Taxidermy…Who Mounts Game?

[Etter1]

#5913

I have always enjoyed taxidermy work that is done well. I typically have a few critters in the shop every year. Do you all mount heads and hides or just snap photos? Just wondering where everyone is at. I don’t think I do it to brag about hunting successes, but to take a beautiful bit of nature home, and show respect to the animals that we pursue. I can sit in my “outdoor room” and lie back and remember all the hunts, and really enjoy doing so.

I hate to think about how much I’ve spent on taxidermy in the last few years, but I never regret it.

I currently have 2 whitetail shoulder mounts, a euro whitetail mount, an antler plaque mount (whitetail), a black bear half mount, a black bear rug, a tanned black bear hide, a tanned whitetail hide, a mallard, a wood duck, a hooded merganser, a coyote hide, a smallmouth bass, and 6 or so turkey fans and beards.

So what you got?

[kerrystout]

#45869

5 whitetail shoulder mounts, 4 whitetail euro mounts, 1 caribou mount, 1 bear 1/2 mount, 2 bear rugs, a gray fox mount, 1 javelina shoulder mount, 1 tanned elk hide, a tanned coyote hide, 1 set of moose antlers, 1 turkey fan/beard/spurs, an arctic char mount, 1 black crappie mount, and 1-9 lb. canadian walleye mount.

[ray montoya]

#45875

I dont have a lot of stuff mounted anymore. Guess I learned my lesson. I had a 384″ bull mounted, and you cant hang him unless you have tall ceilings. Anymore, most of my good deer and just euro mounted, and my bear hides are just tanned. Its easier to clean euro mounts then to try to clean mounts…

[Etter1]

#45877

kerrystout wrote: 5 whitetail shoulder mounts, 4 whitetail euro mounts, 1 caribou mount, 1 bear 1/2 mount, 2 bear rugs, a gray fox mount, 1 javelina shoulder mount, 1 tanned elk hide, a tanned coyote hide, 1 set of moose antlers, 1 turkey fan/beard/spurs, an arctic char mount, 1 black crappie mount, and 1-9 lb. canadian walleye mount.

Wow! Congratulations on a lifetime of excellent adventures.

[BuckyT]

#45898

Etter1 wrote: I have always enjoyed taxidermy work that is done well. I typically have a few critters in the shop every year. Do you all mount heads and hides or just snap photos? Just wondering where everyone is at. I don’t think I do it to brag about hunting successes, but to take a beautiful bit of nature home, and show respect to the animals that we pursue. I can sit in my “outdoor room” and lie back and remember all the hunts, and really enjoy doing so.

I hate to think about how much I’ve spent on taxidermy in the last few years, but I never regret it.

I currently have 2 whitetail shoulder mounts, a euro whitetail mount, an antler plaque mount (whitetail), a black bear half mount, a black bear rug, a tanned black bear hide, a tanned whitetail hide, a mallard, a wood duck, a hooded merganser, a coyote hide, a smallmouth bass, and 6 or so turkey fans and beards.

So what you got?

Well… You’ve seen my little man room.

Have 2 bucks at the taxi at the moment.

For the guys who don’t know me,

8 shoulder whitetail mounts

2 shoulder whitetail mounts in progress

1 euro whitetail mount

1 euro whitetail mount in progress

1 mallard drake

3 turkey fan, beard, feet, spurs mounts

1 full body turkey mount

1 bobcat mount

1 tanned whitetail hide

1 bluegill mount (wife’s 1.25lb bluegill)

I love all of my mounts. Each one is a fine memory out in the field, and it’s nice to go up stairs with a good drink, sit back, and look at them and re-live the hunts.

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