Goat Mount

falloutwest · May 8, 2011

Got my Mountain Goat back from the taxidermist and finally got him up on the wall. Moving mounts around is a pain!

TOPGUN · May 8, 2011

Those two mounts sure make that wall! Congratulations on two beautiful animals!!!

eldorado · May 8, 2011

Great looking goat. Love the full body mount. That's a good looking bull there.
Congrats on you're 2 trophies.

Eldorado

nfh · May 8, 2011

i have a wyoming mountain goat tag this year and been looking into mounts and this one is sweet. but the price tag is scaring me....

great looking mount

Dr_Hunter · May 8, 2011

Beautiful mounts. I don't feel bad for you having to move your mounts around.

"Half of being smart, is knowing what you're dumb about."

gon4elk · May 8, 2011

Great goat mount!!!!!!

ishootaRUM300 · May 8, 2011

He looks good.

Not feeling bad for you having to move them beautiful mounts around either. Congrats!!!!

PleaseDear · May 8, 2011

Beautiful!

Looks great.

Robb

Zeke · May 9, 2011

Nothing dresses up a bare wall like a couple trophies! This looks like my kind of interior decorating. I love it!

Congratulations on your billy. The mount looks fantastic too!

Zeke

fullcurl74 · May 9, 2011

Looks like he's got a little paint horse in him...

rmanwill · May 9, 2011

Congrats. Sweet mounts, thanks for sharing.

falloutwest · May 10, 2011

Thanks for all the coments. Nfh, the price tag is a bit scary but I think full body is the only way to go with a goat. Start saving now! Fullcurl, good eye. Although in talking to my taxidermist,a white hoof isn't as rare as I thought it would be.

tbryson7 · May 11, 2011

Nice mount. I like that pose, walking down hill. It really accents the beard and looks like its coming to say hi to someone in the room. The goat I got last year also had a white hoof, I thought it was pretty rare but apparently not.

Nice job.

ishootaRUM300 · May 11, 2011

As you can imagine by my previous post I liek them, but I am wondering what kind of angle does a person think a taxidermist could mount a goat at. I have seen picture of sheep that look like they are going straight up an almost 90 degree rock face. Could a Taxidermist mount something like that? Depends on the taxidermist?

falloutwest · May 11, 2011

The biggest limiting factor with goats is the number of forms available. With sheep, there are a lot more form choices and therefore, a lot more pose options. I think to do something like that with a goat, you would need a taxidermeist that is good a cutting and manipulating forms. That usually costs extra but with the right person, the possibilities are almost endless. The form for this mount had its head turned the other way so my taxidermist had to cut and adjust the head and neck to fit what I wanted.

Lien2 · May 13, 2011

Looks great!
Congrats!!!

Lien2

gznokes · May 16, 2011

big billy. That goat looks like it 9 1/2 pushing 10" (am i close?). Great goat!

falloutwest · May 21, 2011

Actually, he was aged at only seven. Knowing what I know about bighorn sheep (never aged a goat) and looking at his horns, I think that is pretty close. He was pretty good sized for his age.

TOPGUN · May 21, 2011

I believe he was asking the length of the horns, rather than it's age!

falloutwest · May 21, 2011

HA! I believe you are right! Now that is funny because I was dialed in on age from the first time I read that. Sorry, my bad. He was right at 9 inches.

wrt · May 25, 2011

A taxi can do about anything you want if he has the experience. I did a raccoon with almost 20 hours of alteration and a porcupine I am competeing in Idaho with that has close to 15 hours. But it is not cheap true Art is never cheap remember that