I'm remodeling my trophy room and I need some rough measurements.
Can someone tell me the average distance from the wall to tip of nose for these shoulder mounts:
Gemsbuck
Kudu
Eland
This will help me position my new track lighting.
Thank you

I can't help on the eland, but my gemsbok's nose is 33" from the wall and the kudu's is 35" away. Obviously, the exact distance will depend on the head position as well as the form your taxidermist uses. Some will have more shoulder area. You can see what my mounts look like in this thread -TONY

Eland, wall to tip of nose is 37 inches, Kudu 38 inches.

Eland - 47"

Gemsbok - 26"

Eland 34" (This is a shortened shoulder mount.)

Kudu 34-35" (It is mounted high in stair well)

Gemsbok 26"

All animals are essentially in the same position, straight off the wall. Kudude

Assuming you are wanting the distance the nose extends into the room from the wall and not the distance from the tip of nose to the tip of horn it will vary according to the pose, size of the animal and amount of shoulder included in the mount. (some older forms are shorter than many newer styles, also some are straight and some are offset.)

If you think of the 2 axis' being the shoulder to the base of the skull (neck) and the other being the skull to the nose these 2 seperate variables will change the measurements. Another way to illustrate this is to bend your arm at the elbo and watch how the wrist gets closer and further from the shoulder. Now holding that jounts still withyour fingers extended bend the wrist and note that the tips of the fingers get closer and further to the arm and also to the shoulder.

In taxiderrmy terms the poses are typically called upright , semi upright, semi sneak and full sneak. This is the angle of the neck from high to low. The head then can also be cocked up or down to face the animal into the room according to the viewing height and to accomodate long swept back horns not hitting the wall or ceiling.

So.... to give you an accurate average you would need to discribe the type of mount pose you are thinking of.

Mike