Deer Mount Pose

[beer and nuts]

Looking for suggestions and a picture to show the taxid. on how I want the mount. I'm thinking semi-sneak, slight turn right/left with one year forward alert and the other ear semi turning backward. Please post your best mount and maybe I and others can get new ideas etc.. Thanks.

[mich buckmaster]

I will go home and post some poses from some of mine. I like the semi sneak, with a slight turn, they look natural, but I also like to have both ears back. Sometimes I think what the deer was doing when I shot it. Just some things to think about!!

[Captain]

The mount I had done last year was a semi sneak with a slight left turn. I also prefer to have the ears pinned back as it helps show off the rack. Which way you turn the head depends on where your going to put it on the wall. If that doesn't matter, hold the rack directly in front of you (front forward) and slowly turn it to the right and then back to the left and decide which side of the rack you prefer...

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/521/medium/Mount1.jpg

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/521/medium/Mount2.jpg

[Biggbear]

Mckenzie has a new ( as of last year) pose that is a semi sneak right or left turn with head tilted slightly down. I don't have a picture here but you can go to Mckenzie's website and look it up. I think the model number is 64 D. The head being slightly down is subtle but very life like, it has quickly become my customers favorite pose. When ever someone sees one they request this pose.

[WILDCATWICK]

Captain those deer look really simialr must be same genes?

[mich buckmaster]

Same deer dude!!

[Captain]

:yeahthat:

[WILDCATWICK]

I thought it might be but from the different angles the neck turned look way more in the bottum photo and the left front tine looked a lot longer in then bottum picture. But the brow tines and everything else looked exactly the same to me. Thanks for clearing that up. But it's weird how that left front tine looks like a totally different lenght from a differnt angle :)

[BackStrap]

Here is my only mount. I don't know what the pose is called, but I like the head to come forward more than this. I like the ears out, but it does make the spread look less impressive.


http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/521/medium/219513ptbuck.JPG

Have you thought about a skull mount? I almost prefer a skull mount. Easy to do and costs very little ($5 - $10).

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/521/2195Bran04-8pt-skullmount.JPG

[Taxidermist]

It has been a while but I think I mounted this one on a McKenzie 64u semi sneek up head

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/medium/2690taxidermy_067.jpg


I have a 64d I will take a pic of and submit it here

[Ken]

Take a look at the offset forms also. You get more of the shoulder on one side and less on the other. I just got a mount back from last year. It is a offset semi-upright sweep to the left. It looks really neat.

[wild bill]

i also like the ears back. this mount is an upright .
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/1742troph2.jpg

the one on the left is an open mouth and the one one the right is semi sneak.
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/1742troph1.jpg

heres another look at the upright next to a semi sneak. hard to tell the difference with the size difference of the deer.
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/521/1742mount.jpg

[FixedBlade]

How's this?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/AnimalsOnly11111/P4220018.jpg

[Whit1]

i also like the ears back. this mount is an upright .
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/1742troph2.jpg

the one on the left is an open mouth and the one one the right is semi sneak.
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/1742troph1.jpg

heres another look at the upright next to a semi sneak. hard to tell the difference with the size difference of the deer.
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/521/1742mount.jpg

The Bottom Photo:
What a great photo that shows the difference between the size of a mature buck with a great set of antlers and a younger deer, though sporting a nice rack isn't yet mature.

[Arisaka]

I like the full sneak,wanted to post pic. but can't figure it out,posted pic. in the gallery.

[fish patroll]

semi sneak is the most popular,either with a right or left turn,your choice. i prefer one ear forward and one ear back.

[mike hartges]

I posted one of my mounts in the gallery. I don't know how to post on this thread. Can somebody help me out here? Thanks. :)

[Whit1]

To Post a Photo in your Post!

First you must post a photo in your gallery

Go to the photo and open it up, making it larger on your screen

Do a right click on the photo

This will open a window/box, look for Properties at the bottom of the window and click on it

A window will open showing the URL of your photo as it is in your gallery

Highlight this URL

Press the keys Ctrl and C at the same time. This will copy the URL of your photo onto the Clipboard

Go to the thread where you want to post the photo and click Reply

The usual Reply dialog window will open

Look at the top for the line of buttons showing tools that can be used B, I, U, etc. Span your eyes to the right and look for the "envelope", it is yellow. This is the Insert Image button. Click on it.

A dialog box will open with the directions "Please enter the URL of your image.

Do a right click on your mouse and then click Paste. This will place the URL of your photo (as it sits in your gallery) into the dialog box.

Click OK and voila! Your photo should be inserted into your message.

You can put dialog into the message either before or after the photo.

[beer and nuts]

Holy whitetail Fixed Blade, nice mount too, I like that look, maybe just one ear slightly forward though. Thanks guys for the pics, I have a couple days to decide so keep them coming. Woudl like to see the 64 d.

[mike hartges]

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/553/2002deer_mount1.JPG
Whit1, thanks for the instructions. Knowledge is power! :lol:
I had the Taxidermist mount the buck looking to his left with his left ear rotated slightly backward.

[fish patroll]

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/553/2002deer_mount1.JPG
Whit1, thanks for the instructions. Knowledge is power! :lol:
I had the Taxidermist mount the buck looking to his left with his left ear rotated slightly backward.
that is the pose i like the best right there.

[Bucknasty]

As anyone ever done a full mount for a doe...just wondering. Before you laugh, it might look cool in tandom with a Big Buck mount or something

[fish patroll]

yes, they do look nice paired with a buck.

[Arisaka]

Iron Co. full sneakhttp://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/521/medium/121_2146.JPG

[kutcheykoo]

I like the alert sneak from John Rinehart. I bought the mount kit for around $90 and did it myself. It isn't a professional mount, but it is as good as mounting the antlers on a plaque.

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/520/Martins_Deer.JPG

[KS up north]

Have you given any thought to the look/position/posture he was in at the point of /or just prior to your release? It may help to relive the shot for years to come.... ;)

[beer and nuts]

I do not need a pose to re-live the shot, hell its getting better and better everytime I re-tell the story!! ;)

I think I have the pose I want, semi sneak, ears semi-back with one more forward than the other, let side turn.

Keep the pics coming or suggestions will be a good post for others to search when its THEIR time.....Thanks guys!!!