Sheep mounts?

treedagain · Dec 27, 2019

Looking for ideas for my desert sheep. Looking towards a 1/2 body but open to pretty much anything. My Utah desert is a full body so I want to maybe so something different

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littlebighorn · Dec 28, 2019

Congrats on another ram treed!
I don't know what taxi you plan to use on this one, but most good sheep taxi's will have some ideas for you. Paul Pennie (High Country Horns Taxidermy) is who I use and he is awesome with sheep. Check out his website, and also look at Dawayne Dewey's website. He's up in Cody Wyoming, but specializes in sheep as well and has some great pictures of mounts he has done for ideas.

I personally like pedestal mounts or shoulder mounts with some habitat rather than half body, but that's me.

Good on you. I only know a handful of people who have two deserts to their credit!

Wapitiwilly · Dec 28, 2019

Treed
I have my Utah sheep mounted life size standing up with habitat. Going to have my Nevada sheep mounted life size laying down without habitat. I've seen it done with Rocky?s before but not desert. Happy to send you a picture in a few months when it's done.

treedagain · Dec 28, 2019

These are my 2 ideas,

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Bluehair · Dec 28, 2019

Bluehair
Splitting my time time between the montane and the mesas......
May you live long enough to cash in those preference points. Amen

cbeard · Jan 20, 2020

Nothing personal at all, but half-body mounts have always looked very weird to me.

I much prefer either full body or pedestal/shoulder mounts.

Adventurewriter · Jan 22, 2020

I agree with cbeard

OutdoorWriter · Jan 23, 2020

He's not a monster, but the mount by Chris Kreuger turned out well,

broomd · Jan 23, 2020

Very nice, quite honestly the only half-mount I've ever liked.

OutdoorWriter · Jan 23, 2020

broomd said:
Very nice, quite honestly the only half-mount I've ever liked.

Thanks. I actually designed it. I didn't want it to look like he was coming out of the drywall.

Stubaby · Feb 11, 2020

Wall pedestal!!!View attachment 1328

deerfanatic · Feb 16, 2020

treedagain · Feb 16, 2020

Pretty cool mount.

hawkbill · Feb 17, 2020

treedagain · Feb 17, 2020

Nice ram and mount Hawkbill

hawkbill · Feb 17, 2020

I like them simple, I have two lifesize and they take up two much room in our house. My desert is in my shop covered with blankets. I will get a picture of it for you

Lv2hnt · Feb 18, 2020

Hunt - desert sheep by 1-2 lifesize wall mount.JPG

Bluehair · Feb 18, 2020

hawkbill said:
I like them simple, I have two lifesize and they take up two much room in our house. My desert is in my shop covered with blankets. I will get a picture of it for you

Same boat but i have room for mine. Not another though. My 1/2 was built to fit a particular space.

Danny_Ocean · Feb 23, 2020

I too think half mounts look weird. I have a shoulder mount and a pedestal The pedestal is the way to go. The one you posted above isn't bad but if I was to do it again, I wouldn't mount and just have the horns on a table.

I get much more out of picking up a giant set of horns than looking at a mount you can't touch.

littlemonster · Feb 23, 2020

Not a sheep but my sons ibex 1/2 body

Focoelkman · Feb 26, 2020

Lv2hnt said:
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That's one of the coolest I've ever seen. Gorgeous and that animal has it all score wise eh?

elkhuntin247 · Feb 26, 2020

I think that a sheep deserves a life size mount. I know it’s pricey but for most people a once in a lifetime Opportunity. They are one of the most majestic animals we have the privilege to hunt. Just my thoughts...

OutdoorWriter · Mar 18, 2020

Who did your mount, LV2hnt?

money · Mar 18, 2020

treedagain said:
These are my 2 ideas,

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i like the mount in the second picture. I tend to like pedestal mounts with habitat rather then the half body mounts. should save you a little cost as well. I decided long ago that if I ever kill a sheep it won't be a full or half mount, but that i'll do a really awesome pedestal mount with extra attention to the habitat and wood base used.

Blackie6 · Mar 18, 2020

Grandpas RMB. He really wanted water in the scene. Turned out really cool.

money · Mar 19, 2020

Blackie6 said:
Grandpas RMB. He really wanted water in the scene. Turned out really cool.

awesome mount!

jims · Mar 20, 2020

This is one of my favorite LS sheep poses (not my ram and taken off the Dewey Taxidermy website).

jims · Mar 20, 2020

Here's another one from Dewey that I really like. There are a bunch of pedestal and LS sheep mounted on their website if you want good references.

monstermuleyman · Mar 24, 2020

That bottom idea is pretty awesome with the rock behind him!

Lv2hnt · Mar 24, 2020

OutdoorWriter said:
Who did your mount, LV2hnt?

Hey Tony, good to see you feeling better! Not my ram. Taxidermist was Clay Goldman, owner of Mogollon Taxidermy in Payson. Most agree he's the best bighorn taxidermist in Arizona ...

twdjr · Apr 4, 2020

Nice mounts!

CFMuley · Apr 12, 2020

I used to ship mounts for about 100 different taxidermists including Deweys, and Deweys sheep can’t be beat

Rackmastr · Apr 24, 2020

This is my buddy's AZ ram, killed in 34A

Love looking at Dwayne Deweys rams and work!

sb2017 · May 4, 2020

sb2017 · May 4, 2020

I'm all out of wall space in my current house and have big dreams of a trophy hall in my future house

so for the time being I'm partial to floor pedestals. I'm really happy with how my sheep turned out, and it takes about 10 minutes to move him around and test out different spots to put him in.