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I cleaned up the place a bit ![[Linked Image]](http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u52/doetail68/20160508_173015-1_zpsfuznhmy1.jpg)
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Wow!!! Very nice..Someone has some very good genetics on their back 40.  Cleanest barn I have ever seen! You sure you are from Mo? 
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Love it! Really nice bucks Ted.
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How tall's the ceiling? Gonna need room for the "deer" you shot last year!
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10 ft ceilings and all of my junk is piled up just outside the picture.... 
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Nice! My elk was slated for the master bedroom or bonus room upstairs. However, it doesn't fit up the stairwell, so it keeps me crowded company in the office! ![[Linked Image]](http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c274/tyler_staggs/Hunting-Fishing%202014/Idaho%20Elk%202014/A06904D7-4A90-4515-A93F-8FB4FB834D3F_zpssiuk0ynu.jpg) I am seriously thinking of looking into having the antlers converted to removable, but need to pay off a few things first. Taxidermy is one of the reasons my wife would like for us to build a house. Basement with 9-10' ceilings would be nice...
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Its going to be really hard to get detach antlers done well at this point.
But I was just gonna say, I"ll never do anything big again without... even caribou.
Working on mounting my moose and it took a number of hours of messing around to get the detach antlers done. Finally finished that last night so I can move on with mounting next weekend.
The are never going to be super tight but the ability to move the head through doors and such is worth it.
Originally I thought the hide was so nice and the bull was big bodied, if I ever killed another that was bigger, I"d just cut the antlers off and swap em to the old mount... I don't see that being all that possible in hindsight, but one could try anything once.
Nice mounts all around.
We don't have a single wall over 8 feet and never will likely.
Moose gonna look funny hanging low and all, but we are ok with it.
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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Just curious, what does it cost for a mount in your area? Here it is really expensiv.e
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Between $400 and $500 depending if it's a pedistal or not I hid my 110V outlets ![[Linked Image]](http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u52/doetail68/20160430_180507-1_zpsgrx3z3pb.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u52/doetail68/20160430_180548-1_zpsoykktbbr.jpg)
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Dang I need to shop around for a new taxi, I've paid nearly $700 for my last couple mulies/flagtails and $1300 for my bull.
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South East Missouri is very low wage area
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Pointer,
Did you try to thread your bull through an upstairs operable window? Start with one branch, rotate head through followed by the other branch. Kinda like getting a big recliner thought a door. Just a thought....
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My second Elk has detachable antlers. Made hanging him up non-life threatening.
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Ted, looks great. Very nice!
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How tall's the ceiling? Gonna need room for the "deer" you shot last year! When this guy gets home he will stir up the wall quite a bit I have another 28 ft wall that will get all 10 of my African mounts as they get done at about 2 per year 45" inside spread wall pedistal will eat up some room ![[Linked Image]](http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u52/doetail68/PB030265-1-1_zpstxn1ijqh.jpg)
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