2013 elk finally back from the taxidermist!

[npaden]

It's been a bit of a long process, but I finally got my 2013 Wyoming elk back from my taxidermist. I'm pretty happy with the end result. We took some pictures of it in my backyard before we brought it into the house.

Not a perfect match, but the goal was to somewhat mimic the habitat of the area where I shot him.

It took a little work but we got it inside and setup and it actually fit in the spot I was wanting to put it. No good picture of where it ended up yet, but I'm pretty happy with the end result.

 

[cmbbulldog]

Nice Backyard!

Great bull too.

 

[Springlaker]

awesome mount! Your taxidermist done good. Congratulations!

 

[GLEDEASY]

Looks good npaden. Heck of a fine bull and mount. Now you can kick back and stare at it for hours.

Btw, it would sure be nice to have a back yard like that.

 

[kilowatt]

Very nice pedestal with your Bull. It took me awhile too to get a decent picture of mine inside just not enough room to get a good view and take a picture, but keep working at it. Congrats on the Bull.

Brian
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[eldorado]

Beautiful work by your taxi. Again, congrats on a great bull.

Eldorado

 

[Gator]

Turned out great.

"I have found if you go the extra mile it's Never crowded".
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[nontypical]

Beautiful mount!

 

[5575gb]

Mount looks great and I really like how you took a photo of it outdoors first thats pretty cool! Dandy bull congrats! Picking my Wy bull up next friday, it will look allot alike I think!

 

[PleaseDear]

Damn nice!

congrats

Robb

 

[Horniac]

Very cool bull and pedestal mount - congrats!

Horniac

 

[elkhunterUT]

Awesome bull and great mount - congrats!!

 

[Donger]

Gorgeous bull congrats!!

 

[Phantom Hunter]

great looking mount, congrats

 

[Zeke]

Looks damn fine to me!
I too like the "backyard" but that bull takes center-stage.
Well done,
Zeke

 

[sludge]

Looks very nice. May have to try a similar type of mount some day.

 

[npaden]

Thanks for the comments everyone. It's been a hectic week at work and I haven't been able to get any pictures taken of him in the house until this morning.

The taxidermist is Joe Harriger here in Lubbock. He says he doesn't mind me looking over his shoulder as the mount progresses so on this one I was probably in his shop 6 or 7 times as it came together especially on the habitat stuff. The rock is paper machete and the I picked up the dead wood when I was in Montana this past summer. I still might swap out a little of the laurel for another small pine, but for now I'm just going to enjoy it.

The pedestal and the mount are in 2 pieces and we actually had to tilt it back to get the elk on the pedestal because there is only about 3" of clearance from the top of his G4 to the 8' ceiling. When it was all said and done it went inside and back together much easier than I was expecting though.

Here's the pictures of it at the house. It's in my home office that is all open to the rest of the house. I can see it from "my chair" in the den on the other side of the stairs.

This is what you see of him when you walk in the front door. This is the best angle I've ever been able to take a picture that shows how long his main beams really are.

Another picture from the front door. I think I'm going to have a lot more people coming upstairs now.

Still just amazed at my Boone & Crockett meat bull. I was shooting the first legal branch antlered bull I saw and didn't even know how big he was when I pulled the trigger.

Very happy on how it turned out.

 

[Gator]

Super pictures.
Nice looking Home.

"I have found if you go the extra mile it's Never crowded".
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[2lumpy]

+1 Beautiful.

Love the bull mount.

Memories are made of these. They's a bunch of great times housed under that roof.

DC

 

[bownanza332]

Good looking bull, mount and collection you have going on there.

 

[264mag]

Look's great,Congrat's on your Trophy!

 

[BIGJOHNT]

Wow looks great ! Is that why you went with the lower pedestal to fit in the room ?

 

[npaden]

The ceiling where he is placed is a standard 8' ceiling.

One of the things I was trying to accomplish when this was all going together was to have the mount end up at about the same height as the elk would stand when it was alive. I think this ends up pretty close to that. Around 60" at the top of the shoulder.

He has about 3 or 4 inches of clearance depending on what angle he is positioned.

I've sure been enjoying sitting and looking at him for the last several weeks!