Lope Mount complete

[schmalts]

lost that other thread cause of the hackers. Buzz, I am damn glad i took those reference photos of the nose and you pointed out that little vertical fold there. I was so fixed on the vertical line that you were talking about that I didn't even notice that the nose pad was way too small and most of it had been tucked into the nostrils because the short nosed form. I looked at the reference photos yesterday when i was molding in the little vertical nose parting seam with some sculpt epoxy and suddenly noticed i needed to add a ton of material to the pad to make the nostrils long and narrow instead of round like they were. I bet I used a good nickle sized ball of sculpt epoxy to build it up! By comparing it with my reference photos i am really happy with the results. It is a tad wide in the center but not as bad as the pictures make it look because of the lack of depth in the photo. Here are a few pictures of the finished product, and the last one of him in his final resting place on the wall. The wife loves it too!
http://home.wi.rr.com/schmalts/index.html/07%20lope%20032.jpg
http://home.wi.rr.com/schmalts/index.html/P1040143.jpg
http://home.wi.rr.com/schmalts/index.html/P1040148.jpg
http://home.wi.rr.com/schmalts/index.html/P1040150.jpg
http://home.wi.rr.com/schmalts/index.html/P1040156.jpg

[TheTone]

Looks good, wish I had the skill, time or patience to do my own. I may have missed them some time earlier, but what are the measurements on the horns?

[wilecoyote76]

Schmalts, it looks like you are running out of wall space. Nice trophy wall. It looks good.

[BuzzH]

Schmalts,

Looks good...nice work.

If I draw an oryx in NM...I'll be asking you a few questions.

You cant look at too much reference.

[schmalts]

Schmalts,

Looks good...nice work.

If I draw an oryx in NM...I'll be asking you a few questions.

You cant look at too much reference.

Results should be coming out soon for the Orxyhump I didn't put my wife in this year, It just slipped my mind this year. Buzz, if you ever get drawn, that is some first rate table fare. A bit tough, but the best burger you will ever get from a hunted animal IMO, and the wife's.

[schmalts]

Looks good, wish I had the skill, time or patience to do my own. I may have missed them some time earlier, but what are the measurements on the horns?

Measurements or final score? Stan measured him, I don't recall what the final score was but 80 4/8 comes to mind. The drought made him stubby and beformed prongs but had killer mass all the way through. He was about 15 3/4 on one side and 15 1/2 the other.
There is one thing you can't see that is really cool is that there is a 1/2 inch stick grown into the right horn. The hairs actually wrapped around it as it grew and it it embedded it the horn. Really neat.

[csutton7]

very nice work...chris

[noharleyyet]

Good job schmalts. Killer trophy wall.

[TheTone]

Thanks,

I would have guessed him longer, must be the mass throwing me off. He's a great pronghorn no matter what he measures, I know I certainly would have pulled the trigger and been real happy.

[ashersdad]

Turned out great. Love the trophy room.

[noharleyyet]

Just noticed the rubber hip waders...azzless I'd bet.:D

[AZ402]

That looks really good!! I can't find the score sheet, just the gross and net score I wrote down on a business card. After it was caped, I came up with 80 2/8 gross and 79 0/8 net.

[Spitz]

Looks good man. Nice job.

[cornfed]

Don't know if you have posted some trophy room pictures but I sure would like to see some of your mounts and how you have them arranged.

[1_pointer]

Congrats! I'd definitely like to be able to do that good of work!!!

[MarvB]

Nice work schmalts!

Ken...that's a rubber man doll ;)