portable don't do it. I had a nice 10 pt. mounted about 8 or 9 years ago and had about 2" of of one brow tine broke off. I had the taxidermist fix it to match the other. After all these years I wish I hadn't had it done. I now agree with the others those oddities add character. ONLY MY TAXIDERMIST AND I KNOW FOR SURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Save your money and shoot a bigger deer next year.

I agree that the broken tine add's character'but my feeling's are mixed I believe that the reason we mount these animal's is simply to show how beautiful they are . But when your talking a few inches why not fix it as you said your not adding point's you just want to show this buck in his natural beauty. I would have no problem with your fixing him to his natural state . if it was a small chip or tip then I think I would leave it as it is.


nubo

Leave as is for sure...

i have seen some that hav been fixed and they are noticeable, i would leave it as it is but if you get it fixed make sure you taxi is a real good one. i saw a mount about 2 months ago that had a broken tine and he got a guy to try to fix it, it just didnt look natural, it's hard to get the color to match right up, or so i have been told.

I've got two mounts that were fixed and nobody besides me and the taxidermist could tell which ones were fixed.

The last was a nice 10pt that I watched all summer long and had him within 60yds twice during bow season with all of his tines intact. When I finally harvested him I didn't notice until I walked up to him that he had busted one of his brow tines in a fight. I had the brow tine fixed to the way he was. I'm glad I did!

I think that if that's the way he was when you harvested him, let him stay as is...

thanks for all the replies

Fix it

Leave it as is .It adds character . I shot a 9 point that I claimed as a 7 as two tines were broken . Big deal !