A friend of mine killed two really nice whitetail bucks here in virginia, I mean a couple bucks that ANYONE in our area would mount, for most people once in a lifetime bucks. He euro mounted them, when someone asked why he didnt do a shoulder mount on them he replied...."with shoulder mounts they hang on the wall, and people see them, and can stare at them etc. and that's about it, but with a euro mount they can grab them and hold them, actually feel the mass and really look at them and feel the weight of the horns and such."
that made alot of sense to me, and gave me a whole new perspective on euro mounts