I've asked my taxidermist to raise the hair on the back of the neck of the mount that I've got coming. Has anyone got a mount with the hairs standing up? or a pedestal mount? Really like to see them, I've asked my taxidermist to mount my Tennessee boar that way but would like to see the finished product,,Thanks,,Frank
Frank;
Who's your taxidermist, i'm looking for a good one to do some Bear Mounts !! I came Thru Barrie last Monday .
Sergio
(http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m123/JDS3_2006/Archery/100_0974.jpg)
My Hog from years ago. Way too much fun chasing pigs.
John III
Sergio,, P.M sent,,Frank
Just a skull mount...
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/wesbrock/boar-skull.jpg)
Sergio there's a really good taxidermist close to here. He did an amazing full grizzly mount and was working on polar bears last time I was in there. Great guy. If you want I can give you more info.
Take care
this is sure a BOARING thread, I couldn't resist :D
Javi with hair standing up...yes, wife has it hangin' in the garage. I think the mohawk would look good on a boar with a lot of Russian/Euro traits too.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/tinman5575/javireduced2.jpg)
But I really like skulls best...I know, dust BEFORE you take pics of mounts! :archer:
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/tinman5575/hogskullreduced.jpg)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/tinman5575/SKULLSREDUCED.jpg)
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g56/huntit/hogmounts006.jpg)
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g56/huntit/hogmounts003.jpg)
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g56/huntit/hogmounts011.jpg)
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Oops, forgot to rotate one of wartpiggy, anyone can fix that please do. Can anyone tell me hoe to post multiple pics in same post. Seems I've tried everything but can't get that one figured out, thanks! Other pic is of bushpig, these are hanging on my office wall. Have nice boar mount at home will send pic Friday.
(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b334/AnointedArcher/S4020291.jpg)
Kojac are you trying to "hog" all the attention?
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h267/alimoche/abril2007cuchillosypalazuelos003.jpg)
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h267/alimoche/abril2007cuchillosypalazuelos008.jpg)
I like the boar to be in a natural position, relaxed, as they are in the woods.
340# Ga Swamprooter, 40# HogCowboy "Joe". My 2 year old..Real bowhunters full body mount!
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/swamprooter/Rootyjoe003.jpg)
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q144/dixie_037/IMG_0007-1.jpg)
Okeechobee fl. hog via fayetteville ar. rout.(OR ROOT)
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g56/huntit/hogmounts016.jpg)
Frank, here is a few angles of boar with hair standing up. All my taxidermy work is done by Len Murphy of Pineridge Taxidermy, Baltimore, Ont just north of coburg.
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g56/huntit/hogmounts015.jpg)
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g56/huntit/hogmounts013.jpg)
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g56/huntit/hogmounts012.jpg)
I love these hog mount pics.....unlike other animals we hunt....hogs have so many different looks....each one is unique.
(http://tradgang.com/tg/hogs/shaggy2.jpg)
(http://tradgang.com/tg/hogs/shaggy1.jpg)
(http://tradgang.com/tg/hogs/bride1.jpg)
(http://tradgang.com/tg/hogs/bride3.jpg)
One of these days I gotta go huntin for one of these boys.
Frank also you might want to check with him about his choppers. You will have to decide how to show case his cutters and wethers ( top teeth for you Yankees). On a mouth open pose the cutters can be flared a tad, mouth closed pose they need to be flared more to get out of lip. Most wethers are left as is. However on a Bare Hog with long cutters, they usually are left alone. Final option you see a lot of is if the hog had broken teeth or large sow, the taxidermist can put fake ones in. A vast majority of southern wild ferral hogs are from the Essex gene pool( spainards brought them) with longer and narrower cutters unlike a belguim or russian hog mix that produce heavier tusks at the bases. So point is if you use fake, i would suggest not to put fake russian teeth in a ferral ( black or spotted hog) or it would look...well...hokey....my hog above was true Ferral Essex. The kind our grandfather's father grew for lard. Unless you have been biten by a hog or the hog you killed bit you, the open mouth pose is a very un-natural pose IMO. Although hogs can and do bite, the hooking of the cutters is their business not running at a hunter with their mouth open......But un-natural as the open mouth may seem to me and others...i agree with most, it still looks cool!!!just my 2 cents
Here is a pic of a boar I arrowed about three miles from JoeBu (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w39/rcswampbucket/016_07A.jpg)cks boar. Mine only weighed 270.
Here is another I killed . this one was 230lbs.Long haired pigs look the best to me. (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w39/rcswampbucket/015_08A.jpg)
Now I'm almost wishing I'd have shoulder mounted the one I shot at Curtis' last summer. They're ugly, but yet so cool looking.
Having a hog mounted in your house has "Redneck" written all over it. I have a Javie hanging over the computer right now. Chad