Big Game Ap Deadline Approaching!

[rondog]

I'll be grabbing an OTC cow elk tag. Not interested in mounting a rack, just looking for freezer filling. First time in 3 years for me for any big game hunting.

I'd definitely be interested in that myself. I want meat, not antlers, and a nice tender young cow is far more appealing than a tough old bull with an impressive rack. And I'm too cheap to pay for taxidermy either, not to mention having no place to hang a mounted head, or a wife that would even let it in the house!

[GilpinGuy]

I'd definitely be interested in that myself. I want meat, not antlers, and a nice tender young cow is far more appealing than a tough old bull with an impressive rack. And I'm too cheap to pay for taxidermy either, not to mention having no place to hang a mounted head, or a wife that would even let it in the house!

I've always had the "fill the freezer" attitude with hunting. 2 years ago I got denied a tag so I got an OTC bull tag and bagged one - first bull too. I told my wife I wanted to mount it and she was like "WHAT???? INSIDE the house?" I convinced her and made a deal that this would be only one. It's a Euro mount, just the skull and antlers. She loves it now, but it will be the only one...maybe.

[Irving]

I never had any intention of mounting anything, until two seconds after I shot my first buck.

[sniper7]

They get used to it after a while and eventually like stuff hanging up. I started with an elk rack, then there was 4 of them, now I have deer, antelope, turkey, ducks, pheasant in the house and a shoulder mount buffalo being worked on now.

[rondog]

I can only imagine taxidermy is expensive as hell, is it? Doesn't it take months of waiting too? For say, the typical head/neck/antlers mount.

[Irving]

My shoulder mount is going to be just over a year. I how they get the timing right so I can just bring the antlers down when I'm down there to hunt this year. Assuming we draw again.

[Lars]

I can only imagine taxidermy is expensive as hell, is it? Doesn't it take months of waiting too? For say, the typical head/neck/antlers mount.

To do a shoulder mount is pretty expensive, anywhere from$800 to $1500 for an elk. Of coarse the pose and quality and how well known your taxidermist is all adds into the equation. European mounts are always a classic touch and a lot cheaper, especially if you do it your self. I have a great recipe for boiling skulls then I add a wall plate and she's done. I have shoulder mounts on my wall as well bit these are a few of my favorites just because they are 100% diy start to finish, everything from the hunt to boiling and bleaching the skulls to the final Metal skull mounts.

[Hummer]

To do a shoulder mount is pretty expensive, anywhere from$800 to $1500 for an elk. Of coarse the pose and quality and how well known your taxidermist is all adds into the equation. European mounts are always a classic touch and a lot cheaper, especially if you do it your self. I have a great recipe for boiling skulls then I add a wall plate and she's done. I have shoulder mounts on my wall as well bit these are a few of my favorites just because they are 100% diy start to finish, everything from the hunt to boiling and bleaching the skulls to the final Metal skull mounts.

Those are some really nice heads, Lars. Worthy of full mounts. I know, they're expensive. I've only had two full mounts done, and boiled the others in European mounts.

[Irving]

Now that Gilpin Guy saved us all from missing this year's hunt (he certainly saved me!), when is the date where we can log onto the state website and trick an early answer as to whether we drew tags or not?

[GilpinGuy]

I tried the trick yesterday and it wouldn't let me enter all the info, so it wouldn't allow a search. I figured it was a bit early. As soon as someone sees that it's working let us know.