cougar and bobcat. So need to start saving more pesos
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: billythekidrock on August 19, 2010, 05:58:48 AM: Garage rafters or shelf.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: CMG on August 19, 2010, 06:15:53 AM: Quote
So with all that being said I think you should do whatever you can afford. If this year you are tight on money and little joe/josephine needs braces then that is what you get. If you are behind on the bills then that is what you get caught up on.

   :yeah:

  I hope someday after raising two kids, saving and putting them through college, eeking by on one salary to allow the wife to raise or children and volunteer three days a week at their school I would be able to afford some luxuries. But that's just crazy talk, I will follow the footsteps of my father. Antlers hang on the cabin wall, with a plaque stating the year and a few pics of the hunt underneath for stories to be told and remembered and passed down thru generations.

  Now for the dream, if money wasn't an issue - There would be a man cave built with ....................I'll have to finish this later, I need to write some checks to pay for the boy's school supplies, clothes, football cleats, Jersey's, sports tuition, Etc. Etc.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: Atroxus on August 19, 2010, 06:21:01 AM: I selected skull mount, only because I could not afford to get any other type of mount done.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: seth30 on August 19, 2010, 06:34:16 AM: Quote from: bucklucky on August 18, 2010, 10:39:29 AM
I would do whatever is the most expensive :chuckle:

Ok , but seriousely it would depend on the critter for me and situation for me. I really want to do a lifesize bull , but Im gona have to kill him in a easy spot to get that cape out , so just a pedestal mount with habitat and a nice cabinet for a big bull. If I killed a cougar its getting lifesized for sure ;) ANy nice bucks will either be shoulder or pedestals. My moose will get pedestal mounted , but if I kill him in a good sppot on the road there is a posibility it gets lifesized if it is a good one ;) Moutain goat lifesized, bighorn definately lifesized.
Has anyone ever done a cougar shoulder mount? I have only seen lifesize mounts cougars, and bobcats.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: GoldTip on August 19, 2010, 06:43:26 AM: I voted skull mount, as thats what I did with my recent Washington Shiras. I have 6 shoulder mounts and a couple bear rugs at the house and space is becoming an issue. Money with the Shiras was not the issue, space was somewhat of an issue but could have been worked around as well, with a few extra's performed on the honey do list! But I already have a 54-55" shoulder mounted Canadian Moose, so I thought a skull mount would look good as an addition to my Man cave. But if I shot another true trophy in my eyes as my Shiras, was and money was an issue, skull mounts are the way to go in my book.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: BLKBEARKLR on August 19, 2010, 07:06:55 AM: Quote from: seth30 on August 19, 2010, 06:34:16 AM
Quote from: bucklucky on August 18, 2010, 10:39:29 AM
I would do whatever is the most expensive :chuckle:

Ok , but seriousely it would depend on the critter for me and situation for me. I really want to do a lifesize bull , but Im gona have to kill him in a easy spot to get that cape out , so just a pedestal mount with habitat and a nice cabinet for a big bull. If I killed a cougar its getting lifesized for sure ;) ANy nice bucks will either be shoulder or pedestals. My moose will get pedestal mounted , but if I kill him in a good sppot on the road there is a posibility it gets lifesized if it is a good one ;) Moutain goat lifesized, bighorn definately lifesized.
Has anyone ever done a cougar shoulder mount? I have only seen lifesize mounts cougars, and bobcats.

They have the forms to do a shoulder mount. I just think most people that get any type of cat automatically picture a life size.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: boneaddict on August 19, 2010, 08:46:01 PM: I still regret I didn't take that cape Goldtip. :( We better get another one.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: seth30 on August 19, 2010, 08:47:18 PM: thanks for the info, if I get a cougar this year it will be a shoulder mount. I live in a 1 story home, and with three dogs that mount wouldnt last a week.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: boneaddict on August 19, 2010, 08:49:01 PM: I did a rug with my first. Their fur/hide is awesome and I wanted to preserve the whole thing. They do have headmounts.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: seth30 on August 19, 2010, 08:51:48 PM: as long as its visisbile and out of the reach of my labs :chuckle:
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: jameslong on August 19, 2010, 08:55:55 PM: If I had a mount done, I'm quite sure it would be a shoulder mount. To me, a trophy buck is anything that is mounted in anyway for display purposes. A record buck speaks for itself.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: actionshooter on August 19, 2010, 09:21:28 PM: It really depends on what it is, a really good deer/elk, shoulder mounts are good enough. Sheep/goat/ grizz.........probably a lifesize, money is an object BUT once in a lifetime is just that, you only go around once.
I regret not doing a lifesize on my goat, it wasn't exactly what I wanted, but after seeing the awesome job Charlie did..........well, a lifesize should have been done. :dunno:
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: GoldTip on August 19, 2010, 09:41:20 PM: Quote from: boneaddict on August 19, 2010, 08:46:01 PM
I still regret I didn't take that cape Goldtip. :( We better get another one.

We'll cape the one your wife draws for next year. That or the one me or Silent Bob draws in Idaho next year!

But I agree, I am occasionally looking at my skull mount and wishing I'd have just caped it and did a shoulder as well. But the euro mount looks pretty damn good! Let me know next time your gonna be up Spokalu way and we'll have you over to see it.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: alecvg on August 20, 2010, 09:16:28 PM: All depends on the animal. Deer, elk, moose, caribou all would be shoulder. Bear would be rug, lion full body, goat full body, sheep maybe full body but probaly shoulder.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: luvz2hunt on August 21, 2010, 08:24:47 AM: shoulder mount and lots of pictures, a shoulder mount hangs on my wall everyday and start to blend in after a while, but when our photo album gets opened up and we are brought right back to a hunt where you were successful or even just have a great time with my friends and family. that hunt could of been ten years ago but when i look at a pic and it make me smile or laugh and remember a moment in time , that is what a trophy is to me , mount or no mount.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: runamuk on August 21, 2010, 08:34:26 AM: I like rugs or tanned hides to be exact and euros...I have a thing for bones :dunno: hope to eventually have a few bear rugs but need to find a rich boyfriend first ;)
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: rasbo on August 27, 2010, 05:11:59 AM: I have a thing for bones

Ok runamuk did you really post that on an open forum :yike:
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: boneaddict on August 27, 2010, 05:16:44 AM: always knew she liked me
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: Gutpile on August 27, 2010, 05:21:22 AM: Quote from: runamuk on August 21, 2010, 08:34:26 AM
I have a thing for bones

Grrrrrrrrrrrr

Quote from: runamuk on August 21, 2010, 08:34:26 AM
need to find a rich boyfriend first ;)

Keeping talking about bones and you wont have any problem finding one. ;)
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: rasbo on August 27, 2010, 05:23:40 AM: Quote from: boneaddict on August 27, 2010, 05:16:44 AM
always knew she liked me
lol I thought about that after the post... :chuckle:
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: boneaddict on August 27, 2010, 05:25:45 AM: I was going to say I always had a thing for the "Runs" too, but that just didn't sound right.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: rasbo on August 27, 2010, 05:28:34 AM: Quote from: boneaddict on August 27, 2010, 05:25:45 AM
I was going to say I always had a thing for the "Runs" too, but that just didn't sound right.
eww baby steps,no cross logs :yike:
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: high country on August 27, 2010, 07:37:08 AM: i have never had any taxi work done. i hunt because it is what i love. I always think the $ it would cost me is a out of state tag or a new rifle......maybe I am screwed up. I just throw them in a pile in my shed......bears stack up in my freezer till someone wants one.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: halflife65 on August 27, 2010, 08:08:35 AM: I have a bear rug and bear shoulder mount, but never got anything else mounted. I shot a (rather nice) moose a few years ago and have the antlers in the garage (although I'll probably put them on a plaque (plack, plak, sp. ?) and stick them in "my" room. To me, it's about the hunt, to a certain degree. The moose, although a great animal, was a fairly easy hunt but I've shot some smaller bucks that were extremely tough hunts that I'm probably more proud of - although I'm not getting a 3 point mounted, generally.

I think that if I was to get another mount done (or, more properly, WHEN I get another mount done) it needs to be a combination of a tough hunt and a nice animal. But that's just me - I don't have any problem with anyone getting anything taxidermy'd for any reason, really. (First buck, huge bull/buck, whatever).
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: high country on August 27, 2010, 09:07:32 AM: pretty sure when I draw a moose, goat or sheep, I will have the TAG plaque mounted.....lol.

I need to atart taking more pictures
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: machine on August 27, 2010, 09:43:48 AM: I want a bear rug.Other than that I don't have much room so the skulls go on a shelve in the garage.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: PolarBear on August 27, 2010, 10:11:42 AM: I do all my own euro mounts. I guess that I should have had a few done up in shoulder mounts but am too cheap to do it. I personally would rather spend that money on fishing or hunting gear instead of something less functional. I have had some done in the past but just don't really care any more. :dunno: I don't get guys who have absolutely everything that they kill mounted.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: JackOfAllTrades on August 27, 2010, 10:14:23 AM: Cost is a factor. That said, I have a Bear 'rug', not a full mount. Would I life size mount a Mountain Lion? Probably not, as my nephew just down the road has his Cougar room with full mount and pool table, (he's also a Wazzu grad, and his Alberta cat is huge anyway), But I just don't really have room for such a mount in my home. Griz/Coastal Brown/Wolf probably would not get a life size mount either. I don't plan on making an addition to the house for any sort of trophy room. I also don't plan on selling/moving any time soon. Would I life size a Fox or Bobcat? Probably. I think I can find room for one of them. Most of my Blacktails are just antlers hung out in the breezeway between the house and garage. My one decent Whitetail is a shoulder mount. What I do miss are the old metal tags for game. I know I could mark that antlers/skulls with information, but I've got one of dad's Blacktail racks hanging and it has the 1948 metal band hanging off of it. Its just cool. That right there is 'trophy' enough for me.

I keep saying that I will not shoot another Bear unless it's bigger than the rug I have. That's with reference to mounting a trophy. But that doesn't mean that I won't shoot one for the meat. I'm longing for some jerky and peporoni. If one of my boys shot a Bear soon, I've got a great idea for a shoulder mount that would cost probably half as much as a rug and be really presentable and fit right in our living room.

-Steve
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: tlbradford on August 27, 2010, 10:17:13 AM: Garage for me. My raghorn and spike elk have fallen into the dog chew toy category. I will life size my first cougar. I just need to shoot one first. I have some nice muleys but I guess I would want something in the top 50 or so in the state before doing a shoulder mount. Same with elk, except I have only shot below average bulls and cows.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: runamuk on August 27, 2010, 10:18:37 AM: Quote from: rasbo on August 27, 2010, 05:11:59 AM
I have a thing for bones

Ok runamuk did you really post that on an open forum :yike:

:bash: :bash: :bash: :bash:

see see people I walk right into this stuff :dunno: so mentioning my collection of beaver bones is probably also likely to go south as well huh :dunno:
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: PolarBear on August 27, 2010, 10:19:28 AM: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: JackOfAllTrades on August 27, 2010, 10:22:10 AM: The words, 'south' and 'beaver' do not ever belong in the same sentence. Never!

-Steve :IBCOOL:
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: runamuk on August 27, 2010, 10:26:03 AM: :'( :'( :'(

maybe I need to just stop speaking...errr typing :dunno:
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: Gutpile on August 27, 2010, 12:20:25 PM: Beavers and Bones go together like pees and carrots, milk and chocolate, fur and burger.................... er uh, you get the picture.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: buckhorn2 on August 27, 2010, 12:31:53 PM: You left out the cherrys.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: runamuk on August 27, 2010, 12:32:59 PM: Quote from: Gutpile on August 27, 2010, 12:20:25 PM
Beavers and Bones go together like pees and carrots, milk and chocolate, fur and burger.................... er uh, you get the picture.

how do fur and burger go together :dunno: ok wait you are yar nevermind I do not want to know
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: Holg3107 on August 27, 2010, 12:36:07 PM: personally not a huge fan of shoulder mounts, I plaque mount or euro mount my elk and deer. The trophys I would shoulder would be any sheep/goat. would probably rug 1 cougar. lifesize 1 bobcat. other than that ill keep with euros and plaques.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: Austrian Hunter on August 27, 2010, 01:01:07 PM: This is getting hilarious :chuckle: :chuckle:

Well, for me it depends on the critter and space. Shoulder mount on deer/elk. Live size on cougar/sheep and goat. Rug's on Bears.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: jackelope on August 27, 2010, 01:26:01 PM: I have zero shoulder mounts...have a few skull caps mounted on plaques and really dig the look of Euro mounts. I voted skull mount. If I kill a great buck this year on my late hunt, I'm gonna have a shoulder mount done....and it's probably gonna be my only one for a while anyway. Otherwise I would do some Euro mounts from here on out. Hopefully that makes sense.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: halflife65 on August 27, 2010, 01:45:42 PM: Quote from: runamuk on August 27, 2010, 12:32:59 PM
Quote from: Gutpile on August 27, 2010, 12:20:25 PM
Beavers and Bones go together like pees and carrots, milk and chocolate, fur and burger.................... er uh, you get the picture.

how do fur and burger go together :dunno: ok wait you are yar nevermind I do not want to know

They go together like Chinese food and chocolate pudding, cocaine and waffles, peanut butter and ladies (Talladega Nights reference):

Talladega Nights Bar Scene (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RUO-V9BSnc&feature=related#)
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: runamuk on August 27, 2010, 02:22:01 PM: alrighty then :o :rolleyes:

I still say I want euro's and rugs/skins and skeletal remains...there that better :dunno:
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: Gutpile on August 27, 2010, 02:46:15 PM: Camels and toes, moose and knuckles.

Actually I mount the first of everything. Rugged my first bear and bobcat, full sizing my fox, Shouldered my 1st whity and pronghorn. I'll shoulder my first Muley.....................as long as it's decent. I'll keep the skulls from any future cats or bears. I may do another rug from a bear but it'd have to be a very very cool color phase.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: Kent Hunter on September 03, 2010, 05:34:27 AM: You know Doug, I voted shoulder mount or rug. I do have three life size bears, but I also have a couple of rugs. That being said, If I am ever blessed enough to be able to harvest a moutain goat or Big horned sheep then I would have them done lifesize FOR SURE.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: TheHunt on September 26, 2010, 09:42:41 AM: I do not have the money to throw down on taxidermy. I would rather spend my money hunting. CoastalHunterJay did some skull mounts for the cost of the materials because he wanted to learn how to do it. My moose is sitting on the floor of my basement because the taxidermist I called wanted 1,500 dollars for the mount. I can hunt Arizona or New Mexico for that amount (Assuming I get drawn).

My Arizona elk the taxidermist wanted 1,400 dollars to mount that bull. That is sitting on my basement floor as well. I am not about to trade a hunt for a mount. When I get so old that I can not hunt any more I will consider the cost or I will take some classes to do it myself.

For a bear... I would do the skull myself. Then pay for the hide to be tanned but that is it. Just to preserve it...
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: Bean Counter on September 26, 2010, 09:48:46 AM: Quote from: rasbo on August 18, 2010, 10:44:16 AM
opps didnt think about a cougar,that would be a life size mount...

:iamwithstupid:

I just have Euro mounts as I have yet to kill a real monster. I'm not quite sure what I'll do in that sitchyation. Most likely it would be a shoulder mount on a deer/elk. but if its a cougar, there will be an open-mouth, full body mount.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: elk311 on September 27, 2010, 12:03:15 PM: Got a 6x6 bull Elk in 1992 and had a shoulder mount done. It was more than my small/new family could afford at the time but I'm so glad that I did it (so is the Wife actually).

I have not been drawn for a bull tag since !!!
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: MuleySniper on September 27, 2010, 12:19:11 PM: Good or average buck I'm happy with a euro. Cats, big bucks, big bulls, OIL critters or big anything else Its getting either shoulder mounted, pedistal or life sized. I'm hoping with my late tags this year to kill something worthy. I really like the half-shoulder, I guess that's what it is called where you can see around it some, if that makes sense. If I kill a hog, I'm doing a pedistal.
MS
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: lokidog on September 27, 2010, 01:14:12 PM: I love the look of skull mounts (bugs not boiled!) for antlered animals. Sheep or goat I'd probably go with a shoulder mount. Cougar is a rug and bear is a rug to take the place of the two rugs I have done in the past, one stolen (7'2") and one destroyed (first bear) by neglect of someone it was loaned to.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: C-Money on September 27, 2010, 05:31:48 PM: Split and tail??
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: Pathfinder101 on September 27, 2010, 05:42:56 PM: I voted for rugs and shoulder mounts. I think lifesized mounts are impressive in businesses, taxidermy shops and museums. But if you walk into a guy's house and he's got lifesized mounts in it, the first thing your mind jumps to is:
"Oh. Money. This guy's got lots of money. Hmmmm... probably got most of these animals with a guide."

and I am NOT trying to stir the pot here :stirthepot: , nor am I making value judgements about people who have money, or people who hire guides. That is just what I think most people's minds jump to.

For instance, you walk into a guys house and he's got a 350" elk on the wall, a 200" muley on the wall, and a big bear rug, you think; "This guy can hunt". You walk into a guy's house and he's got a bunch of African game on his wall, you think; "This guy's got money".
(Sorry to my Taxidermist friends BTW)
Just my :twocents:
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: BLKBEARKLR on September 30, 2010, 04:17:08 AM: Pathfinder, I take no offense what so ever. I am a taxidermist and dont think I could afford it either. Like I originally said it is a want and not a need. How much do you want it, how much do you want to sacrifice.

Joe
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: Pathfinder101 on September 30, 2010, 09:21:53 AM: The one caveat to what I said is, maybe a cougar. If I already had a cougar rug, and I shot another one, I might consider saving up for a lifesize...
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: jaymark6655 on October 10, 2010, 10:42:33 AM: I went with shoulder. I like how they look and it doesn't take up too much room. Like the whole animal thing, but for me it would have to be like a world record animal and I would need a mansion of a house to put it in.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: cashmerekev on November 14, 2010, 05:57:14 PM: Have never taken a true trophy. If i get on and it was a great hunt experience I would consider mounting. Tougher problem is getting the wife to let me hang it in the living room...
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: jeepasaurusrex on November 14, 2010, 10:20:19 PM: The deer I got this year is my biggest to date. I have never shot anything worth mounting prior to this year. I think my wife was more excited about dropping it off at the taxidermist than I was. LOL

Doing a shoulder mount on him.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: Pathfinder101 on November 24, 2010, 04:36:23 PM: Quote from: jeepasaurusrex on November 14, 2010, 10:20:19 PM
The deer I got this year is my biggest to date. I have never shot anything worth mounting prior to this year. I think my wife was more excited about dropping it off at the taxidermist than I was. LOL

Doing a shoulder mount on him.

You're a lucky dude Jeep. My wife has sequestered all my mounts to a single room. Oh well, at least I don't have to hang them in the garage... :dunno:
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: jeepasaurusrex on November 24, 2010, 07:49:51 PM: Yet.... :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: bak2huntn on November 24, 2010, 08:25:04 PM: My wife said if your going to mount something, ? :chuckle:
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: jeepasaurusrex on November 24, 2010, 08:53:20 PM: :DOH:
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: krout81 on November 24, 2010, 08:58:50 PM: Horns on a plaque(do it myself), pay for bear rug with head, and cougar rug head. All my stuff is one room as well :-( if I get a small buck or if I get another bull smallest one will come out of the room and go on the barn.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: throttlejocky20 on December 06, 2010, 07:37:04 PM: I said shoulder mount or rug. But When It came time for my cougar to get mounted it was life size all the way to the bank.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: steen on December 13, 2010, 05:39:15 PM: Depends on so many things. We used to do just antler mounts on most of our lesser deer, trophys get a shoulder mount, my elk got a European mount on account of finances, size of bull, and room in the house. This year we are having a lamp made out of two sets of antlers, mine and my husbands. My daughter got an antler mount of her big two point. Our nephew is doing a shoulder mount of his permit draw whitetail and our son a self done european mount of his permit draw whitetail. If I got one of those tiny critters in Africa (dikers or whatever) I'd do a lifesize. Rug for a bear with good hair, I'd like to do a lifesize of a cougar someday. I just couldn't put just one answer but if you needed to know what we did the most of it is just antlers on a plaque. Since you don't have a choice for that I didn't vote.
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: granola/hippyslayer on January 01, 2011, 06:40:04 PM: most get antler unless it has a sentimental value then? you know. ;)
Title: Re: Taxidermy or not
Post by: Rainstorm Hunter on January 01, 2011, 06:51:08 PM: I like the shoulder mount for the antlered animals. But if it was a cougar I would be going for the fullbody mount!