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Has anyone done this? How did it turn out? I am very happy with the European mounts I had done for the PG that I took, but I just wasn't sure about Buff. Any advice/suggestions would be appreciated.
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That's how I'd do it!

Being NOT rich, I think it's the best way to

display those great horns while putting the rest

of the money that would have been spent on a full

mount into the next hunt!



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Posts: 2791 | Location: USA - East Coast | Registered: 10 December 2005Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by BigFiveJack:
That's how I'd do it!

Being NOT rich, I think it's the best way to

display those great horns while putting the rest

of the money that would have been spent on a full

mount into the next hunt!


I would mount the trophy to include the entire upper skull with teeth which gives the trophy more appeal
rather than having the horns only on the skull plate.
One can always have the dried/salted hide (which will keep just short on forever) packed away in a
box to be used at a later stage.
 
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Here's the way we do them.



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Here's the way we do them.



Spot on Jerry but I would never mount a skull that size - let alone shoot the animal in
the first place.
 
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buff skulls on a nice piece of wood are excellent ...as a rule of the thumb , any animal where the horns are "larger" than the skull make great skull mounts ...

i do prefer the board flat to the wall as that shows off the boss better


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A couple more examples posted above.

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Makes me want one even worse.
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Posts: 1689 | Location: North MS U.S.A. | Registered: 31 March 2007Reply With Quote
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What is lost is the menacing look of a buff glowering under those horns. A shoulder mount captures why a buff is considered DG. The European mount makes him look like what old time Westerners used to put at a bad waterhole to show that the water was not drinkable - a cow's skull. Old nyati deserves better. (BTW, I do agree about one species that the "skull only" approach seems to enhance. In camp (Zim) my outfitter had a skull of a hyena on top of a cinderblock wall and I have a photo of it in my home today -and it puzzles and fascinates everyone who sees it - but I'm simply saying that a shoulder mount of a buff is what is best. BTW, as I recall the shoulder mount cost me around $900 in 1994. I will say that it is imperative to have a taxidermist who will make a real effort to duplicate that stare of the buff. Without it, all is wasted. I was very fortunate -and, no, I'm sorry to say, I don't recall the name of the taxidermist who did a perfect job of capturing the look of a buff except to say that he was in Pennsylvania (USA) For anyone interested, the buff came through Flora & Fauna, a broker in NYC and I think they shipped ,on my OK, to him. Perhaps they may still retain records. {probably late 1993 or early 1994} (My name is Gerald P McMorrow)
 
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I think a european mount looks cool because of the huge black horns contrasting against the bleached skull. However, a buff is an amazing, huge, beast. A shoulder mount captures that more than a european mount ever will.
 
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I like the european mounts of buff... whether to do a full shoulder mount or skull depends on the thickness of your wallet, your personal sense of style and/or the number of buffalo you've taken.


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First I have seen a buffalo in european mount, I like it! Definately something to think on for those of us who donot have a grand viewing room for something the size of a shoulder mount. thumb
 
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You know, I really like europian mts. Matter of fact, all my heads from last summer will be euros. But, having said that, the one head that I would do a shoulder mt on[1st in 25 yrs], would be a cape buff. I want to set down every evening, in front of my fireplace, look up and see something that looks like"I owe him money"! Big Grin Eeker Big Grin

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I've got two shoulder mount cape buff, but they're hanging down at the sporting-goods store. The buff at home are skull mounts.
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I have 5 different skull mount Buffalo scattered around here and the ranch. I do like the Buffalo shoulder mounts, but that skull makes a very good european mount.
 
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the shield is fine but just the skull on the wall is my favorite Big Grin thanks for sharing those pictures.
 
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Here is one of our newest plaques we produced for all skull mounts. We haven't done a cape buff yet but you will get the idea by the photo's. The Africa plaques also look great with lion or leopard skulls that a set up for table top display.




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Gentlemen, thanks very much for the responses and photographs. While I agree that the full shoulder mount would be best for the Cape Buff I think I will go with the European mount.
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Here is another example from Senuko (Shangaan hunters) camp in Save:





 
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That's a beauty !!!!
Maybe I will prefer it without the Texas State behind but I love that deer trophy !!

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Sorry for the poor quality pic

I have alot of my europeans mounted on an oversize plaque and then I have a photo place underneath the mount (never got around to the photo with this one)

The photo is covered with a piece of plexiglass and secured with brass screws.




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I have a photo place underneath the mount (never got around to the photo with this one)


Mine intention exactly - haven't got that far but now you mentioned it...thanks for reminder thumb .
 
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buckeyeshooter:

Your remark about not having a "grand viewing room" hit home and made me rethink my thoughts about the European mount -somewhat.

I had my shoulder mount buff up in my standard kind of living room (maybe 25 by 14). It so dominated the room -and I mean dominated! that within a few months , I donated the mount to a swanky shooting club that did have a real "grand viewing room". They put it up opposite a shoulder mount of an elephant - and I heard from the Club secretary some months afterwards that visiting school children on "field visits" had many more fascinated questions about the buff than about the elephant. So I do see your point but I do hope that successful hunters will try to figure out how to accomodate a shoulder mount in their homes. (even if the basement has to be converted into a trophy room for the buff alone. It may be worth it. I deeply regret that I gave away my buff and only have photos taken in the field to remind me today of what he looked like.
 
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Here's a suggestion and a question at the same time about European buff mounts.

Many years ago we were visiting the French Quarter in New Orleans and in one of the Royal Street antique shops were several buff heads. There was this one that caught my eye and had a unique design which I've never seen before or since, or even heard of elsewhere.

The skull/bone surfaces were decorated in the fashion of being plated or covered with small, maybe 1/4" to 1/2", ceramic tiles. These were colored tiles in varying shades of blue, that taken as a whole gave a quite remarkable, perhaps impressionistic effect. In other words, I liked it. I presumed this must be some known artistic technique used in Africa, but like I was saying, it's the only example I ever ran across. They just had one of them with that look. Anyone else ever run into this?

Be that as it may, I do my whitetails in the European style with the bone bleached and for the wood shields, each a different shape and different kind of wood all with natural finishes. A small brass plaque is added with a few pertinent details engraved.

To experiment, I tried painting a couple gold, and they look OK but I think the plain bone white is preferable. These just seem to have an appeal or make a kind of primitive statement the whole heads do not.
 
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