"Butch" Finally Found His Way Home

[wildcat junkie]

I shot "Butch" after watching him grow over the 2 years since I 1st saw him as a narrow but tall basket rack during the '07 season.

I harvested him on November 15th of '09.

Financial difficulties had me paying a little @ a time & I still owed a pretty good chunk this past December.

My wife sent my son up to the taxidermy shop on Christmas eve to bail "Buth" out of jail, & she surprised me on Christmas morning.

I had him done as a "wall pedestal mount" so that I could get the pose as close as possible to when I took the shot.

He was looking back over his shoulder @ me when I noisely chamberd a round after dropping the pin on an empty chamber.  ???

I yanked the trigger,  pulled the shot about 6" left (@ 240 yds) & hit him right behind the left ear.  :

Fortunately, @ that distance, the 139gr 284 Hornady Interbond had lost enough speed from the 3150fps Mv to not do a lot of cape damage.

[skyzmine]

very nice...

I cant wait till mine is done this spring. ;D

[SplitG2]

very nice.

[Geno C]

nice mount, you must be happy to see everyday now lol

[wildcat junkie]

nice mount, you must be happy to see everyday now lol

The last pose is what I see when sitting in my recliner.

[Geno C]

lol nice congrats to that! 

[Fantail]

Nice looking mount. 

Not to pry but could you say aprox what that cost to get done?

[wildcat junkie]

Nice looking mount. 

Not to pry but could you say aprox what that cost to get done?

I made payments over the course of a year & my wife made the final payment. I threw away the recipt once  it was paid off so I don't remember exactly what the cost was.

I think the total W/tax was about $420. That included cleaning & bleaching the jaw bone. If memory serves me correctly, the mount was $375.

The taxidermist is local & this is a somewhat economically depressed area so his prices are probably a bit lower than most. I don't think the "wall pedestal" mount cost me any more than a what a standard shoulder mount would.

[CNYlungbuster]

Awesome mount congrats... It makes it even cooler that you got to watch him grow up.

My mount was $512 with tax  just fyi

CNY