Moosie
Grand poopa
You guys remember the elk mount I wanted to do with 2 aspen trees and a water feature and a 1/2 body. Well, It got started. I should probably wait for it to be done prior to posting but I like watching the work in progress and am sharing it with you as it goes. (Like the AK duck mount) I've been there about 4 times in the last 2 weeks and probably going to be there 2-3 more times over the next 2 weeks .
I didn't take any pictures of them cutting up the form and working on it but they did alot of that to get the turn how I wanted. Here it is after the form had been adjusted and the base starting to come together. Notice the frame on the bottom. At first we were going to do a square wood finish frame to roll in and out of places but it ended up big. we even made the antlers removable to move it in and out of places better.
Here is a picture from the right side with blue outline after rethinknig the base :
Here is a picture from the front with a couple bushes next to it for ideas :
This is the top were the water will come out. the rock is pretty cool. It comes in sheets and they take the sheet pannels and break them and then foam it all torether to make it look liek rocks. so no mount looks the same even if it has the same pannel bought.
We went with a 2 part base (3 counting the Water basin. Here you can see the dirt part (Or future dirt part) and the rock that will slide up to it. The elk will be dropped into the holes as seen in picture.
Here is the rock without the elk on it. You can see the shape of the rock where the elk will be coming around it. If you look in the previous picture you will see the water dissapears under a rock ledge. After it's Fiberglassed up I will show that a little better.
It will sit in the mount coming around the rock jsut like this :
Hide was put on today :
It should have it's first water run next Monday I think. There are still a couple Ideas I'm kicking around. We'll have a removeable rock to see the water level in the basin somehow. A welding company is coming out tomorrow to measure and cousom make a basin to fit the roundish mold. It will all be tucked under the rock. I am also kicking around the idea of adding a tree branch coming out of the Rock on the Right side looking at it that will have a Chipmunk on it. We'll see.
Anyway.... not done yet but tis coming together. Be honest Ney sayers, am I wasting 5g's ? OAK..... I know you'll speak up "Mr Anti 1/2 body with rock" guy !! *SMILE*
If anyone is in the area swing by Imperial Taxidermist and take a upclose and personal look at it. Tell Mitch I sent you to pay the bill
I didn't take any pictures of them cutting up the form and working on it but they did alot of that to get the turn how I wanted. Here it is after the form had been adjusted and the base starting to come together. Notice the frame on the bottom. At first we were going to do a square wood finish frame to roll in and out of places but it ended up big. we even made the antlers removable to move it in and out of places better.
Here is a picture from the right side with blue outline after rethinknig the base :
Here is a picture from the front with a couple bushes next to it for ideas :
This is the top were the water will come out. the rock is pretty cool. It comes in sheets and they take the sheet pannels and break them and then foam it all torether to make it look liek rocks. so no mount looks the same even if it has the same pannel bought.
We went with a 2 part base (3 counting the Water basin. Here you can see the dirt part (Or future dirt part) and the rock that will slide up to it. The elk will be dropped into the holes as seen in picture.
Here is the rock without the elk on it. You can see the shape of the rock where the elk will be coming around it. If you look in the previous picture you will see the water dissapears under a rock ledge. After it's Fiberglassed up I will show that a little better.
It will sit in the mount coming around the rock jsut like this :
Hide was put on today :
It should have it's first water run next Monday I think. There are still a couple Ideas I'm kicking around. We'll have a removeable rock to see the water level in the basin somehow. A welding company is coming out tomorrow to measure and cousom make a basin to fit the roundish mold. It will all be tucked under the rock. I am also kicking around the idea of adding a tree branch coming out of the Rock on the Right side looking at it that will have a Chipmunk on it. We'll see.
Anyway.... not done yet but tis coming together. Be honest Ney sayers, am I wasting 5g's ? OAK..... I know you'll speak up "Mr Anti 1/2 body with rock" guy !! *SMILE*
If anyone is in the area swing by Imperial Taxidermist and take a upclose and personal look at it. Tell Mitch I sent you to pay the bill
