Moose Mount Display

[roymunson]

Seeing all you guys packing up and getting your gear together has me excited. Gonna be next fall til I can go, but I'll watch you guys until then.

This is not a yearly hunt for me, so if I get a big moose, I'm planning on displaying it. Have a high ceiling/fireplace wall I could do a mount on, but am afraid something that huge will be tacky. (currently have 5-6 mounts on the wall) When I see the TV whitetail hunters with 25 shoulder mounts, i don't like that look.

I have a workshop/shop that I would probably hang it in if not in the house.

I like the look of european mounts, but don't wanna go on a hunt like this and not do the hard work justice by not bringing the cape home. I think I'd be just as happy with a slick euro mount, but would like to see what you guys have done.

Plus, it'd help give me my fix a little bit until I can go next year.

 

[Panhandler80]

Shop might not be the best idea if you no much (or any) woodworking out there.

 

[roymunson]

Shop might not be the best idea if you no much (or any) woodworking out there.

no woodworking, but even so, a euro shouldn't be a problem.

Shop is where we skin deer, park the quad, work on bows, guns, reload, etc...

 

[Alaskan89]

I've only ever done European mounts, they are just too damn big and take up too much wall space. Here's a pic of a bull I took in 2016, 60"er.

 

[roymunson]

that's a giant, and looks really sharp

 

[mooster]

I've only ever done European mounts, they are just too damn big and take up too much wall space. Here's a pic of a bull I took in 2016, 60"er.

downlighting, shadows look cool

 

[buzzy]

 

[Nooksack]

Fan of euros, very inexspensive. Pack your cape out and sell it. If you ever decide to shoulder mount you should be able to find a cape.

 

[Firestone]

Fan of euros, very inexspensive. Pack your cape out and sell it. If you ever decide to shoulder mount you should be able to find a cape.

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That's freaking awesome

 

[roymunson]

Fan of euros, very inexspensive. Pack your cape out and sell it. If you ever decide to shoulder mount you should be able to find a cape.

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I like your wife with her hand on her hip...

"ugh... he's taking pictures of them... again..."



That looks fantastic! I think a euro is the way I'm leaning

 

[william schmaltz]

I like my mounts like I like my Pendleton.

Neat.

Don't have a single shoulder mount of anything. All euro mounts.

 

[mooster]

 

[280Ackley]

My shiras. Finally got a house where it fits on a wall!!

 

[roymunson]

Thats a BIG shiras!

 

[Elkhntr08]

Fan of euros, very inexspensive. Pack your cape out and sell it. If you ever decide to shoulder mount you should be able to find a cape.

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Like the walrus mount. Was that a kill or a pick up?

 

[Panhandler80]

Fan of euros, very inexspensive. Pack your cape out and sell it. If you ever decide to shoulder mount you should be able to find a cape.

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Exactly where does one find a cape. A few Internet searches have turned up nothing for me. Also posted on taxidermy.net a year or so ago.

In plan to shoulder mount mine if successful and would prefer using his own cape, but might consider not messing with it if I knew I could source a good clean one. SW Alaska hunt.

 

[Alaskan89]

Packing out the cape is a good way to earn back some of that money spent on the hunt, they can go for quite a bit of money if fleshed and cured correctly.

 

[Nooksack]

It was a kill, that was carved.

Taxi.net used to have a few in the fall, maybe talk to a few taxis in Ak, or post an ad on forums such as this one leading up to the season. I bet there are a handful of guys on the forum that might bring one back for the right price.

 

[Muskykris]

I went with a European due to low ceilings and a small house… if I had the right house I’d be doing a shoulder mount next.
Mine From last year and my buddies

 

[Panhandler80]

It was a kill, that was carved.

Taxi.net used to have a few in the fall, maybe talk to a few taxis in Ak, or post an ad on forums such as this one leading up to the season. I bet there are a handful of guys on the forum that might bring one back for the right price.

Yeah…. Starting ahead of time makes most sense. Again, I’d like to salvage mine and intended to try. If exhausted, or if i find a way to mess it up too badly, I’ll see what’s available this year and then i guess implement your suggestion next year. Obviously don’t want to commit to paying somebody and not need it because I was not suckcesaful or made mine work.