If you only wanted one animal mounted, what would you choose?

[npaden]

A euro mallard would be interesting.

When I had my beetles I did a euro turkey head for a guy.

 

[noharleyyet]

When I had my beetles I did a euro turkey head for a guy.

That's something you don't often see or think about...

 

[fowladdict]

My wife and family have always coaxed me to have a foam and fur shoulder mount of elk or whitetail...but I'm in the euro camp for presentation and space preference.

We were in Canton TX for First Monday a couple years ago & came across a very well taxi'd turned Elk shoulder. It had beautiful white tips...a symmetrical 330'ish six by, and the price was better than ok. My wife could not understand why I wouldn't buy it. Doubt I'd have to explain it to anyone here . . .

you would only have to explain around here if you bought it...but you are from Texas! LOL

 

[kiwi hunter]

I was counting on you being there Les
just got word on lottery last week. i have 3 deer tags and 4 sheep

ill be happy pottering around by and above the hotel/harbour

 

[SFC B]

My wife and family have always coaxed me to have a foam and fur shoulder mount of elk or whitetail...but I'm in the euro camp for presentation and space preference.

We were in Canton TX for First Monday a couple years ago & came across a very well taxi'd turned Elk shoulder. It had beautiful white tips...a symmetrical 330'ish six by, and the price was better than ok. My wife could not understand why I wouldn't buy it. Doubt I'd have to explain it to anyone here . . .

I have NEVER understood how folks could buy and display taxi of others peoples animals.....I just don't get it.

 

[The Hedgehog]

Initially I was thinking a life-sized bald eagle. However, if we're talking internationally, it would be a toss up between a European mount of a mountain gorilla or javan rhino.

 

[The Hedgehog]

And the bald eagle would just so much more handsome and takes up less space than a California condor.

 

[FLboy]

Full body mount of my biggest buck but to damn pricy

 

[npaden]

So would this count as one mount?

 

[Deleted member 28227]

When I had my beetles I did a euro turkey head for a guy.

See this is where I don’t get folks…

A 1000+Lb. Atlantic blue marlin.

A full body skeletal mount of a marlin would be amazing.

 

[Firehead117]

Since I already have a beautiful whitetail mount (imo)... I'd lean a huge bull moose or mountain goat. Maybe that goat comes true sooner then I dreamt since I happened to draw this year still processing that...

 

[lifesupport4u]

Dall sheep - because that means I got to go on a dall sheep hunt.

 

[Trap]

So would this count as one mount?

That only counts as 1/2 of a mount. Pedestal mounts require no wall space so they don’t count as 1 whole mount only a half. I was just explaining that to my wife she doesn’t seem to get it

 

[thusby]

Initially I was thinking a life-sized bald eagle. However, if we're talking internationally, it would be a toss up between a European mount of a mountain gorilla or javan rhino.

A snow leopard would be sick.

 

[TheHeadTurkey]

A full body javelina mount would be cool. The only mount I have right now is a shoulder-mounted hog and a turkey fan and wings on my shelf that are waiting to be mounted with borax on them.....

 

[thusby]

The only real mount I have is a small colored phase black bear hanging from a branch. It mounts up nice on the wall.
Those full body mountain goats are striking. I was going to rug one if I ever drew the tag. Now I’m firmly in the full body camp.

 

[geetar]

In North America it’s a goat. If politics weren’t an issue an African lion in all its glory like this photo is near the top for me.

 

[Boarmaster]

Im a whitetail hunter so If I could only have one it would be a whitetail.

 

[Bowhuntrben]

While I really appreciate the moose I have, most of my fondest memories are hunts I have shared with my dad at our home property. If I could only have one mount, I would choose one of the whitetails from these hunts since it represents more memories than anything else. They are all special to me, and the mount helps remember the experience. I would probably pick this one since it is one of the better bucks and is also the only one we've gotten so far that had a double throat patch. Even though I enjoy all the mounts I have, if I had to choose between the mounts and the pictures I have with me and my dad and uncle (and soon to be pics with my son!), I'd toss all the mounts and keep the pictures.

 

[Hunting Wife]

The only non-euro mount I have is a long-tailed duck. Beautiful, and small!

Fortunately I like the look of euros. Shoulder mounts can be striking, but they just dominate a space and since I have a regular old house it just isn’t realistic to have many. But if I ever had a chance at a mountain caribou or any species of sheep, I would think hard about a shoulder mount.