..Mount or Euro..

[systemnt]

I shot a cull buck last weekend.
There's a small story behind this buck, that makes him a little more special than his antlers reflect.
He was a difficult hunt..even though he was patterned, and was always seen with a very young big 11 stud that is off-limits to even look at directly.
Where the 11 went, this guy went.. clock work.

Any way, I've been watching him for a couple months..ive pretty much documented him in everyway...
he's been missed by other hunters.. and I finally took him..after a period of indecision, and then, him hiding behind the 11..or in directly in front of the 11.. never giving a shot...seeming to know his placement between the stand and the 11 was determental to his living another day..

He's got a decent rack...for a cull 8...missing a brow that looks to be broke off during velvet..
My family think's I should shoulder mount him..just because of the story maybe fix the brow tine...
I'm on the fence.. If i do a shoulder...i will leave him be, just the way he is..
but..i do like a nice Euro.

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[Texas Bill]

I don't think there's anyone that can help make that call. Most hunters I know... thier "trophies" are rarely their biggest.

Make your call and don't look back! (My $.02) Nice buck.

[texan16]

Nice buck and cool story. Congrats on finally getting the shot. Since you asked our opinions.. Euro mount him.

[Bowstrider13]

I would do the euro

[trjones87]

euro. my first buck was smaller and i mounted him though. All depends on how you view the animal

[El Viejo]

I'd do the euro as well. Nice buck and great story. Congrats!

[Swampa]

I'd chunk it in the ditch

Kidding----/-if it were me, I'd euro mount

[TX_Hoghunter]

I like euros personally.

-john

[Bill's Unlimited]

Final decision is yours. I wouldn't fix the brow tine though. Nice main beams, I think that rack would look very impressive as a euro mounted on a pedestal.

I had a rule that a deer had to be +130 to get mounted, had a 129 7/8 and he is a euro... A few years ago I shot a 139 10 point and caped him out, and brought him home. Looked at the 2 larger deer (one 9 point of same size) my wife shot and decided hers looked more impressive so that 10 became a euro too. I still haven't gotten a shoulder mount of a whitetail, but my search hasn't ended yet.

Either way you will have a nice trophy to remember the hunt.

Congrats to you on your success!

[Boss Buck]

I will only mount 135 or better I got a few euro's 2 more this year

[systemnt]

Final decision is yours. I wouldn't fix the brow tine though. Nice main beams, I think that rack would look very impressive as a euro mounted on a pedestal.

I had a rule that a deer had to be +130 to get mounted, had a 129 7/8 and he is a euro... A few years ago I shot a 139 10 point and caped him out, and brought him home. Looked at the 2 larger deer (one 9 point of same size) my wife shot and decided hers looked more impressive so that 10 became a euro too. I still haven't gotten a shoulder mount of a whitetail, but my search hasn't ended yet.

Either way you will have a nice trophy to remember the hunt.

Congrats to you on your success!

I was kind of leaning this way as well... thanks

[super_dave]

I would do a pedestal euro as a corner table piece. That would be cool

[systemnt]

Him in front of the 11.. eating corn around a dead hog that morning.. i shot him that afternoon.

The 11 he hung out with..

[CEO]

There's an old buck I've been hunting for the last 3 years. I've never even seen him in person, just on camera. He's a nice buck, not huge by any means but if I ever connect he will be mounted just because of all the effort I've spent going after him. Like everyone else has said, final decision is yours.