Fix my screw up. (Elk mount)

[EYJONAS!]

@Stocker I'm not sure if this is in your play book on this as the bull is the bull you harvested but, I have 4 or 5 capes I'll send you one of you want to go with a remount? The taxi should be able to rehydrate and use the same form.

If you want let me know I'll just give it to you. You pay for the shipping.

 

[Bullshot]

 

[steveshuntn1]

I did some taxidermy work back 20 years ago. I’m definitely not an expert but if it was mine I’d get another cape. You could patch that spot if you’re really good at sewing or just do it over. Nice Bull!

 

[Hunter4Life78]

I like the corn stalk idea.

 

[Huntkook]

 

[Stocker]

@Stocker I'm not sure if this is in your play book on this as the bull is the bull you harvested but, I have 4 or 5 capes I'll send you one of you want to go with a remount? The taxi should be able to rehydrate and use the same form.

If you want let me know I'll just give it to you. You pay for the shipping.

I really appreciate it. I’m kind of a weirdo in the sense that I like keeping the original cape and antlers together even if it’s messed up. It’ll fit in with every other misfit or weird looking thing I own. Lol

 

[DouglasR]

Euro

 

[Redman]

Just have him sew in another piece to match no one will be able to notice. I have seen some dall sheep with cuts all over be transformed to where you can't even tell.

 

[EYJONAS!]

I really appreciate it. I’m kind of a weirdo in the sense that I like keeping the original cape and antlers together even if it’s messed up. It’ll fit in with every other misfit or weird looking thing I own. Lol

Right on man the offer is there for you if you change your mind. It would be damn tough to change up the cape for me to.

 

[Elkmagnet]

I cut the cape short on this muley and decided to basically have it sitting on a rock. I wish I’d cut it properly but I think it turned out fine.

This was my first thought.
Do this.
Here is a couple I have that might work if turned a little. As you can see I like a rock or two

 

[Dunkbait]

Great bull regardless...lots of interesting solutions

 

[Hammsolo]

View attachment 280167I saw this at a taxidermist a few years ago and thought it was a great mount.

Wouldn’t have to be a fake rock but something like this would hide the missing spot and make it look intentional rather than a cover up job.

Other than the branch growing up through the chopped up insides of that beautiful buck. Great skill, poor execution.

 

[sierrahunter]

View attachment 280167I saw this at a taxidermist a few years ago and thought it was a great mount.

Wouldn’t have to be a fake rock but something like this would hide the missing spot and make it look intentional rather than a cover up job.

This looks terrible.

 

[glass eye]

The problem with trying to graft in a piece from another elk is that they vary in color. They may appear the same until you put them together.

 

[Bambistew]

Your excuse #1 confusing me...JK

Paint an American flag on the part showing, or just get a scrap piece of hide and patch it.

 

[Watts307]

Let me list excuses for my stupidity as is my custom. (Excuses and stupidity)

1. I never kill elk big enough to mount.
2. It was 80 degrees and I was in a hurry to get it in the cooler.
3. It was late at night.

So like a doofus I cut the brisket short. I’m thinking of getting a piece of cool driftwood to try to cover the form. Any other ideas?

I would probably turn it into a pedestal style mount. Get it lower to the ground on a wooden base. Be easier to cover it up and put habitat and plants in front. Obviously will wanna try and blend in the stick out form or remove it.

 

[kansasdad]

Maybe instead of corn tassels or a rock, a silhouette of Nebraska covering the boo-boo

 

[gouch]

I would just put a big Band-Aid on it and call it good.

 

[SixPoint]

It’s a very easy fix as some have suggested. Grind all that extra foam out and slap the front half of a cow under him. If your bull gets a vote, I’m sure this would be his preference.

 

[Addicting]

Did the Taxi tell you it had this problem before he mounted it and shipped it to you?