Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Elk Hunting Shoulder mount? Euro Mount? or just hang antlers on barn?

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I had my first bull shoulder mounted. Just a bit of advice, make sure it will fit where you want it to go. Mine was intended to be upstairs, but it won't fit up the stair well. So, it's now my companion in the office...

Lotta nice shoulder mounts around here in barns and garages from guys who couldn't get them in through the door.

Nice problem to have ain't it! Now taxidermists are having one antler removable, so you can get it inside the house. I dunno if I want that....I just take my time, along with two other buddies and we usually can get my mounted bull inside after a bit of twisting and turning.

A buddy recently got his shoulder mount upstairs after removing a second story window and hoisting it up from the outside.

Mine is going in my barn

Wall pedistal

Depends on how many elk you have killed or plan to kill, and most importantly, how much did this kill/hunt mean to you (provided money isn't a big concern).

I mounted my first mule deer kill, (a nice, uneven 5 pt), and I'll never mount another (unless it is a world record of course).

To most people, a big Cape Buffalo is something to be really proud of, but in Zim, at an elephant hunting camp, I saw buff horns and skulls that would go close to 50" across, with fantastic bosses, just sitting in the weeds alongside the skulls of hundreds of client-killed elephants.

Very personal decision IMO.

BH63