2013 elk finally back from the taxidermist!
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Agreed... Sweet mount. Who's the taxidermist? They need some street cred for that work.
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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.
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.
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Npaden-- yep, it's official. ..I hate you! 
Nah, that is nothing but awesome! Awesome bull, beautiful mount, in a beautiful place! If I had to look at that all day, I'd get nothing accomplished!
Nah, that is nothing but awesome! Awesome bull, beautiful mount, in a beautiful place! If I had to look at that all day, I'd get nothing accomplished!
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Great bull, fabulous mount, in an incredible setting. There's a perfect example of why you put cathedral ceilings in your house.
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Awesome bull Nathan and great mount. I love your story telling. I believe you answered at least one of my questions.
Is this mount able to fit below 8' ceiling? (Per earlier comments, yes but I want to confirm)
Is the rack removable or were you able to retain in skull?
I am waiting to mount an elk. When I do it, it is going to be a good one. I will be burning some equity with my wife so I cannot afford to go too far! (IE Multiple Mounts) I have some ideas, but there is no way I can do a shoulder mount on the wall in my house. I have been leaning toward pedestal much like yours.
I guess I need to tackle step one first, kill a bull like yours!
Thanks again for sharing. I hope your running has been treating you well.
Is this mount able to fit below 8' ceiling? (Per earlier comments, yes but I want to confirm)
Is the rack removable or were you able to retain in skull?
I am waiting to mount an elk. When I do it, it is going to be a good one. I will be burning some equity with my wife so I cannot afford to go too far! (IE Multiple Mounts) I have some ideas, but there is no way I can do a shoulder mount on the wall in my house. I have been leaning toward pedestal much like yours.
I guess I need to tackle step one first, kill a bull like yours!
Thanks again for sharing. I hope your running has been treating you well.
Work2hunt
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Thanks again for the comments.
Z Barebow, It does fit under an 8' ceiling, you have to tilt it back some to put it together though. There is just a big rebar rod sticking up out of the fake rock that the elk slides down over to go back together. The rebar rod sticks about 7" out of the rock so there isn't enough clearance with a 8' ceiling to take it on and off without tilting it. It really wasn't that bad though.
The rack is not removable. It goes through a 36" door pretty easy if you put one beam in first then rotate the elk through the door. You need a door where there isn't anything blocking the wall though. i.e. if you had a door that went down a hallway it wouldn't work.
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.
Running is going really well. I'm actually just starting the taper for my first ever 50 mile race coming up at the end of the month.
Nathan
Z Barebow, It does fit under an 8' ceiling, you have to tilt it back some to put it together though. There is just a big rebar rod sticking up out of the fake rock that the elk slides down over to go back together. The rebar rod sticks about 7" out of the rock so there isn't enough clearance with a 8' ceiling to take it on and off without tilting it. It really wasn't that bad though.
The rack is not removable. It goes through a 36" door pretty easy if you put one beam in first then rotate the elk through the door. You need a door where there isn't anything blocking the wall though. i.e. if you had a door that went down a hallway it wouldn't work.
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.
Running is going really well. I'm actually just starting the taper for my first ever 50 mile race coming up at the end of the month.
Nathan
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That is a really good bull and the mount really shows how nice he is!
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