How many of you hog hunters bother with having a head mounted every now and again of a particularly good tusker? Just wondering. I have only sent to hog's heads to my taxidermist. I tend to hunt eatin' pigs mainly, but sometimes you come across a really good specimen and you just have to take it......

Whit,

I have cleaned up only four skulls to date, no tax. work on a hog yet. Using the fire ant, 5gal bucket soak, and clorox clean up method.

Three had tusks in the 2 3/4" range ( outside of the lip). If I ever get one in the 3 1/2" size and it looks really good in all other aspects, then it might go to the taxidemist. The idea of $300-350 for a pig mount is a little hard for me to swallow. I just think about the next rifle project I could use that money on.

Hog Killer

I had one done by a friend when I was in college when he was learning how to do taxidermy work but other than that, I've never had a good one done professionally. Like HK, I've done quite a few skull mounts myself. I'm holding out for that perfect hog before I get it mounted.

My father only has one mounted and he got it done about 5 years ago because it was a big hog that killed one of his best dogs, one of the few hogs to ever do that.

I hunt wild boar in Austria a lot. For the larger boars that I've gotten, I've kept the tusks (filled them with wax) and just tanned the hide.

I finally mounted one a couple of years ago. I took this red boar near Goliad, TX.

Bob

Nice mount, Bob! How much did that porker weigh? I too don't like to spend the money that could be better used on yet another firarm....but, sometimes I like to send it to my taxidermist if it's an outstanding hog.

Everyone needs a Hog in there Home!!!

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The idea of $300-350 for a pig mount is a little hard for me to swallow.

I can only dream of taxidermy prices that low. The cheapest taxidermist around me charges $525.

I just dropped a hog off at my taxidermist's this morning. He's not a monster, but he's my first and I, frankly, love having tons of animal heads hanging around the house. I love taxidermy, so anything I shoot gets mounted. Consequently, I don't shoot anything unless I can put it on the wall.

I'm planning on doing so once I shoot a really nasty looking boar. I got a little boar this year which I'm having the skull cleaned up by a local guy.

I figure I can put the skull on the hood of my dodge ram 4x4 . . . I'm sure that Mrs. Teat Hound will love it!

Hey Whitworth,

As far as "trophy" boars go, he was a baby. He came in at 220 lbs. He was the laregest I had taken and was a really nice dark red color.

Good Hunting,

Bob

I have hunted pigs much of my life but only mounted a few. Here is the biggest one to date. It will be in the SCI record book next issue. I was told by them it was #19 but that could change by the release date? It's the largest free roaming wild boar from Tennessee listed. Because of this I just had to mount it!


I mostly just collect the skulls. This one is mounted with by taking a cast of the original teeth and then saving the real ones for the skull. Here you can see the original skull and teeth(not extended beyond natural amount!)


Now I shot one in Alberta Canada, also free range. It was actually bigger then the one in Tennessee and I shot it with my bow. I suppose I will mount it as well!


I was shivvering in that stinking tree stand for hours waitingb them out. To take a hog on open land this size with a bow certainly justifies the shoulder mount. I have the cape tanned and ready to go but have not had the time to assemble it yet.

I did process the skull and have that too. It's a whopper skull!

Nice skulls, JJ.