2012 Nevada mule deer mount

[LuckyMike]

Thought I should post a picture of my Mule Deer from Nevada last fall. Just finished it before starting on the bear.

 

[idahofishnhunt]

Very nice, congrats.

 

[huntRme]

Nice mount. Nice deer.

 

[jryoung]

Living up to your name for sure.

 

[Bambistew]

Nice mount. That dude has some giant ears!

 

[chuckyd313]

I seen one like that near my hunting grounds twice. I never could get close enough to it for an archery gear shot. They dont get that big being stupid. Yours has nicer dark antlers than the one i saw did.
Congrats!

 

[Carrion Carrier]

Gorgeous! Tell us about your taxidermy experience. How did you learn?

 

[sbhooper]

Good job on the deer.

 

[noharleyyet]

Good job, good buck.

 

[Bowhuntrben]

Looks great!

 

[dainer]

Stud buck. Nice job on the mount as well!

 

[putm2sleep]

Nice of you to think of posting - awesome deer LuckyMike!

 

[sluggo6850]

awesome buck, congrats

 

[Blacktailbc]

Great Buck. Any Field Pics?

 

[Much2hunt]

Real nice !! congratulations,you will enjoy him for the rest of your days!

 

[Art Vandeley]

Awesome buck and mount. Thanks for sharing with us

 

[L. I. Yankee]

Great Deer.....

 

[LuckyMike]

Gorgeous! Tell us about your taxidermy experience. How did you learn?

For one thing, I learned slowly! I have some old mounts that would make you laugh. In 1967 I drew a mountain goat tag, got a nice trophy and knew I'd want to have it mounted. I couldn't afford it so I mounted it myself, learning as I went by asking people who knew something about it a lot of questions. I spent a lot of time in the back room of taxidermy shops.

In my opinion, mounting an animal is relatively easy. However, getting it to look real like its alive is most difficult to learn. I'm still learning after all these years. I still have trouble with mule deer ears.

My background is that I've mainly done taxidermy as a hobby but for 38-years I did it as a moonlight job/business which helped fund my most avid intrests - hunting and fishing. Mounting fish was the main thing I did and I gained a good reputation. I also mounted a considerable number of game heads during that time. My favorite was wild sheep.

 

[LuckyMike]

Great Buck. Any Field Pics?

Pictures from my hunt last October. http://onyourownadventures.com/hunttalk/showthread.php?t=253340

 

[Ghostrider]

That's beautiful man nice job. keep up the good work