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Shoulder mount from skull plate?

Unread postby bowhunter15 » Sat Sep 03, 2016 5:10 pm

If you have antlers on a skull plate, say from a typical plaque mount, is a taxidermist able to take a cape and make a shoulder mount from it? I'm assuming yes, since I've seen the big foam inserts they use, but just wanted to be sure.

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Unread postby whitetailassasin » Sat Sep 03, 2016 6:40 pm

Yes sir

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Re: Shoulder mount from skull plate?

Unread postby JohnFunn » Sat Sep 03, 2016 10:11 pm

Mount away!

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Re: Shoulder mount from skull plate?

Unread postby DaveT1963 » Sat Sep 03, 2016 10:38 pm

Yes sir no problem.... I've done quite a few for folks, even did then for sure from their sheds

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Unread postby Jeff G » Sun Sep 04, 2016 1:21 am

Yes, do it all the time

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Re: Shoulder mount from skull plate?

Unread postby bowhunter15 » Sun Sep 04, 2016 3:14 am

Cool, thanks for the feedback!

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Re: Shoulder mount from skull plate?

Unread postby vermonthunter16 » Thu Sep 15, 2016 6:21 am

Thats really great to know.. I have my first buck mounted on my gun rack, but I have dabbled in getting it shoulder mounted.
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Re: Shoulder mount from skull plate?

Unread postby johndeere506 » Thu Sep 15, 2016 7:21 am

Ive wondered the same. Maybe this is a dumb question but what cape do they use? You bring them one from a different buck or they supply from maybe keeping some that come through the shop?
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Re: Shoulder mount from skull plate?

Unread postby Mountain Man » Thu Sep 15, 2016 2:12 pm

johndeere506 wrote:...You bring them one from a different buck or they supply from maybe keeping some that come through the shop?


Yes.

Just make sure that you use a cape from the same size and age class of deer that the rack is from.


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