Favorite Deer Mount Pose

[Bob]

I had taken the buck on the right quite a few years back and 5 years later I took the one on the left in about the same spot. I'm thinking the one on the left is a descendent of the one on the right.

 

[5575]

Sometimes a sneak can look good.

 

[tikkalover]

When the taxidermist was doing mine he was sending me pictures to see if I liked it. By the time I got to the point that I liked it I had him move the ears like 4 or 5 times.

 

[andyb15]

Sometimes a sneak can look good.

This is the pose I got for my 2025 archery deer. I’ve been looking at the Mackenzie 8900 wall pedestal for my 26 deer

 

[Ruttin]

I love quality taxidermy, tough to look at one that looks more like a smiling field mouse! I always tell folks, you have to look at it forever. Spend the extra couple hundred bucks. Short haired archery bucks look great with forms that show more shoulder muscles. Joe Coombs has some really nice wall pedestal ones.
Mine on the left is on one. That mounts probably 20 years old, still looks pretty good.

Ear positioning to me is key. Those mounts look nice!