So for those fortunate enough to score a "trophy" this year, (whatever type & size it may be), what is it's final destination? Are you cutting the rack off & tossing in a corner, putting it on a plaque, euro mount, shoulder mount? Or any other creative way of displaying it? As for me, I boiled up the skull of my PA 7 pt yesterday, for a nice euro. I'm trying to come up with a way of displaying all of my skull mounts, (5 total)
I'm getting my first ever shoulder mount with the 10pt I shot this year. Pretty stoked about it! Let the waiting game begin........
My 1st buck is going to be a Euro mount. 2nd buck is going to be a shoulder mount. Fully upright with a left turn of some sort, ears either both back or one back/one forward. I'll pick out the form in a year when my taxi gets around to mounting him.
I am a cheapskate and I cannot bring myself to pay for a shoulder mount. I just can't do it...lol. So I did a euro-mount on this years buck. I am going to make a plaque for the mount with the date/time/location, and will also glue my broken arrow onto the plaque.
See in MI when you're the first one in with a big buck, you get it back in March, LOL I was the first one in this year with him, yep that's how bad we suck here in MI
This years buck I'm making a plaque for the rack and hanging it on the wall. My wife says I have enough heads hanging on the wall. LOL
I am not big into mounting. I have had only had three shoulder mounted over the years and am only displaying one of those. Its not that I don't have places to hang them...it is just that I prefer to display my photography instead. If I ever get one 150" or over. I will mount and hang in my office. I have a place over the fireplace reserved for an elk if I ever get one over 350". It has been vacant for a long time.:D Now to finally answer your question. I have the horns of the two bucks I killed this year in the garage on a shelf with multiple others from years' past, but no plaque nor do I plan on getting one.
Rybo, I cannot tell you yet :D I had made something for Hunsucker about a year ago for his BIG velvet buck for the mount, per his request. Greg/Mo happened to see it while hunting with Mike this season. After killing my buck I got a call from Greg extending his congrats, thank you again Greg and as we were chatting he ask me what my plans were for the mount. I had my head up my rear, and said I had not decided but probably a shoulder mount. He said man with the matched sheds why dont you do something similar to what I had built for Hunsucker A light finally clicked on, and thought to myself, Dink, your stupid :D why didnt I think of this :D So with Greg sworn to secrecy, and me not telling, you will have to waight until around Feburary Ill tell you this, its going to be very unique It would be hard to explain and get a vision anyway. sorry :p
my illinois buck is getting a shoulder mount to be displayed in our living room. my pa buck will get the typical wal-mart special plaque to be displayed above my work bench in the basement.
I have 3 big ones in my closet now that need mounting, a frigerator box full of racks on plaques in the back room and deer heads in 3 states. Unless it's over 150" it will get an euro mount.
I have my PA buck euro mounted and he will go on a pedestal plaque. I haven't decided what to do with my MD buck because he won't stop running around the woods long enough to get him to the taxidermist.
I'm getting an upright left turn done on mine..it will eventually go in my hunting room (man cave) right now some are in my den which is also done in white-tails. The majority are up at camp, horn mounted.
Same for the 10 pt I shot this year, adding it to my basement trophy wall. Same pose, but I went for the sneak pose ears back.
I've been lucky enough to kill 2 respectable 4x4s so far this year. Still got a rifle tag left and if I'm fortunate enough to shoot another nice one I want to find a piece of old barn wood and mount all of the Europeans on it that I'll do myself. Hopefully it will turn out alright
