Euro mount update

Savage Bacon · #1 11-09-2023, 07:27 PM

I'm thinking about a whitetail or mule deer mount. Euro mounts are so popular now. And do look awesome. Are shoulder mounts a thing of the past? They're bigger, harder to move and take up a lot more real estate.

I love the look of a shoulder mount. But what about the price and wait time? Or are those not a factor?

I think a shoulder mount is more beautiful, and a euro mount is cooler.

Is the buck of a lifetime an automatic shoulder mount? Or a wicked looking euro?

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Probar · #2 11-09-2023, 07:34 PM

I love Euros. Always have. I have one velvet WT shoulder mount and bugs got into the velvet and screwed it up one summer. ****ed me off. I can pull euro mounts off the wall when folks want to look at a critter.

Remove price from the equation and euros are still more fun to do yourself, play with and look good anywhere. 2 cents

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Dewey Cox · #3 11-09-2023, 08:12 PM

I think shoulder mounts are much nicer than euro mounts.
I have zero shoulder mounts.
If I had the money to get them done, and a big enough house to put them in, I would get everything I've ever shot shoulder mounted.
But most of my deer are just antlers on a plaque, with a few euros mixed in there.

Savage Bacon · #4 11-09-2023, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Dewey Cox

I think shoulder mounts are much nicer than euro mounts.

I have zero shoulder mounts.

If I had the money to get them done, and a big enough house to put them in, I would get everything I've ever shot shoulder mounted.

But most of my deer are just antlers on a plaque, with a few euros mixed in there.

Ya I told the boss that I was going to cover the living room wall with shoulder mounts. And she said no way.

I'd have to shoot something first for that. But I'd sure like the look of it.

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Smoky buck · #5 11-09-2023, 08:34 PM

Shoulder mounts are reserved for something special that I will have limited opportunity to hunt or something I feel I likely won’t take another like it. Euro mounts are for animals that are nice but I will likely match or surpass but still want to remember the hunt

I like both and both have their place

Dom4 · #6 11-09-2023, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Smoky buck

Shoulder mounts are reserved for something special that I will have limited opportunity to hunt or something I feel I likely won’t take another like it. Euro mounts are for animals that are nice but I will likely match or surpass but still want to remember the hunt

I like both and both have their place

This response sums it up for me. Unless like in my case this year where I shoulder mounted the animal I thought I’d never surpass and I was blessed enough to shoot a larger one. Lol It never ends once you start.

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Savage Bacon · #7 11-09-2023, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Probar

I love Euros. Always have. I have one velvet WT shoulder mount and bugs got into the velvet and screwed it up one summer. ****ed me off. I can pull euro mounts off the wall when folks want to look at a critter.

Remove price from the equation and euros are still more fun to do yourself, play with and look good anywhere. 2 cents

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Crapy news for sure about the velvet.

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cowmanbob · #8 11-09-2023, 08:34 PM

Shoulder mount for deer like this

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H380 · #9 11-10-2023, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by cowmanbob

Shoulder mount for deer like this

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" like "

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Moo Snukkle · #10 11-10-2023, 05:33 PM

If I ever catch up with the muley I spotted last Friday, he would be done with a half mount, to show the depth of chest. A mount as such shows how truly “Big” is when you add the girth to it.

Savage Bacon · #11 11-10-2023, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Moo Snukkle

If I ever catch up with the muley I spotted last Friday, he would be done with a half mount, to show the depth of chest. A mount as such shows how truly “Big” is when you add the girth to it.

Ya you don't usually get to see how beefy they are

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badbrass · #12 11-10-2023, 07:32 PM

I also have both! I shot a nice whitetail when I was young 35 years ago, and got it shoulder mounted as this was a large deer 192 5/8" NT. and had the double throat patch.
About one in a thousand they say! Again thought I would never get another chance to harvest such a nice animal so I got it done.

Stinky Buffalo · #13 11-11-2023, 05:03 PM

The nicest one I had ever shot - not that it was a huge rack, but respectable, and had character - I wish I had mounted.

At this point it's clamped in an "Iron Buck" display that my son bought me, so it's looking good now.

People keep saying, "oh, keep the cape from a big doe and use that!" but that seems kinda wrong to me. The mount is for me, and I will know. If it was for someone else, or for display in a store or museum, I wouldn't care.

badbrass · #14 11-11-2023, 05:50 PM

Some have PM- ed me and ask what a double throat patch is so here is a picture of the mounted deer!

BcK · #15 11-12-2023, 10:14 AM

i prefer euro mounts

Patchrat · #16 11-13-2023, 04:28 PM

I've almost exclusively done euros, all but two I did myself. I like the look and they're easy to do. The one mount I got done was a caribou that I was extremely fortunate to be able to hunt. I won a raffle and saved myself 25 grand. Then the luck held out and I got a boone and Crockett 'bou, so I felt like I had to shell out the 3000 bucks for the mount. Totally worth it, but likely the only one I'll ever have.

Savage Bacon · #17 11-13-2023, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Patchrat

I've almost exclusively done euros, all but two I did myself. I like the look and they're easy to do. The one mount I got done was a caribou that I was extremely fortunate to be able to hunt. I won a raffle and saved myself 25 grand. Then the luck held out and I got a boone and Crockett 'bou, so I felt like I had to shell out the 3000 bucks for the mount. Totally worth it, but likely the only one I'll ever have.

That experience definitely calls for a shoulder mount. Too bad taxidermy expenses weren't included

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hayseed · #18 11-13-2023, 05:36 PM

Nice muley buck, congrats on connecting for your draw!!

reddeerhunter · #19 11-10-2023, 03:26 AM

Shoulder mount all the way if its a trophy. The not quite eye candy ones get euro.

And it depends.

Sometimes I pull down a euro and a good taxi will sell me a cape and mount it up.

If I die with money on the wall in mounts I lived a good life.

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58thecat · #20 11-10-2023, 08:15 AM

I have both, depends, money, room, etc....euros I do myself and have done many for others, shoulder mounts I send them off to reputable taxidermists and wait and wait and then pay but well worth it....last one I had him cut the form to creat a unique one of a kind look....said he had it in the shop on display but wanted me to get it out cuz others were wanting the same look for thier shoulder mount.

Savage Bacon · #21 11-10-2023, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by 58thecat

I have both, depends, money, room, etc....euros I do myself and have done many for others, shoulder mounts I send them off to reputable taxidermists and wait and wait and then pay but well worth it....last one I had him cut the form to creat a unique one of a kind look....said he had it in the shop on display but wanted me to get it out cuz others were wanting the same look for thier shoulder mount.

I guess seeing another mount that catches your eye helps with the decision making.

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3blade · #22 11-10-2023, 08:18 AM

Euro for my biggest, firsts, or only’s. Skull cap for everything else.

If I kill something, I don’t want it to look alive again. That’s one of the joys of hunting. Success is final and can’t be taken away (as it can in so many other areas of life).

That being said I can appreciate the art of taxidermy and don’t see anything “wrong” with it. Just don’t want it in my house with my animals.

Savage Bacon · #23 11-10-2023, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by 3blade

Euro for my biggest, firsts, or only’s. Skull cap for everything else.

If I kill something, I don’t want it to look alive again. That’s one of the joys of hunting. Success is final and can’t be taken away (as it can in so many other areas of life).

That being said I can appreciate the art of taxidermy and don’t see anything “wrong” with it. Just don’t want it in my house with my animals.

Does it give you the hebegebees when you get up for a leak in the middle of the night and a shoulder mounted buck is watching you

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DirtShooter · #24 11-10-2023, 08:45 AM

Early season whitetail capes are nice looking, so I went with a shoulder mount for my archery WT this year. I'd do the same if I shot a buck in velvet. That's a goal of mine.

3blade · #25 11-10-2023, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Savage Bacon

Does it give you the hebegebees when you get up for a leak in the middle of the night and a shoulder mounted buck is watching you

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Even better:

I was 13 or 14, went to visit my great uncle. “Your room is downstairs. Light switch is at the bottom.”

I turn on the lights and I’m nose to snout with a wood bison. Those as…les (the rest of my family) said my feet didn’t touch the stairs on the way up.

Savage Bacon · #26 11-10-2023, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by 3blade

Even better:

I was 13 or 14, went to visit my great uncle. “Your room is downstairs. Light switch is at the bottom.”

I turn on the lights and I’m nose to snout with a wood bison. Those as…les (the rest of my family) said my feet didn’t touch the stairs on the way up.

Oh ya that will haunt you for life lol

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Savage Bacon · #27 11-10-2023, 08:15 AM

These are all valid opinions. It's a tough choice.

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tbrown · #28 11-10-2023, 06:25 PM

Depends if I want to exaggerate the score or not! Haha European mounts always make them look bigger

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Savage Bacon · #29 11-11-2023, 08:36 PM

Dang badbrass he is definitely mount worthy

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badbrass · #30 11-11-2023, 08:48 PM

Sorry didn't want to de-rail your post! But thanks! But I'am very happy to have him done! I have taken a few more since that time but nothing like that!

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Dang badbrass he is definitely mount worthy

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