I'm looking for pictures of great leopard mounts; not of the snarling variety, but more along the lines of resting on a branch, or even on the ground. Mine was rolling in the grass like a housecat with all four feet in the air shortly before he met his demise. He had just got laid and I suppose that is the leopard version of a cigarette. But that would be rather undignified.

How's this:

http://www.animalartistry.com/pb/cats-leopards.php


Numerous poses in attached link.

I really like pose #49 in Kathi's link....

Stalking poses for me. #21 or #28.

I am doing mine in the next little while and I am going to copy #36 most likely

I love that first leopard Jerry, the workmanship on it is exceptional, especially the paws and eyes.

quote:

Originally posted by Big game artistry:
I love that first leopard Jerry, the workmanship on it is exceptional, especially the paws and eyes.

. I thought you might

Oh yes, that first mount is incredible, Jerry!

Mother Leopard with her cub in the base of the tree ...

some of my favorites:




and

Found a couple of older mounts. These are free standers, without a base, and can be placed anywhere in the home without the needed space required with a base.

This mount is just outstanding!

quote:

Originally posted by Jerry Huffaker:

Who did these?

quote:

Originally posted by HendrikNZ:
some of my favorites:




and

I always thought that I'd do a leopard (if I ever shoot one) lying asleep on a branch. I can damn near see it in my mind's eye.

The last pic is my cat, Phil Soucy made it.

Anton

Ah... makes sense. Phil is SO talented when it comes to cats. He is where I would send mine for sure. The two above that are pretty good as well.

A couple others in this thread are a bit lacking... they have lost that "life like" appearance. And I would not want to offend anyone by saying that as I have no talent in taxidermy whatsoever. Be that as it may, some are just more life-like than others, and if it were my trophy of a life time, I'd be... disappointed... with some of these in this thread.

That "Artworks Taxidermy" Pyramid pedestal mount is one of the best I've seen. That may be my new favorite leopard mount. It looks like he's coiled like a spring, ready to leap. Great work!!

another interesting concept by Dakota taxidermy.
Personally I would go with a more traditional base and lose the skin accents and greenery, but the mount and rock is pretty eye catching.



and

I love that Pedestal mount. Here's one in a tree we did a couple of years ago.

This was originally designed to be mounted flush to a wall. i reversed the metal hanging straps and mounted it on a piece of furniture, so it is about chest height and backed up to a glass block wall in the trophy room

quote:

Originally posted by HendrikNZ:
another interesting concept by Dakota taxidermy.
Personally I would go with a more traditional base and lose the skin accents and greenery, but the mount and rock is pretty eye catching.

Not ideal, but I suspect scavengers got to a guys dead cat overnight when they called off the follow-up? I would have done a Victorial style shoulder mount or maybe a cased half mount myself.