Deer Mount question?
05-31-2007, 01:48 PM
#31
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Indiana (southern)
Posts: 6,146
RE: Deer Mount question?
Thats a big bodied buck!! I would say 21" is proably about right. beautiful buck my friend!!
ORIGINAL: PEAKRUT
Does 21 inches seem right for the circumference of the neck on a mount judging by my pic of this buck? I went and brought the rack in last friday and should be ready in 2 weeks. The son showed me the form and seemed small.
Does 21 inches seem right for the circumference of the neck on a mount judging by my pic of this buck? I went and brought the rack in last friday and should be ready in 2 weeks. The son showed me the form and seemed small.
05-31-2007, 04:17 PM
#32
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Jacksonville, IL/ Huntington, WV
Posts: 1,573
RE: Deer Mount question?
Just mesured the neck on this one right under the ears and jawbone and it measured 23" exaclty. So this should be a 22" form. My deer weighed 221 field dressed. He was killed in cental IL on the 15th of oct. Hope this helps.
05-31-2007, 06:13 PM
#35
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: The OH-IO
Posts: 7,103
RE: Deer Mount question?
Nice deer, that bigger one is a toad.... However you need to have the tape directly below the ears and chin for that measurement.
My largest neck is off of a 165 pound buck that measures 23 1/2 over the cape, it was a second week of October deer with no "swell".
My heaviest buck (197 dressed) measures in at 21 3/4 over the cape it was a last week of October deer with very moderate "swell".
My highest scoring buck came comes in at 22 1/2 over the cape it was a first week of November deer with moderate neck "swell".
When I mentioned that I have never saw a neck that big (23+) I was referring to the manikins neck, not the over the cape measurement as that is what peakrut was asking about.
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My largest neck is off of a 165 pound buck that measures 23 1/2 over the cape, it was a second week of October deer with no "swell".
My heaviest buck (197 dressed) measures in at 21 3/4 over the cape it was a last week of October deer with very moderate "swell".
My highest scoring buck came comes in at 22 1/2 over the cape it was a first week of November deer with moderate neck "swell".
When I mentioned that I have never saw a neck that big (23+) I was referring to the manikins neck, not the over the cape measurement as that is what peakrut was asking about.
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05-31-2007, 11:02 PM
#36
Site Buck Guru
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Racine, Wisconsin
Posts: 5,922
RE: Deer Mount question?
Those two deer are 24" and 27" forms, respectively. The tape is on them correctly (according to my taxi). This goes with what I stated earlier. Most of the deer I've had mounted that dress at 190-205, go on 23"-24" forms. The pics don't lie.
