Shiras Moose Cape

MountainRat · Oct 24, 2022

I have a Shiras moose cape to get rid of. Located in northern Utah. Make me an offer. Not sure what it’s worth.

BradA · Nov 8, 2022

Congratulations on the moose, going to make a video ?

MountainRat · Nov 9, 2022

BradA said:
Congratulations on the moose, going to make a video ?

Yeah, we have a pretty awesome video but we are submitting it to the Full Draw Film contest. So we wont be able to post it until afterwards.

littlebighorn · Nov 9, 2022

Thats a nice bull for Utah MR.
Sure you don't want to mount it?

I love the long points!

dwalton · Nov 9, 2022

LBH,
Taxidermy is overrated. My 2014 Shiras made me swear to myself that I'd never send another animal to the taxidermist unless it's a sheep

littlebighorn · Nov 9, 2022

dwalton said:
LBH,
Taxidermy is overrated. My 2014 Shiras made me swear to myself that I'd never send another animal to the taxidermist unless it's a sheep

My sheep are hands down my favorites but my Shiras is the only animal my wife allows to hang in our family room!

Homer · Nov 10, 2022

...and nothing makes a better euro than a sheep...

LIK2HNT · Nov 10, 2022

Family rooms are made for mounts.

hawkbill · Nov 11, 2022

I hope you find a home for it , I could not give my daughters Moose Cape away 2 years ago

MountainRat · Nov 14, 2022

littlebighorn said:
Thats a nice bull for Utah MR.
Sure you don't want to mount it?
I love the long points!

If it were mine I would probably mount it. But Levi has always wanted a European moose.

Packout · Nov 14, 2022

Homer said:
...and nothing makes a better euro than a sheep...

This is 100% true. Picking up a real sheep euro, holding it, feeling the weight- it is even better than mount.

MtnRat- don't second guess your decision. Moose make the second best euro- but only when they are done right and preserve the nasal detail. Something about the skull shape and they way they hang looks really nice.
I euroed my moose, then got talked into doing a pedestal mount because it was a state record. The ped mount sits in a box in my barn. I look forward to converting it back to a euro one day....

Homer · Nov 14, 2022

Packout said:
This is 100% true. Picking up a real sheep euro, holding it, feeling the weight- it is even better than mount.

MtnRat- don't second guess your decision. Moose make the second best euro- but only when they are done right and preserve the nasal detail. Something about the skull shape and they way they hang looks really nice.
I euroed my moose, then got talked into doing a pedestal mount because it was a state record. The ped mount sits in a box in my barn. I look forward to converting it back to a euro one day....

Moose is the third best....pronghorn are number 2....lol

Holding and feeling the sheep and pronghorn are the only way to really appreciate the heft.....kinda goes for moose too....just harder to do

DJ1 · Dec 10, 2022

MountainRat said:
If it were mine I would probably mount it. But Levi has always wanted a European moose.

I did a euro with my UT bull from 2020 and my AK from 2012. Euro moose look awesome. P&Y asked me to send it for the convention in Reno in April to be panel scored, going to be much easier to build a crate and send over a shoulder mount. Congrats, love to see the archery kill.

rmanwill · Dec 16, 2022

Thanks for sharing. Will be waiting to see video!!!

I bagged a moose in Wyoming this year (my first and probably last) and I'm having it done European style. Planned on it that way from the go.

However after 7 trips and 16 days and nights with the wife hunting moose and having a blast it would have been a real task to cape mine where it fell with a snow storm approaching with just my wife. Had help lined up, but it was only 161 yard from moose to end of a road. Figured before I could calls sons and them travel 2 hours to help I could get it quartered and packed out by myself with wife help.

Capping that thing would have been a big core and took some time in that willow patch with just my wife and myself.

That euro will look awesome!!!