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Taxidermy rolled cape mount

13K views 24 replies 23 participants last post by  Pyme  
#1 ·
I usually am pretty good at searching and finding things on here. Can’t find it.:embara:

Saw guys have a buck head mount (just head, no shoulder or anything) with the rolled cape underneath. Kinda looked like a rucksack.

Anyone know what I’m talking about. Lol.

Hoping to get some info/pics

Thanks!
 
#8 ·
I don't want anything on my wall that looks as though I should be smelling it just standing in the room.

My cousin has a bighorn sheep that is a regular shoulder mount, except the taxidermist incorporated the skin of the rear end in the back ground. Sheep have that cool looking, rusty red... ( ) shaped butt marking. Kind of like an elk.
 
#11 ·
Ya, not my cup of tea. Those mounts are really well done and I respect the craft, but I find it really odd as you’d never roll up a hide and pack it out. If that was a thing, I’d understand it....
 
#12 ·
I hunt in CT, I walk two miles to my stand sometimes more through some of the thickest and nastiest terrain. Dragging it out whole would be impossible. If and when I kill a buck that deep I'm going to have to quarter it up, but first skin it, so I can get a similar mount.
 
#16 ·
Wow a post from 3 years ago. I don’t remember posting that. Still think it’s weird whether it’s a thing or not. 🤣
 
#20 ·
Older thread I know, but this is the pack mount I did of my 2018 buck. I think it turned out awesome!! Retired the stand that year (killed lots of deer from that lone wolf) and thought, why not make it part of a mount lol. Some may hate it, but I love it :)
 

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#21 ·
I think it looks pretty cool and I dig the idea. I may do something like this down the road.
 
#25 ·
I've never seen a bear mount that I really cared for, but this pack mount idea could have potential for a bear in my mind.

Not sure I'm crazy about it for a deer though. Maybe I need to warm up to it.