Shoulder mount - straight or slightly turned?

[V2Pnutrition]

Went back and forth on this myself and ended up doing a slight turn favoring his stronger side. There’s a separate thread on here under the sheep heading with a lot of great ideas and pictures of sheep mounts.

 

[Ryanlemon5]

Slight turn giver the most depth in my option. Not a huge fan of straight on mounts.

 

[buffybr]

I have both straight and turned mounts. I like the turned mounts better. Usually I have the mounts looking to the center of the room.

 

[bojangles808]

slightly turned. think about where your going to put it in your house and what way fits that spot best.

 

[Coveyleader]

Slight turn, but do a floor pedestal. Way less space than the wall, and you can move them anywhere.

 

[jrotter06]

I'm a sucker for the slight turn.

 

[Sevens]

I feel the straight head - which I have a couple - look more like a Victorian era head on the wall. The turn gives it some “life.” My preference on future mounts is a turn with a slight offset to the base (shoulders).

 

[Dwnw/theAltitudesickness]

I would do all shoulder mounts slightly turned. Prefer that look.

 

[NevadaJ]

I have to go withthe slight turn and the best horn on the outside.

 

[KU_Geo]

Pedestal for sure, wall is what I went with. Choose your direction depending on the animal and location

 

[Ramem7mm]

Needs to be turned in my opinion. Pedestal style mounts look pretty cool as well.

 

[butcherboy]

Turns are always better. If you do a wall pedestal it will give it a nice turn with the head usually facing straight out so it doesn’t matter which wall you can put it on. Here’s a few I’ve done. Some were wall pedestals, some converted to a wall pedestal, one Barbary sheep was a half life size I converted to a wall pedestal.

 

[Cactus kid]

Shoulder mount on a blue sheep?! Breaking my heart amigo!

Mine is almost finished- here is an idea what a blue sheep would look like with a turn. I know it’s full body, but not a whole lot of blue sheep mounts out there.

 

[Cactus kid]

I browsed through some of my trophy room coffee table books and found some shoulder mounted blue sheep to give you a better idea:

 

[chizelhead]

That is stunning.

Shoulder mount on a blue sheep?! Breaking my heart amigo!

Mine is almost finished- here is an idea what a blue sheep would look like with a turn. I know it’s full body, but not a whole lot of blue sheep mounts out there.

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That is stunning—the detail in its fall coat really stands out. I get why one would do a full mount. However, I'm not that into taxidermy for myself but do appreciate what everyone else does!

 

[Cactus kid]

That is stunning.

That is stunning—the detail in its fall coat really stands out. I get why one would do a full mount. However, I'm not that into taxidermy for myself but do appreciate what everyone else does!

Thank you! To be fair my dall and chamois is shoulder mounted, I’m defiantly not a full body only on sheep. I considered shoulder as well, but the detail in the coat made me reconsider