Who does it? I have mixed feelings about doing it. I mounted the buck i shot this fall and it has his right side brow tine busted off about an inch up. the other brow is about 5 inches. It was not busted from me in any way so i have mixed feelings about repairing it and feel it should stay that way. Who would do a fix job on it? Who would leave it?
Repairing points on a mount
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wilecoyote76
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I shot a bull elk last fall with the sword tine broken off nearly even at the main beam. I know it was broken off while fighting, sparring, whatever, but I plan on having it repaired. Once IdahoBugler gets good at fixing broken tines he'll get a chance at trying to fix 16" of elk bone!
I've got a buck on the wall that has a broken point. The buck has split G-4's and broke off one of the extras so far down it left a hole in the main beam. I left it as-is because I thought it would be silly to try to guess what the point looked like.
I was watching one of those stupid hunting shows last weekend (why, I don't know) and a guy arrows a pretty nice buck. Apparently they had camera problems before retrieving the buck, so cut to the next scene of the mounted buck in the guy's home/office. He's repaired a broken drop tine on the buck that was broken flush with the main beam, and has made it about 6 inches long and sticking off to the side. Ridiculous....
I was watching one of those stupid hunting shows last weekend (why, I don't know) and a guy arrows a pretty nice buck. Apparently they had camera problems before retrieving the buck, so cut to the next scene of the mounted buck in the guy's home/office. He's repaired a broken drop tine on the buck that was broken flush with the main beam, and has made it about 6 inches long and sticking off to the side. Ridiculous....
Bambistew
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IdahoBugler
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Most of you know that I shot a buck that had a 12" droptine when I first shot him. I have video of it that proves it was there and how it looked. The next week when I found the buck again it the droptine was gone. I plan on fixing it mainly because I know what it looked like and I'm sure that when I shot the buck he more then likely fell and broke off the tine. I have other bucks with broken tines that I've been repairing to practice for the droptine buck.
I guess I think it's ok to fix them as long as you have a pretty good idea of what it looked like. I'm not adding an extra 3"+ inches to it. The weird thing is that I would of never repaired any of the tines on my bucks if I wouldn't have shot this droptine buck. I guess the rarity of finding or even shooting another buck with a dropper is so rare that it is wanting me to have it repaired.
I guess I think it's ok to fix them as long as you have a pretty good idea of what it looked like. I'm not adding an extra 3"+ inches to it. The weird thing is that I would of never repaired any of the tines on my bucks if I wouldn't have shot this droptine buck. I guess the rarity of finding or even shooting another buck with a dropper is so rare that it is wanting me to have it repaired.
Bwana
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To each his own but for me I leave them the way they were when I shot them even though one can always wonder how the rack would have looked before it was broken.
That said, one of the bucks I have on the wall (a 5 point, 5x5 for you eastern dufes) was repaired. The buck was a fighter that had one ear split in two places and 8 of his tines were either chipped or broke to some degree from fighting including the main beam beyond the last tine. When I came to pick up the mount the taxidermist proudly asked if I could pick my buck out on the wall of finished heads. After looking for a time I said that I couldn't unless this one was it? It was and the gent was so pround of the repair job he did, even though I didn't ask for it to be done, that I never said a word.
Did he do a good job? Yes, but that wasn't the buck that I shot, or at least not the way I remember it.
But as with most things, to each his own.
That said, one of the bucks I have on the wall (a 5 point, 5x5 for you eastern dufes) was repaired. The buck was a fighter that had one ear split in two places and 8 of his tines were either chipped or broke to some degree from fighting including the main beam beyond the last tine. When I came to pick up the mount the taxidermist proudly asked if I could pick my buck out on the wall of finished heads. After looking for a time I said that I couldn't unless this one was it? It was and the gent was so pround of the repair job he did, even though I didn't ask for it to be done, that I never said a word.
Did he do a good job? Yes, but that wasn't the buck that I shot, or at least not the way I remember it.
But as with most things, to each his own.
elkfarmer
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Hey Bwana, we easterners dufes call that a 10 pt..... but that is an all together different topic.
to me, they are what they are when you shoot them. now, i can fully understand IB putting that drop tine back on his deer. In that case he had video and new it was the same deer.
to me, they are what they are when you shoot them. now, i can fully understand IB putting that drop tine back on his deer. In that case he had video and new it was the same deer.
ashersdad
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I have two elk with broken tines and I like them the way they are. I did shoot a buck that broke a point when it rolled down the hill and I had that fixed. I agree with IB. I would absolutely have the drop tine fixed.
