Whitetail double pedestal mount
Contributors to this thread:Whitetail Deer
From: 12yards
23-Nov-24
Shot two nice whitetails this year in SD. I'm considering a double pedestal mount with a prairie theme. Anybody got any photos of double pedestals? Especially with a prairie theme. I was thinking maybe an old weathered fence post with some barbed wire, grasses, etc.
From: Bake
23-Nov-24
T-Roy in 3, 2, 1 . . .
Troy has a beautiful one. I’m sure he’ll chime in soon
From: Bowboy
23-Nov-24
This one’s pretty nice.
From: deerhunter72
23-Nov-24
t-roy may have another one soon.
From: JohnMC
23-Nov-24
We can't believe you if you don't post pictures of them! :)
From: Hawkeye
23-Nov-24
Here’s a triple I had done couple years ago that I haven’t added habitat to yet.
From: 12yards
23-Nov-24
Well, they're not as nice as the two above. Lol.
From: t-roy
23-Nov-24
Here’s one that I did several years ago. I didn’t do the taxidermy work, but I did all of the base, habitat stuff, etc, myself. It was a very fun project.
If you’re interested, Steve, I did a thread about the project about 10 years ago, titled “Finished my pedestal mount”. BTW…..congrats on the bucks!
From: t-roy
23-Nov-24
Sorry about the terrible pic! I just started putting this one together, using a pair of bucks I killed in 2020. Hard to see in the pic, but I’m using a cedar fence post from my property, that the bucks had rubbed down to an hourglass.
From: 12yards
23-Nov-24
Thank you Troy! That looks amazing. I will search for that thread. Did you use natural vegetation for that? If so it looks like it is holding up great.
From: t-roy
23-Nov-24
Yes I did, Steve. All the grasses and forbs came out of the same CRP field. I picked/cut all of it late in the fall. I spray foamed the base, and poked holes with a stiff wire into the foam where I wanted to put the plants, then glued them in place. They still look great, IMO.
From: 12yards
23-Nov-24
The rubbed cedar fence post is perfect! There was one on the property I was hunting that was rubbed like that and would look great. I think I might ask the landowner if I could buy it from him. That fencepost and some old rusty barbed wire, maybe a rustic "No Trespassing" sign with the landowners signature, and some prairie grasses would look amazing I think. Maybe a shed antler I found out there as well.
From: t-roy
23-Nov-24
I’m betting it would look great, Steve. Here’s a pic of the post I’m using on the second double mount. If you go that route, one suggestion I would have would be, if possible, to leave as much room as you can between the two mounts, so the rubbed portion of the post can still be seen.
From: butcherboy
23-Nov-24
Here’s one I did. Not a prairie seen but I did use a cedar tree and southwest desert type grasses on it.
Here’s one I did. Not a prairie seen but I did use a cedar tree and southwest desert type grasses on it.
From: JohnMC
23-Nov-24
Congrats on a couple great bucks Steve.
Troy love that post. Does it still have the integrity to hold the weigh?
From: t-roy
23-Nov-24
Yes it does, John. It’s still pretty strong. I kept a close eye on it for the last couple of years, and then pulled it when I thought it was getting thin enough to where they might snap it off. I put another cedar post in it’s place, and they went right back to rubbing the new one.
From: Pyrannah
23-Nov-24
I really need to move to iowa…..
From: Stoneman
24-Nov-24
^^^ at least for the month of November!
Beautiful mounts everyone!
From: BULELK1
24-Nov-24
Dang good looking mounts fella's.
Congrats,
Robb
From: hdaman
24-Nov-24
Great work, guys!
From: Insheart
24-Nov-24
Wow, all are exceptional mounts.
From: Coop
24-Nov-24
Some awesome mounts.
From: Paul@thefort
24-Nov-24
wow! tons of artistic talent in producing those mounts. Nice.. My best, Paul
From: 12yards
24-Nov-24
That looks amazing butcherboy, thanks for the ideas!
Troy, how tall do you think the post would need to be minimum?
From: t-roy
24-Nov-24
Steve….the post I used on the second mount is right at 5’ from the top of the post to the floor. 6’ would be better, but if you put it on a short pedestal, I think 5’ would work just fine.
From: 12yards
24-Nov-24
Thank you
From: butcherboy
24-Nov-24
Thanks Steve, it was a competition piece I did one year.
