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Mounts...Let's see 'em!

10/27/23 @ 9:06 AM

INITIAL POST

hockeyguy39

User since 8/24/07

Got the text I'd been waiting for yesterday! My shoulder mount of the buck I shot opening day last season was finally done! Ran up there to pick it up and I have to say I am really happy with how it turned out! Fantastic attention to detail and the eyes, which I feel are among the most important aspects of quality taxidermy, are perfect!

Now if only I had an understanding wife who realized the best place to display it is above the fireplace

Mounts...Let's see 'em! photo by hockeyguy39

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TODAY @ 5:57 AM

gobbler

PRO MEMBER User since 6/30/01

Looking for reccomendations for taxidermist. Bear rugs, shoulder mounts. Will travel.

2/28/24 @ 9:01 AM

hockeyguy39

User since 8/24/07

Looks great! Skin mount?

2/24/24 @ 1:48 PM

clueless

User since 10/24/04

SM yes that’s the fish.

2/24/24 @ 1:46 PM

SuspendedMusky

PRO MEMBER User since 12/9/08

clueless,
Very nice. Was that your ice fishing pike from a couple years ago?

2/24/24 @ 12:54 PM

clueless

User since 10/24/04

I made an antler tree out t of a cedar tree for some of my skulls and a couple pelts.
The northern was 41 1//4” 18lb 1oz.

Mounts...Let's see 'em! photo by clueless

11/27/23 @ 5:53 PM

FishinXtreme

PRO MEMBER User since 1/12/14

I like the skull mounts just as much as the shoulder mount. Lot less money. He’s got be big before I’d shoulder mount. Like that buck Lucas shot on the 2023 LL gun contest

Mounts...Let's see 'em! photo by FishinXtreme

11/26/23 @ 7:21 PM

RangerKid

User since 6/26/01

Wisconsin bass, she was 7 lb 5 oz on a certified scale.

Mounts...Let's see 'em! photo by RangerKid

11/26/23 @ 7:10 PM

RangerKid

User since 6/26/01

Problem with only having a small house... wall space.

11/25/23 @ 6:47 PM

Polski

PRO MEMBER User since 5/11/03

Setterjack, really nice looking deer. I really like the racks that are not a normal "non typical" but just ones that have a lot of character and a few crazy points.

11/25/23 @ 4:47 PM

surf n turf

PRO MEMBER User since 1/31/07

20 plus years of hunting and this is the 1st buck my son has ever seen. 23 inch spread. Just west of Crivitz

Mounts...Let's see 'em! photo by surf n turf

11/25/23 @ 1:43 PM

setterjack

PRO MEMBER User since 1/18/07

My last bow kill a few yrs ago. Triple brow beast. Public land Oconto County. My brother is a amateur taxidermist. Only a few mounts a year. He does excellent work!

Mounts...Let's see 'em! photo by setterjack

11/23/23 @ 6:06 PM

Polski

PRO MEMBER User since 5/11/03

My favorite is still my 10 point/22 inch spread in velvet I shot with a bow. My taxidermist estimated it at 155 but said velvet deer are scored a bit different? Anyway, sure is a pretty deer.

11/9/23 @ 11:11 PM

SuspendedMusky

PRO MEMBER User since 12/9/08

I have 3 shoulder mounts in my home ranging in size from the upper 130's to 150". I also have the rack from my FIL's 11 pointer he shot with a bow years ago in Necedah. It gross scores in the upper 150's. Someday, if I get the right cape, I may head mount that rack.

Pic of a 10 pointer I killed in southern IL and my FIL's 11 point rack.

I was fortunate in that where I killed the 10 pointer in IL was very close to the shop of award-winning taxidermist Jody Green. He is a master taxidermist and sculptor and has his own line of whitetail forms (Prodigy Series) offered in Van Dykes taxidermy supply catalogue.