RE: would you "fix" a broken point on a buck you shot ?
 

Where does it end ?
Unless you have game tracker pictures of it.......you can't say for sure what that tine looked like !

If someone finds a buck a month after they shoot it...........should you just throw on another cape .........mount it and call it a successful hunt ?

To me..........your freezing a moment in time !! You can either do it like it really was..........or you can do it how you wish it would've been !! Your the one that has to live with that !

RE: would you "fix" a broken point on a buck you shot ?
 

CBM - If you shot a big mature Buck in the middle of December. He was rutted out hard and lost 20-30% of his pre-rut weight. Your very good Taxidermist measures the cape at 19" and tells you the skin has "alot of stretch in it". He tells you this buck easily had a 24" or 26" neck during peak rut - and it would be very easy to get that back for the mount.

Would you tell him:

No leave it at 19 because I want to save a moment in time

or

Do you let him show that huge buck the way he was in peak rut?

RE: would you "fix" a broken point on a buck you shot ?
 

Rack........To be honest.........I'd european mount it ! But that's a very good/strong point !!

But where does someone draw the line ? If someone kills a late season mature buck with broken tines and small neck..........do you repair it.... swell it up and pass it off as what you truely killed to your friend's ?

If one of these guys shoots one and finds it months later .....varmit damaged and no cape ..........is it fine to take it to a good taxidermist and have him make it look like what he thinks it should've been in it's prime ? Then strut around telling everyone to come look at his trophy ?

It's a personal preference..........just not what I'd do ! But you made me think real hard ! :D

RE: would you "fix" a broken point on a buck you shot ?
 

No way, wouldn't think of it! I like to remember them as I killed them. A broken point shouldn't diminish your admiration or enjoyment of the mount. If anything, it should add some mystique! I have a shoulder mount and several antler plaques that have broken tines. It's always neat to wonder what fight they might have been in or what accident may have occured that caused them to break a point.

RE: would you "fix" a broken point on a buck you shot ?
 

yea i agree it adds character.

RE: would you "fix" a broken point on a buck you shot ?
 

Rack,
You Da Man!
When a good looking, enhanced female walks into the local watering hole, she gets a the full attention of all the bucks in the place. Even if they already have a doe at their side.;)

RE: would you "fix" a broken point on a buck you shot ?
 

I would leave it as is. It will look natural. Deer break antlers in fights, etc. Who knows? You may have the golden glove whitetail champ on your wall? I shot a dandy 8 this year with one that was broken/rubbed off. It was trying to be a 10. I left it. Just got him back and he looks great......EXACTLY like he did when I saw him in the crosshairs.

Nice buck!

RE: would you "fix" a broken point on a buck you shot ?
 

PL,

I shot a buck this year almoast identical to that, g2 on the same side broken off with about the same amount of stub left, didnt know until i shot it.
Personally im fixing mine because i want to be able to look at the deer every day just as i saw him in the summer and early october, (i got him in early nov). JMO

RE: would you "fix" a broken point on a buck you shot ?
 

I think as long as your not adding the tine to gain more scoring points why not, Its your trophy do what you feel you need to do to reprecent the deer the way you want to see it.

RE: would you "fix" a broken point on a buck you shot ?
 

Nah.... why bother. Most get fed to the squirrels anyway.

RE: would you "fix" a broken point on a buck you shot ?
 

I believe the rack would look very nice with the point fixed. Think about it hard, but don't waste to much time on it and go with what you REALLY wan't not what everyone here tells you to do. Just don't have any regrets, its a very nice buck either way :);)

RE: would you "fix" a broken point on a buck you shot ?
 

I prefer to see a buck as it was when he was killed...........if you don't have pics of the deer like mentioned already you are assuming that his tine was equal.......when in reality it could have been any length, maybe even longer then it's opposite match.

The buck I am having mounted right now has a spot under his eye where a slug ripped the flesh and it is just hanging there. The taxidermist told me he can sew it together no problem so I said fine, but I told him that if he has any trouble with it to just leave it because I think it adds even more to the story..........he also had a broadhead slice on his stomach. That makes 2 guys at least that couldn't seal the deal on him........and it's just a cooler story then "Hey look at my deer"


Like people have said already. It doesn't really matter what I or anyone else thinks. He is gonna be on YOUR wall and YOU will have to look at him every day. If YOU are ok with it then do it. Anyone who tries to criticize you for it is most likely just jealous.


Congrats......no matter what you do.

RE: would you "fix" a broken point on a buck you shot ?
 

Its your mount, if it bothers you have it fixed. Just bring the point to a more natural tip. I have several friends that have done the same thing. I also know plenty of guys with boar mounts that have tusks added. You're the one that will be looking at the mount for years.:)

RE: would you "fix" a broken point on a buck you shot ?
 

If it's not broken don't fix it.------------------ It's broke, fix it.. Your not adding a tine. It already them before what ever happend to it. There are all sorts of ways they can make a deer look bigger with the mount, but just making it look like it did before it broke isn't cheating in my book. IMO.