what is the right size to mount a deer
01-04-2007, 09:50 PM
#2
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: WISCONSIN
Posts: 482
RE: what is the right size to mount a deer
Your deer is definately a mounter.
Some people have different perceptions of what to mount, and sometimes this changes per deer. Sometimes a small number of points is still a mounter because of mass & spread. However, sometimes a buck with a lot of points is not a mounter because of lack of mass and spread.
Some people have different perceptions of what to mount, and sometimes this changes per deer. Sometimes a small number of points is still a mounter because of mass & spread. However, sometimes a buck with a lot of points is not a mounter because of lack of mass and spread.
01-04-2007, 10:32 PM
#3
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: North Central Iowa
Posts: 470
RE: what is the right size to mount a deer
My honest opiion is any buck you shoot SHOULD be a mounter. If you shoot it mount it, if it isn't worth $400.00, don't shoot it. That is what alot of the hunters in my area practice. On the propery I hunt, if you shoot a buck and don't get it munted, you pay the land owner $400.00, or give him your gun or bow. It seams to have helped, even though I have only shot 1 buck, I have passed on alot of small bucks, and noticed larger deer that just didn't come close enough.
As for your deer, it is a grat buck. Get it mounted, you will kick yourself later if you do not.
As for your deer, it is a grat buck. Get it mounted, you will kick yourself later if you do not.
01-05-2007, 02:52 AM
#4
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: WISCONSIN
Posts: 482
RE: what is the right size to mount a deer
ORIGINAL: BowHunterFett
My honest opiion is any buck you shoot SHOULD be a mounter. If you shoot it mount it, if it isn't worth $400.00, don't shoot it. That is what alot of the hunters in my area practice. On the propery I hunt, if you shoot a buck and don't get it munted, you pay the land owner $400.00, or give him your gun or bow. It seams to have helped, even though I have only shot 1 buck, I have passed on alot of small bucks, and noticed larger deer that just didn't come close enough.
As for your deer, it is a grat buck. Get it mounted, you will kick yourself later if you do not.
My honest opiion is any buck you shoot SHOULD be a mounter. If you shoot it mount it, if it isn't worth $400.00, don't shoot it. That is what alot of the hunters in my area practice. On the propery I hunt, if you shoot a buck and don't get it munted, you pay the land owner $400.00, or give him your gun or bow. It seams to have helped, even though I have only shot 1 buck, I have passed on alot of small bucks, and noticed larger deer that just didn't come close enough.
As for your deer, it is a grat buck. Get it mounted, you will kick yourself later if you do not.
01-05-2007, 07:48 AM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Licking County, Ohio
Posts: 1,264
RE: what is the right size to mount a deer
There is no rule for mounting a deer by how large his antlers are. If it is a trophy in your eyes, then by all means, get it mounted. If you shoot a doe and had a memorable experience on that hunt, then get her mounted. A trophy to me may not be a trophy to you and vice versa. Use your own judgement.
01-05-2007, 09:10 AM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Iowa
Posts: 1,858
RE: what is the right size to mount a deer
It is totally up the shooter if they want to mount a deer or not. Ifyou want it, then do it....and don't let anyone tell you different.
BTW - I would mount that deer if I shot him. He has very nice tine length.
BTW - I would mount that deer if I shot him. He has very nice tine length.
01-05-2007, 04:56 PM
#9
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Pittsburgh PA
Posts: 323
RE: what is the right size to mount a deer
That buck is definately worth being mounted. Congrats!
I say any deer you shoot is a mounter, at least to me. Every deer I shoot has sentimental value, that's why I keep evry button buck and doe, and even small bucks. Then again I am a taxidermist so I need to keep things like that for my showroom.
I say any deer you shoot is a mounter, at least to me. Every deer I shoot has sentimental value, that's why I keep evry button buck and doe, and even small bucks. Then again I am a taxidermist so I need to keep things like that for my showroom.
01-08-2007, 12:24 PM
#10
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Western Massachusetts
Posts: 7,168
RE: what is the right size to mount a deer
A trophy is in the eye of the beholder... If it has value to you and was a memorable hunt, there is no reason why you shouldn't mount something... Big or small.
I have a friend who has shot some slammers for our area, yet he has a spike and a couple of basket bucks mounted... because of the memory of the hunt.
I actually had a small 8 pointer mounted this year.. He was not very big, but it was one of the best hunts I have ever had...
It doesn't hurt that my brother in law is a taxidermist and is doing it for only cost of materials!
I have a friend who has shot some slammers for our area, yet he has a spike and a couple of basket bucks mounted... because of the memory of the hunt.
I actually had a small 8 pointer mounted this year.. He was not very big, but it was one of the best hunts I have ever had...
It doesn't hurt that my brother in law is a taxidermist and is doing it for only cost of materials!