The mount has been done for a year. The pedestal finally arrived today. (the delay was mostly due to my indecision )



Some of you may recall the deer - taken in northern MN a couple of seasons back while hunting with my good friend and fire member, handwerk.

Pretty happy with the end product.

Wow now that is a buck, and great mount. Congrats

worth the wait I think....looks great....

Oh, yeah! I like that a lot. Guess your indecision paid off.

Looks amazing Scott. Great buck.

Very nicely done! Never saw anything quite like it.

Looks GREAT Scott!

That would be a first.

Thanks all.
My wife doesn't exactly share the same enthusiasm. *grins*

Nicely done, both the mount and the pedestal, congrats Scott that is a heck of a buck!!

Looks great! Congrats!

Man what a buck, and what a classy representation. Simply fantastic!

Shane will that deer score 160? powdr

Yes sir. And then some.

One of the best i've seen. Good job.

Simply fantastic all around!

Scott, that thing looks spectacular!


You keep hunting hard like you've done and one day you'll get a big one!

Beauty mount, Scott! I like that a lot!

Yep that was great day...Scott made a heck of a shot and now has given that monster a proper resting spot...again, congrats my friend.

That the one with all the webbing on the left main? Great looking mount there.

Very nice buck, and great mount!

Steve.

Awesome buck and mount my friend -

Very nice Scott.......

Excellent!

Turned out very nice. Congratulations.

Scott, how tall is the pedestal?

Great buck, awesome mount.

Very nice!

A great mount for a beautiful buck!!

Kurt,
Yep - that's him.

Doug,
Height of pedestal is 32".

Thanks, looks great.

Scott, that looks great. That is one nice buck. You certainly have taken some great whitetails over the years.

Thanks for posting Scott.

Great deer and a really excellent trophy display. Both the mount and the pedestal look great.

If you don't mind me asking, where did you get the pedestal? Make it yourself or have it done?

Phil,

John Bridges @ Custom Taxidermy Woodworks in SC did the pedestal.

http://customtaxidermywoodworks.webs.com/

Scott,

Totally Uber, my friend!

Thanks for the link. That guy does some beautiful work.

Thanks Scott!!

Yowza! Great buck mad mount!

Looks great Scott! Awesome buck!

You did good!!!

Awesome buck

Now that's cool! Dam nice buck

Real nice, Scott. What would you call the mount pose?

Wayne

Very nice, quality mount. Who was taxidermist?

Wayne,
The pose is a semi-sneak. McKenzie 6900 series - IIRC.

bluecat,
The taxidermist is local guy - NE WI. I'd call him an extreme hobbyist as taxidermy isn't his full-time gig.

I have a semi-sneak McKenzie on a nice MN 8 I got. It's my favorite pose. I got it because that's how he was when I shot him.
yours is fantastic.

Looks amazing.
I would love to hear the story of how you got him. He is exceptional.

Love pedestal mounts and that one as well as the deer are superb examples.

Congrats Scott!

Very nice, congrats!

Hey, thanks.
Dug up the link from the original post.

http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/7073492/1

Good timing on the post. I was about to do a search for it to take a look at the hero pics of the deer.

Wayne

That turned out super! Mucho congrats.

Mount turned out beautiful. I may do that with the next one.

CR

Wonderful, after you hunt a buck like that you've deserved being able to display it any way you want. It looks great to me on a pedestal.

Looks like that turned out really nice.

Congratulation.

I think it's an overall deer head thing - not so much the pedestal. She's cool with them on the lower level. I have little say on the main level, she has no say on the lower.

Looks to me like your decision was perfect.

Very nice Scott.

Did you ever put a tape to it?

Charlie

Charlie,

Yes sir. Grossed 174 1/8.

Awesome!!! That's a career buck over in this neck of the woods. The mount just makes it that much more special. Well done. Well done indeed.

Dang nice Scott.

Scott,

I'm real upset with myself for not saying this the first time around:

YOU SUCK!!!!!

Very nice!