Pedestal mount help please!!

[Yoyak]

I need some ideas on what type of pedestal base to get for my mount.
Here is the buck.

Because of space in my house I'm going with a left turn like in the picture but probably not that hard of a turn. I want the eyes on the buck to be about 5 to 5.5 ft up making the mount a little over 7 feet tall. So I think the pedestal base needs to be around 38 to 45" tall. With the form being a semi sneak I was thinking the height would be around 24" from the bottom of the chest to the top of the head but I'm not sure.

I don't really want a manufactured base. I was thinking about something like what Wade Hanks does or a lodgepole base, or I have plenty of deer and elk sheds that I could make a base out of either. If anyone has any ideas or better yet pictures of something cool they have seen or done I would really appreciate it.
Thanks, Jason

 

[ishootaRUM300]

I like the pedestal mounts that are on a piece of drift wood or on a log that you find in the desert.

http://www.monstermuleys.info/dcforum/DCForumID47/151.html

http://www.monstermuleys.info/dcforum/DCForumID47/155.html

kind of like these

 

[Yoyak]

Ya those are pretty cool thanks for the help

 

[bigbuckshooter]

I liked the idea of the elk sheds I used on mine, but have intentions of putting another mount on it also. If thats something your wanting then plan for it, if not it might look funny standing alone. I would try and find a dried out cedar piece like a stump. My local taxi has one that hes been offered a few thousand for, but he is keeping that for a buck like yours. google taxidermy, theres a good site with forums that may have some ideas for what you want done.

 

[YELUM]

Yoyak
You will have a lot of options if you go with one of Wades stumps. I had this one done a few years ago and it is my favorite mount. I want to give the appearance that he was walking around the log, rather than sitting on it. Good luck with your mount. That is an awesome buck.

Yelum

 

[Yoyak]

That is fantastic Yelum. I left a message with Wades but I haven't heard back from him. If you don't mind me asking what does a base similiar to yours cost? I agree with you that it looks cooler when it appears that the buck is coming around something versus perched on top of a stump. I was kinda hoping to find a stump that forks around 36-45" so I can perch the buck at that fork and have the rest of the stump come up above his shoudler a ways. If that makes sense.

Thanks for the help and sharing your picture

Jason

 

[YELUM]

Ya, I do. IF you get a stump like the one in the last two pics on this forum page left side, with two bucks on it, that would work. I bought two stumps from Wade so he gave me a deal of $350 a piece. That one I used would have been about $400. The prices vary per size.

Yelum

 

[NVMDF]

nothing more natural than a glossy pinion stump full of bugs!
thats a great buck.

NVMDF

 

[WesternWalker]

just got a pedestal mount for my elk done about 15 days ago. from Wade I only have 8 foot ceilings and the pedestal looks great I paid 390.00 for it. But this is the size for an Elk if you want photos then I can give them to you, It is worth Wade getting your pedestal for you, he had about 40 pedestals to pick from good luck!

archeryguru

 

[Yoyak]

WesternWalker- I sent you a PM, thanks

 

[Clyde Hollinger]

Here's a few that I've done.

 

[HunterHarry]

I really like this mount.

 

[MAX14]

 

[wacmaster]

There are good pedestal's and bad one's. Some of the taxi's on hear need to learn about design and composition!

 

[elkhunterUT]

Some of the taxi's on HERE need to learn how to spell!!