JEL
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Wow! Love your back yard. Great bull and mount as well.
2013 elk finally back from the taxidermist!
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Topgun 30-06
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Great way to display a beautiful bull!
The Hedgehog
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Great bull and mount. Congrats! Who was the taxidermist?
npaden
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Thanks for the comments everyone. It's been a hectic week at work and I haven't been able to get any pictures taken of him in the house until this morning.
The taxidermist is Joe Harriger here in Lubbock. He says he doesn't mind me looking over his shoulder as the mount progresses so on this one I was probably in his shop 6 or 7 times as it came together especially on the habitat stuff. The rock is paper machete and the I picked up the dead wood when I was in Montana this past summer. I still might swap out a little of the laurel for another small pine, but for now I'm just going to enjoy it.
The pedestal and the mount are in 2 pieces and we actually had to tilt it back to get the elk on the pedestal because there is only about 3" of clearance from the top of his G4 to the 8' ceiling. When it was all said and done it went inside and back together much easier than I was expecting though.
Here's the pictures of it at the house. It's in my home office that is all open to the rest of the house. I can see it from "my chair" in the den on the other side of the stairs.
This is what you see of him when you walk in the front door. This is the best angle I've ever been able to take a picture that shows how long his main beams really are.
Another picture from the front door. I think I'm going to have a lot more people coming upstairs now.
Still just amazed at my Boone & Crockett meat bull. I was shooting the first legal branch antlered bull I saw and didn't even know how big he was when I pulled the trigger.
Very happy on how it turned out.
The taxidermist is Joe Harriger here in Lubbock. He says he doesn't mind me looking over his shoulder as the mount progresses so on this one I was probably in his shop 6 or 7 times as it came together especially on the habitat stuff. The rock is paper machete and the I picked up the dead wood when I was in Montana this past summer. I still might swap out a little of the laurel for another small pine, but for now I'm just going to enjoy it.
The pedestal and the mount are in 2 pieces and we actually had to tilt it back to get the elk on the pedestal because there is only about 3" of clearance from the top of his G4 to the 8' ceiling. When it was all said and done it went inside and back together much easier than I was expecting though.
Here's the pictures of it at the house. It's in my home office that is all open to the rest of the house. I can see it from "my chair" in the den on the other side of the stairs.
This is what you see of him when you walk in the front door. This is the best angle I've ever been able to take a picture that shows how long his main beams really are.
Another picture from the front door. I think I'm going to have a lot more people coming upstairs now.
Still just amazed at my Boone & Crockett meat bull. I was shooting the first legal branch antlered bull I saw and didn't even know how big he was when I pulled the trigger.
Very happy on how it turned out.
2rocky
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Atta boy Nathan. You are proof that good luck favors the prepared. It has been fun following your preparation and reading about your hunt. P'raps some day we may cross paths in Wyoming. First beer is on me!
wyoutdoors
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Very nice.
noharleyyet
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Perfect spot for that bad boy Nathan.
...cool house.
...cool house.
Rhino Hunter
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A very nice bull and a great mount!
Why did it take so long?
Why did it take so long?
highmountian
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Great bull, awesome house! Congrats.
Revharvey9576
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That's so cool
npaden
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Thanks everyone again for the comments. I still look over at this guy and am amazed at how big and beautiful he is.
Several different things caused the delay including my Taxidermist getting a kidney transplant a few months after I dropped him off. I also was picky about the pedestal base and actually ended up getting the driftwood looking wood for the base when I was on vacation in Montana the next summer.
We spent a little time deciding on the form to use and then once we got the form in and the cape back from the tannery, we went back and forth a little on the height that he would end up displayed at and then he let me have quite a bit of input on the texture and color of the fake rock.
Not really the taxidermist fault that it took so long and I was very happy with the end result and it was well worth the wait to me.
The same guy is doing my Mountain Goat from last fall and I'm hoping it might be a little faster, but at the same time I'm not holding my breath. Hopefully it will be worth the wait too!
Several different things caused the delay including my Taxidermist getting a kidney transplant a few months after I dropped him off. I also was picky about the pedestal base and actually ended up getting the driftwood looking wood for the base when I was on vacation in Montana the next summer.
We spent a little time deciding on the form to use and then once we got the form in and the cape back from the tannery, we went back and forth a little on the height that he would end up displayed at and then he let me have quite a bit of input on the texture and color of the fake rock.
Not really the taxidermist fault that it took so long and I was very happy with the end result and it was well worth the wait to me.
The same guy is doing my Mountain Goat from last fall and I'm hoping it might be a little faster, but at the same time I'm not holding my breath. Hopefully it will be worth the wait too!
Alaskan
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Wow that's a killer mount!
