What form for a stag mount in this location?

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So, I'm having a pretty stag shoulder mounted and going in this spot. I don't care for straight looking mounts and usually try to position a slight turn in a way that makes sense for a given location. This spot is tough, though. As either L or R has him looking somewhat into a wall of the staircase.

I'm thinking semi-upright, offset shoulder with slight turn, just not sure if L or R. HIS left side antler is stronger. Basically a R turn has him looking kinda down the stairs, and L looking up. Down is more open, so I'm thinking a R might make more sense... espeically if nose is down just a touch.

I also suspect that I need to keep in mind that the options for forms is probably a lot more limited than whitetails.shoulder mount spot.jpg
 
My artistic instinct says have him look slightly to his left. You should be able to find an elk or something online, then cut and paste into that pic to get an idea how it might feel?
 
My artistic instinct says have him look slightly to his left. You should be able to find an elk or something online, then cut and paste into that pic to get an idea how it might feel?
Yeah. Something like this might work well. I guess looking towards the next set of stairs does make a little more sense as in fact it is more open than the wall to HIS right, the viewer's left. The first pic below appears to be square to the wall, which means animal is looking just a touch to his left.

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You mentioned a stag. Red stag? If so lots of those are traditionally straight. I had mine done that way and it looks good. However if you want a turn the body is smaller than elk and I think you can’t go wrong either way
 
You mentioned a stag. Red stag? If so lots of those are traditionally straight. I had mine done that way and it looks good. However if you want a turn the body is smaller than elk and I think you can’t go wrong either way
Yeah. Red Stag. , I too considered straight, initially, but I think everything look so much more alive with a turn of some sort.

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Tough call, but I would turn him so the weak antler is on the 'first view' side to avoid it looking much smaller than the other side. IOW, turned to his left.
 
Tough call, but I would turn him so the weak antler is on the 'first view' side to avoid it looking much smaller than the other side. IOW, turned to his left.
Yeah. That also would have him looking towards the next flight of stairs which might make more sense as it’s more open…. Which might be even more important than strong side perspective considering the turn will (hopefully) be slight.
 
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