I am having a prob. with deciding on a mount pose.

I had originally decided on a semi-upright left offset form, but after taking to a buddy of mine today he suggusted I look at a wall pedestal form. I must say I like the wall pedestal, but was wondering if you had any other opinions.

P.S. it has to be left oriented.

My favorite is what my taxidermist calls a semi-sneak . It might be the same as the semi - upright. It looks awesome !! I wish I knew how to post pictures I' d post mine.

when I forst started reading your post, I was going to mention the pedestal mount, then I read you' ve already heard about it. I have one and love it.

btomlin,
The wall pedestal has become popular within the last few years but still does not get requested all that often because people have a set idea of what a mount looks like and that is all they will consider most of the time. Just remember that you don' t have to choose a mount position just because that is how everyone has them done. The most popular seems to be ears forward and alert for some reason instead of a relaxed deer with ears turned in complimenting positions. The semi sneak and semi upright are different poses. The level of the head determines the pose. The Full Sneak being the lowest position then the Semi Sneak, Semi Upright and the Full Upright. Some sculptors vary in exact positioning of the head and have different head positions for some of the poses, such as " head up" , meaning the head is tilted back slightly with the lower jawline being above horizontal. The Offset means exactly what it says, the form is offset so that more of one shoulder is visible than the other. Most any pose can be purchased in a straight, left or right version which is given as the deer' s left or right. Some forms are available that have only been sculpted in one size or orientation and are normally specialty poses.
I don' t know that I have a favorite form but would have to say that I like to alter the poses for myself to tell some sort of story using a full pedestal mount. Of course there are few people that are willing to pay for this type of mount. If I were to choose the standard form that I like best I would say I like the offset semi sneak in a head up position. Whichever position you choose just make sure you use a taxidermist that you have chosen because of his quality of work and not because that is who gives you the best bargain. If you are unfamiliar with what means quality do some research on www.Taxidermy.net to familiarize yourself with the difference between an ok job and a great job.

I put my whitetail in the pedestal mount and I love it!! Glad I didn' t go the traditional way with it!! Here is a picture of it, always looking for a reason to show him off.

Thank you everyone.

This is exactly what I am looking for---PICTURES. This gives me an idea of what the mounts look like in a home vs. a catalog.

IL-bow-man....Would it be poss. to have you email me some addition photos of different angles like head-on, down the walls, and at 45 degrees. Thanks. my email is [email protected].

Keep the photos posting.

If you have a mount to show off please post it and say what you had done different.

Go to www.mckenziesp.com then go to the taxidermy section. You can look through an online catalog which should give different angles of their forms. They have just about anything you could ask for since they have bought about half the industry lately.

BTomlin , I just e-mailed you a picture of two of my deer in my office in the semi-sneak pose. Good Luck with your mount !!

thanks. I replyed to you.