What to do ?

01 November 2010, 01:58

smarterthanu

That's a question you have to answer yourself. Many well qualified taxidermists can give you great ideas for 2 single mounts or a double. But you know how your living space is arranged. One bit of advice I can give you is think of the attitude or emotion you want in your trophy room or home and let these beauties accent that. Congrats on the kitties. I hope your mounts excede your dreams.

01 November 2010, 02:04

A.Dahlgren

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Originally posted by JA:
I'm sorry I don't have any suggestions, but what a great "problem" to have!

I agree a very good problem

quote:
Originally posted by smarterthanu:
That's a question you have to answer yourself. Many well qualified taxidermists can give you great ideas for 2 single mounts or a double. But you know how your living space is arranged. One bit of advice I can give you is think of the attitude or emotion you want in your trophy room or home and let these beauties accent that. Congrats on the kitties. I hope your mounts excede your dreams.

I have the room for a double mount but you dont see that so often, ive seen some of your work, and I love it. Please post pics if you have any suggestions of a double leopard.

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01 November 2010, 07:27

smarterthanu

I am sorry but I have no pics of a double leopard mount. I have never done a double leopard mount for a client but hopefully I will have a client as luck as you one day. There are an endless number of "scenes" that you could have recreated. One thing that would help you decide would be to first decide whether you need the mount to hang on a wall or floor mounted. Best of luck to you. Hopefully lion hunting will be as easy for you.

01 November 2010, 11:35

Sevens

Congrats on two leopards in one year! I'll be excited if I can ever get one. Did you shoot them on the same hunt or on separate trips?

I do have a photo, thanks to Artworks Taxidermy, of part of a couple's trophy room in Northern California. Last time I saw it, there was 11 leopards in their trophy room. This is the top part of the rock where most of their leopards are concentrated.

Animal Artistry has some nice ideas in their pose book. Hope this helps, good luck in your decision.

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03 November 2010, 00:59

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From time to time, you will get two toms that form a coalition. We had two (as well as a female) on the same bait at the same time in July. I shot and killed one and his mate didn't leave the general bait site for the better part of an hour. While rare, it happens.

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03 November 2010, 02:59

A.Dahlgren

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Originally posted by Sevens:
Congrats on two leopards in one year! I'll be excited if I can ever get one. Did you shoot them on the same hunt or on separate trips?

On the same trip this year I got two, Ive hunted two 21 days safaris before without getting one.

Thank you for all the photos/pm I have received.

It will be some time before my skins arrive in US so I dont need to decide yet.

Will, what pose did you choose for your leopards ?

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04 November 2010, 04:05

safari-lawyer

Anton:

This year's cat will be mounted much like 505's that is pictured above except that the rock will be atop a walnut base rather than hung on the wall.

Last years will be walking up a slight incline much like Jack Bold's that was mounted by wildlife gallery, again on a walnut base.

I would also like to have one straddling a branch, asleep and one lying on a rock or branch, but awake and alert. I have two 21 day hunts in 2011 and 2012 and hope to get three and four sorted out at that time.

04 November 2010, 04:37

Molepolole

Anton,

I can only dream about having to make a choice such as yours.

But if it was me, I would have two separate mounts, and here's why. A mount of a single leopard is a pretty awesome and impressive thing to look at, and would likely be the focal point in just about any room in your house. A double mount, with two leopards, will not make it much more awesome to look at. But with two separate mounts, you have the option of putting them both in the same room, or in two separate rooms, therefore having two different rooms with a spectacular leopard in each room. You don't have that option with a double mount. Also, a double mount would likely be a lot larger piece, which limits the locations in your house where it would fit.

I think Will Parks has the right idea. Two separate mounts with the cats in positions that are quite different from each other.

Anyway, that's my way of thinking, right or wrong.