RE: My first Keeper.
 

awesome buck...

RE: My first Keeper.
 

Congrats on an awesome buck.

get that dude on the wall.

I think like others said its all up to you but I know for me I'd mount ones smaller than that. So far I have only gotten one I wanted to spend the money on to get a shoulder mount. The others are on the wall too just not shoulder mounts.

I had a boy out from church he had an opertunity at a half rack 4 point. He got buck fever and didn't get him but I would have had him mounted for him. Also my daughter had a close encounter with a young 8 point. Another that I would have spent the money for.

Again thats a nice looking buck. I hope you get him to the taxi or freeze the cape so you don't loose it.

RE: My first Keeper.
 

I have had 6 deer mounted, and every time I look at the first 4 that I had done, I ask myself why I mounted them. I killed a 145" 11 point this season and have opted for a european mount instead of a shoulder. That might be something you want to consider.

RE: My first Keeper.
 

Nice buck, keep him, mount him, display him proudly.

RE: My first Keeper.
 

Great for being your first!.......Mount?....Heck Yeah!IMHO, every one after this one, has to be better to mount or I'll do as Retrieverman suggested....

RE: My first Keeper.
 

That is very nice looking rack. Very symmetrical, ... long riser tines, decent spread. It would make a beautiful mount. There may be bigger, brawnier deer, but very few would be more aesthetically pleasing for a mount.

RE: My first Keeper.
 

Splitear_Leland said what I first thought- heck they all are keepers. I'm not into catch and release deer hunting yet. I don't like it for fishing either, but that deserves its own thread.

8mm/06 said it right, that is a beauty. It looks like a good healty deer should look, symmetric, tall, and pretty wide, with a good graceful look. Go for it if that is what you want. A first buck like that gets mounted even here in the land of the giants.

A buddy of mine had his first deer mounted and it was a doe. 35 years later it is now displayed in the great room of his house along with a 160" deer his son shot.

Bob

RE: My first Keeper.
 

Nice buck-no doubt you should have mounted

RE: My first Keeper.
 

heck yeah!! nice buck

RE: My first Keeper.
 

Man, if they only looked like that down here in East Central Florida....Good job!!!!!!!!!!
A trophy animal to meis when all my preperations come together and that breath, aim, squeeze connects and I get to bring home the Back Strap for the Bar-B!!!!! Our deer down here tend to average around 110-130#s. Hunting on public land, most bucks are only 1.5-3.0 year olds and the soil is sually not rich so antler growth is corresponding. They are all trophies!