RE: Big Buck ..Broken Rack ..What To Do?
 

Another view.

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It took me 3 taxidermist to get one to mountmy deer the way he was with both his ears tore up his nose was all tore up ugly looking bugger but it makes him look cool you could tell he was always sparing I would leave everything the way it was

RE: Big Buck ..Broken Rack ..What To Do?
 

Leave it the way it is!!!

RE: Big Buck ..Broken Rack ..What To Do?
 

Leave it the way it is!!!

RE: Big Buck ..Broken Rack ..What To Do?
 

Okay, here's a wrinkle:

Imagine that you shot a tine off, and found the tine?

My buddy's first buck was a huge 160 class 12 pointer (okay, HUGE for Massachusetts) and in his eagerness to keep the buck down he basically unloaded his shotgun at it (the first shot hit the spine and it wasn't going anywhere anyway, but he didn't know that).

His third shot took off the top 6 or 7 inches of the G3. We found the tip and he had it put back on by the taxidermist.

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Trem personally I see nothing wrong with that ...considering he's the one who shot it off ..

dd

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Every deer is different and the rack should IMO be as shot.

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I got this buck a long, long time ago.

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I still get laughs now-a-days for getting him mounted with half a rack. The main reason I got him mounted was because he was an unusual red color instead of brown.

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imperfections = character

the 8 point i shot this year had an abnormality and it's being mounted as is. on the bottom side of the right main beam, there is a 1/4 inch diameter hole in the antler. i dunno if someone attempted to poach him with a .22 when he was in velvet or if an insect/twig made the hole while in velvet.