SaskGuy
Active Member
Great thread, interesting to see everyone's thoughts.
I'm like the others who love taxidermy. I currently have 7 shoulder, mounts, a few euros and a couple other plaque mounts or simply skullplates in my trophy room. Trouble with it is that it is too small and I am quickly squeezing myself out. The way I see it is that I have 2 choices. One is to stop killing bucks that are good enough to do taxidermy work on, the other is to build a big shop where I can stockpile stuff that won't fit in the house. I like option 2 best, just do not have the funds presently, but someday I'll have a big garage/shop full of euros, skull mounts, sheds and maybe even shoulder mounts if I am lucky.
To me it is Mother Nature's artwork and I love looking at it, to me they are beautiful, not just the antlers, but the cape differences too, what a great animal. Sometimes I regret not doing a couple just b/c I love shoulder mounts but I am kind of at the point where I'd rather have a bunch of history with a buck if he's going to be shoulder mounted. Part of me wishes I'dhave shoulder mounted lastyrs but he is done euro and on the wall so that's all good I guess.
I did mount a northern pike when I was 12, 41" long, a hair under 20 pounds. That is one I definately regret as currently I'd bet I've caught 50 plus pike bigger than it.
If I were artistic enough to do taxidermy I fear I'd be looking at getting my hands on almost anything a guy could do as I just love taxidermy. Full bodied bears, moose, elk, pronghorns, mulies, walleye, rainbows, pike, perch,...the list goes on and on. That shop better be big.
I'm like the others who love taxidermy. I currently have 7 shoulder, mounts, a few euros and a couple other plaque mounts or simply skullplates in my trophy room. Trouble with it is that it is too small and I am quickly squeezing myself out. The way I see it is that I have 2 choices. One is to stop killing bucks that are good enough to do taxidermy work on, the other is to build a big shop where I can stockpile stuff that won't fit in the house. I like option 2 best, just do not have the funds presently, but someday I'll have a big garage/shop full of euros, skull mounts, sheds and maybe even shoulder mounts if I am lucky.
To me it is Mother Nature's artwork and I love looking at it, to me they are beautiful, not just the antlers, but the cape differences too, what a great animal. Sometimes I regret not doing a couple just b/c I love shoulder mounts but I am kind of at the point where I'd rather have a bunch of history with a buck if he's going to be shoulder mounted. Part of me wishes I'dhave shoulder mounted lastyrs but he is done euro and on the wall so that's all good I guess.
I did mount a northern pike when I was 12, 41" long, a hair under 20 pounds. That is one I definately regret as currently I'd bet I've caught 50 plus pike bigger than it.
If I were artistic enough to do taxidermy I fear I'd be looking at getting my hands on almost anything a guy could do as I just love taxidermy. Full bodied bears, moose, elk, pronghorns, mulies, walleye, rainbows, pike, perch,...the list goes on and on. That shop better be big.
