Mounting a Goat

[Nebraska Outlander]

If you were going to get an antelope mounted where would your cut off be as far as score? For instance, for me on whitetail I won't get anything mounted unless it scores 150" or higher.

I'm thinking with a goat of it isn't 80" or higher not to get it mounted.

What do you guys determine is a good goat to mount?

 

[Kentucky hunter]

I dont have one yet so Id mount the first one I got lol

 

[velvetfvr]

Mine is 78 or bigger since that is what it takes to get in the Nv record book

 

[Ikeepitcold]

I would say 80" or better unless there was something about it that gave it some cool character then I would consider mid 70's

 

[Sfjeeper]

I think it would depend upon how many antelope you have taken, or expect to take. Not to mention space. I haven't taken a goat yet, but when I do I would love to hang it on the wall. A trophy is in the eyes of the beholder. I have a friend that had a spike/fork mounted because it was his first deer. He has taken many more deer since and has only mounted a few others. He is still most proud of his first because his father took him on the hunt.

 

[woodtick]

75" or bigger is probably where I would personally draw the line, unless their was something really unique about him.

 

[NVBird'n'Big]

It's all about you. How much does this particular animal mean to you? Big or not spending the coin on a full mount has got to be something you look at 10-20years from now and are still excited about telling the story of how it got on your wall.

 

[Orion/CO]

To each his own. Personally I have only had one thing done by a taxidermist, which is having my mountain goat finished as a rug mount. Otherwise everything else I did myself as a european mount, including a 16" antelope, 6x6 elk, bull moose, bighorn sheep, mule deer, and some south african stuff. Some people have a taxidermist mount everything they shoot regardless of how big or small it is. I know a guy who had a head mount made of his first antelope buck. It was only 11", but it was his first and he was proud of it. So again, whatever you want to do is up to you.

 

[dustin ray]

If you want to mount your goat go for it size don't matter

 

[hardstalk]

I'm in the majority. I don't mount according to size. Trophy to me is the experience. If I were to shoot something out of a truck, first day no hardship. It's probably not going on the wall. If I stalk 26 different antelope with a bow and get it done with blisters and sores and sunburn. It's going full body!

Ps. If I were to respond with only reading the topic header. answer woulda been with Velcro gloves.

 

[Musket Man]

I would never base mounting any animal on score alone. I had a 68'' antelope mounted last year because he is probably the only buck antelope I will ever kill on that ranch and I wanted something on my wall to remember that ranch and the owner that was about to pass. If you want to get something mounted get it done regardless of size.

 

[jims]

I agree with others that there is no minimum std for a "trophy". It depends on the experiences associated with the hunt or some unique character of the animal or many other reasons to want it mounted. For those animals that you are undecided about whether to mount, I think it helps to go ahead and cape it out. Wait a few days or weeks and then decide whether you want it mounted. There's a lot of mounted heads that do not score high, but they look great and are trophies to the owner.

There wouldn't be many taxidermists in business if not for all the other reasons to mount an animal other than its "score".

 

[NVBird'n'Big]

Ps. If I were to respond with only reading the topic header. answer woulda been with Velcro gloves.

Hahahaha!!

 

[marcusvdk]

I'm with the rest of them. If its something you want to mount and remember the hunt with then do it. Size isnt the thing that makes it a trophy

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[Timberstalker]

I am having mine done, I've never scored it but I believe it to be mid to higher 60's. I waited 15 years for the tag, hunted pretty hard for 7 days and spent most of those day with my 15 year old daughter by my side. I don't know how long it will be, or even if I will antelope again. It's going on the wall!

 

[CoHiCntry]

The "score" is an after thought for me. Doesn't really play a part in wether it gets mounted or not. Of the trophies I've had mounted, I didn't know the score of any of them until the taxidermist rough scored them for me as they were being worked on. I rarely have an idea on score while I'm trying for an animal. It's either big, or big enough...

 

[Umpqua Hunter]

What an animal scores has become so overrated these days. I think score can be useful when understanding potential for an area, because asking if there are a lot of 6 point bulls does not really tell you much. Hunting magazines and articles that promote score have taken a lot of the joy out of the hunt, since the number now represents the prize.

Also a lot of animals have great eye appeal, but score poorly. In antlered game, like deer and elk, mass plays very little into score yet is one of the most appealing features. I have a bull that is 30 points larger than another bull yet almost everyone thinks the "smaller" bull scores the most.

 

[nvarcher]

I have a 72 inch antelope on the wall. It was my first bow kill so it was mounted. It's all about the meaning and the story of the animal.


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[Topgun 30-06]

Yep, this is definitely a question where the answer is that size doesn't matter!!! Whatever lights your fire or floats your boat, as they say!

 

[sjsmallfield]

Though I am one that always likes to know the score (after the fact) I have never shot or passed an animal based on score. I had my first and only antelope mounted and he scored in the mid 60's. It was my dad's first out of state trip. My daughter wasn't even a year old yet so it was the first time either of us had left her for more than a day (this caused us to rush the trip a bit). The whole package made it a trophy for me. Oh yeah I almost forgot, Dad said he would pay for it too!!!