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RE: Not having a ' trophy' mounted- Is it Disrespect?
 

Now making money off them might be the worst disrespect for the hunt. Just a thought.[:-]

RE: Not having a ' trophy' mounted- Is it Disrespect?
 

I can' t believe someone here truely thinks that a deer mount honors an animal any more than eating it and disposing of the carcass. Antlers are bone right? Just like a leg or back bone but no one is asking you to mount those just throw them away. Seems kind of disrespectful to me. I have some nice sets of antlers I have kept and some I have thrown out to go back into the earth and hopefully grow feed for the next buck. Don' t kid yourself those deer don' t care what you do with the horns after you kill them. I am not opposed to a deer mount, in fact think they are very neat, but I also do not think they are in any way required to respect or honor the animal.

RE: Not having a ' trophy' mounted- Is it Disrespect?
 

Personally to me, Respecting the animal is NOT taking the shot just out of range, following the rules, being ethical, and when you do finally get a shot presented, you do your absolute best to put him down quickly and humanly.

However, Honoring the animal, is well, honoring the fact that he lived to grow those antlers, lived to raise those fawns (as in a doe). To me, honoring it, is getting the large and unsual ones stuffed, and putting the smaller antlers on a $10 plaque. Both sexes of deer get honored by having every bit of meat possible put in the freezer, and the pictures and the memories. Also, I dont really think you honor the animal before you shoot it. How many heros get honored before they do something heroic? ;)

RE: Not having a ' trophy' mounted- Is it Disrespect?
 

I don' t see a problem with not mounting a big one. It' s up to the individual. It has nothing to do with honor and respect.

RE: Not having a ' trophy' mounted- Is it Disrespect?
 

And how many have doe head mounts of all the does they shot?? Honor an respect should be the same as it is a deer just different gender. Come on now, let' s be real.

I like racks just as much as the next guy but getting one mounted to put on the wall isn' t so much for respect to the deer as it has to do more with one' s accomplishments and desires.

Wasting meat is one thing and I do pass on young bucks, but telling someone they don' t deserve to shoot a buck or shouldn' t shoot a buck unless they do something with the antlers is getting a bit extreme and sounds more selfish then respectful.

Tim

RE: Not having a ' trophy' mounted- Is it Disrespect?
 

It' s called QDM[:-]:eek:[&:]

RE: Not having a ' trophy' mounted- Is it Disrespect?
 

Even MORE disrespectful is someone who shoots a deer and then ONLY takes the antlers and cape, leaving the rest to spoil.

I think you should use whatever parts of the deer you can--not waste anything.. However, you don' t need to mount antlers to do that. I' ve got lots of racks nailed to my garage wall and only 2 mounted heads--one of those a trophy taken by my son.

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