I've whittled my collection down to three mounts
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duckhunt
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That mule is freaking cool.
buffybr
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My condolences...
brownbear932008
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I now usually prefer euro's for this same reason. House began to look like a wildlife museum at one point. Besides I love the fact that I can pick up an Euro and handle it any day I feel like.
Agreed. I fully regret my one deer mount since I can no longer just grab the skull and check it out. Very little chance I get anything else mounted
SD_redbear
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Nice goat
Did some of that this winter as well. Memories are still there, just hated seeing 1 lope, 1 muley, 2 WT shoulder mounts leaning against the wall in the basement. Sold them on marketplace along with the majority of my sheds. When I croak no one would have cared if they were there anyway so I used the money for better things than holding up a wall. In the past a bou, full flying turkey, 2 other deer, and a couple fish went down the road. Euro mounts are the way to go, less clutter, easier to clean.
Very nice mule deer. Mounts take up a lot of space European mounts are getting to be the thing.
Whered you get the mulie?
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longbow51
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When we refreshed with new paint, carpet, and tile a few years ago, we had the walls filled with mounts. We only kept two big whitetails, one we each shot, and a caribou, all Euro mounts. The rest are in the crawlspace above the garage (also all Euro mounts) gathering dust.
Sometimes understatement is OK.
Sometimes understatement is OK.
PNWtrekker
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About a year ago we had to make a quick move for family reasons which ended up being a significant downsize. I put all my mounts in storage at a family member's place. I have not missed them at all. I am seriously considering selling them. I wish over the years I would have focusing on candid photos. My favorite trophy of all my hunts is a picture of my dad leading against a cabin drinking coffee out of a tin cup on a BC moose hunt. A trophy room full of candid shots, tasteful trophy shots, and some vintage hunting gear use by family over the years would have been awesome and a whole lot cheaper. 90% of my taxidermy bills were out of some weird kind of guilt.
I backpacked into the White River National Forest of Colorado for my mule deer hunt. A simple camp was set up about seven miles from the trailhead. For the first three days I observed mountain sheep and elk but no deer. On the last evening of my hunt, this big buck stepped out of the tree line as I watched quietly. My Savage 99 in .308 was leveled across a knee as the trigger was squeezed. The buck collapsed at the shot. Truthfully, I was very fortunate since it might have been a small forky who appeared instead of the big buck. I have no photo of the buck but here is my rifle. TR
Nick87
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Love that pedestal mount.
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I basically only skull cap everything now. I have 2 euro'd bulls I killed with my bow, and some euro'd bucks. I think going forward I would only euro a big muley, everything else get's capped and strung up in the garage.
