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Just got this mount back today. I shot the buck in November of 2007. Taxidermy by Mark Lundgren of Lake Nebagamon, Wi.

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VERY cool James! I like the looks of it big time, very unique!

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That is awesome. Thanks for sharing.

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Awesome!

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This is the field shot with the same buck.

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Very nice mount!! It's quite original as well.;)

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that is sweet:D

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thats a pretty nice buck. congrats and thats an awesome mount. looks good

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i love that mount.. its awesome.. congrads an i like that u were shootin a mathews :Dbut anyway cool lookin mount

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Very cool! It turned out great! I love when they come back to life like that!

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Nice!! Congrats on a unique mount!

Dan

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That is an awesome mount man, very unique, was that your idea? If it was that is awesome man, where are you from in Wisconsin?

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Fine looking mount!!! I like how you added the licking branch/rub into it.

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Looks great

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Looks gr8!!!

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I like that also!! Congrats on the buck!! Your taxi did a great job.

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Thanks for the compliments and comments.

The tongue shouldn't scare you guys too much. It's an actual cast from a real deer tongue. The plastic tongues that you buy out of taxidermy cataloges just don't cut it.
The idea for a pedestal mount was mine, and I let my taxidermist use his creative mind to put it together. I trust him to do his best. We could have built the scene up more, and may do so in the future. Note that the alder brush in the scene is a piece of alder brush I watched the buck tear up only minutes before he checked out.

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Looks good James! :D

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That is a very cool looking mount....I like it.

Shane

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Why the pedestal mount, too many on the wall:D?Love that open mouth mount, great looking work.Havean open mouth mountmyself.

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Great looking mount.

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Cool mount....very unique. Congrats!

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wow thats awesoem he did a super job

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sweet

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Very Nice!! Congrats!!!

Hatchet Jack

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that is sweet, have never saw that before

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Was that his last pose before he received a large dose of stainless steel?

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It was a pose I saw in his last minutes!

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Cool mount James!

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Spectacular!

That is the very same look I possess when drinking a tall bottle of COOOOOLD Sam Adams Winter Lager!

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Great looking mount. Such detail with the tongue and mouth.

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Nice looking mount! About the only thing I'd do is rework the tree branch material to have a licking branch hanging down just in front of his mouthto complete the look.

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wow. nice mount! very original.

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That is a great looking mount. Your guy did an excellent job!

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looks great... very unique...

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Unique! That's a beautiful buck preserved in a beautiful way.

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wow huge buck... what a body:Dcongrats!!

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Fantastic mount and buck! I bet you are enjoying the memories:D

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I took the picture of the mouth because if you look closely at the inside of the cheeks you will see that he made each papillae individually. The tongue is also a cast and molf of an actual tongue. He said appx. 20 hours was spent on the mouth alone. It's awesome.

I'll probably build up the scene to be more realistic at some point. But I was excited to have another unique mount in the house. He fits right in!

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Very cool James.

I want a pedestal mount but am waiting on the right buck.