A room that is small with 'too' many trophies or a room that is large with 'too' few trophies?


I am beginning to greatly prefer the latter. I think the zeal for taxidermy has overtaken good taste too often.


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Of course the right answer is a huge room with lots of trophies!

Large room with "too few" trophies is what I would prefer..
But unfortunatley I have a small room crowded with mounts..
Just bought a new house though, so hopefully I would be able to show them of better in a while..

Large room with few trophies.

Use trophies like spices in cooking. A little goes a long way.

I hung two additional trophies in my living room about a year ago. I was very disappointed and regretted the decision. It made it look more like a warehouse of heads. Not really what I was looking for.

So, now, I hang the excess at the ranch and put a few here and there, in different rooms.

Agreed...less trophies make for a better presentation, especially if they are mixed with tasteful photos of the hunt, a little art and some good lighting.

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Large room with "too few" trophies is what I would prefer..
But unfortunatley I have a small room crowded with mounts..

I feel the same but in the same boat. My room (which is just my den converted) is getting pretty stuffed full and I still have more mounts on the way.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v166/DTala/IMG_2243.jpg

too crowded????...just kidding. waiting for trophy room addition, had to get em off the floor. Stairwell looked unused!
troy

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Originally posted by DTala:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v166/DTala/IMG_2243.jpg

too crowded????...just kidding. waiting for trophy room addition, had to get em off the floor. Stairwell looked unused!
troy

Looks familiar..
Well, maybe not THAT crowded yet..
Great trophies, btw!

one of the things about a game room - it's hard to get one to big. i thought i had a decent size, but now i can't walk from one end to the other. remember that having a small room full is not a reason to quit hunting

A big room with a few mounts may be tasteful but its just not practical if you've mounted many of your trophies. I assume many people do not really expect to buy or build another substantially larger home but they do expect to continue hunting and mounting some of the animals. So a room or a house with a lot of mounts is inevitable.

Mark

How right you are, Mark!

At one time, I had mounts scattered about every room in the house except the master bedroom and the bathrooms. So I eventually converted my old spa room into a 14'X20' trophy room.

Twenty years ago, the space was quite adequate with room for more mounts. But that didn't last long. As a result, I had to add a 14'X36' room on to my existing family room just to house my African and NZ mounts. Although there's still some space available, it ain't much. -TONY