Tell me why the Cape would be ruined with a Collar ? Would it jsut be rubbed off ? Heck, I would mount it with the collar and tell people I used a Helicopter
The problem with the collar might be with the cape...bet it would look bad.
Maybe not too, I dont know.
I've had several opportunities in the past to shoot doe antelope with radio collars, but passed because I feel that the information gathered from the study is important.
But, if that were the best ram in the herd I was hunting...I'd be trying to find a new cape and the Game and Fish would be getting to reuse their radio collar...
My buddy ended up taking this Desert Bighorn being that it was the biggest they found in the unit... Mount looked interesting since you could see the hair was a little worn around the neck, but other than that was no big deal. Game and Fish pretty much knew ahead of time that this Ram might get taken during the hunt....