In 05 A buddy hunted in KY, IN and IL. He took 3 pretty nice bucks and asked me to do something special. Here is the mount he fondly calls the "Lincoln Trails Trifecta"



Other views are up at:lincoln hills trifecta

Mike

I never liked anything off a pedestal.I think a simple, classic mount for each head would have been better.

Mike,
That's unique. I really like the middle and right mounts, and that's an excellent photo of your work also.
When shootaway dies, maybe someone can do a pedestal mount or statue of him, labelled "perfect asshole".

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Originally posted by SGraves155: When shootaway dies, maybe someone can do a pedestal mount or statue of him, labelled "perfect asshole".

I have just pissed in my pants, and there is nothing any of you can do about it !!!

I like the mount and hope to do one like it someday with three big springbok.

Great job. I really like the way the transition was made. I now have a goal, but doubt I'll do it in one season.

Well Done and a job well done by your buddy also.

Very nice,I had not seen a mount done like that.
Imagine having different speices of the same animal (Dall, Stone, Big Horn, etc.) done like that would be awesome.

Sorry but I'm with shootaway on this one, that looks like a freaky 3 headed mutant deer. Not my thing.

For the hunter as a trophy of a great hunt, I bet this piece is great. Each mount has a story, perhaps a magazine article to it, depending on the hunter.

On the other hand, it has been mentioned here before, posting pics of mounts leaves the nit pickers free range. Lots of folks have dabbled in taxidermy to some degree. Some have talent, some have work ethic, some are good, some are beyond, where for their gifts few can go, or really know.

If this was about boxing, this piece would not be a Sugar Ray Robinson, rather it would be someone's family member posing in the barn door, with boxing gloves and in the crouched boxer's stance. And that would be ok. Nothing wrong with that, expecially the boxer was my dad, or someone's dad!

I sort of did this stunt once, showed a pict of my dad as a young man, in his boxing stance, boxer shorts, with his railroad cut body,( dad was a railroad worker) to a kid in school who did not have a father. I regret it to this day. I suspect some folks who don't have a good trophy, let alone three, just feel uneasy, wether they know it or not. They have a choice of saying whooo! or this and that is not right...for the wrong reasons...

T

If the taxi is happy, if the customer is happy, what more? I have seen poorly made taxidermy that meant more to me than the best days of Montreal. I just like it, taxidermy, for what it is, perhaps and partly because I know hunting for what it is.

Well stated Exit31!
Over all I like it, especially how all three are focused onto the same point. Although nicely done, I would rather have the trio on this piece as seperate "bodies" vs all blended together.

Trophy mounts should not remind you of a funeral home.They should give you an easy fun feeling of nature and not a dark serious death feeling.They should not be scary to look at.

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When shootaway dies, maybe someone can do a pedestal mount or statue of him, labelled "perfect asshole".

A mount that ugly would surely ruin anyone's trophy room.

I like the deer pedestal mount, very unique.

I actually appreciate "all" of the opinions, as I believe that understanding what others see and like is part of the process.

The singel focal point on the deer mount was planned in and tough to execute.

BTW there was an article wtitten about the hunts and featured the mount in SCI magazine.

Though not for everyone they can add an aditional dimention to a trophy room and concerve space!

Someone mentioned multiple species and springboks. I did one of each.

Mike

Those two bucks on the table in front of the window are very,very nice.