mount advice

handwerk · March 6, 2005, 04:24 PM

Last year I got my pronghorn back from my wyoming hunt; it's the first big-game head I've had mounted, he did a great job. Just wondering what a person needs to do to keep it looking great in the years to come. Thanks for you help!

**Rich Lucibella** · March 6, 2005, 08:51 PM

I know that dry climates are better than moist ones; and occasional light vacuuming doesn't hurt. Most important, mount it where people won't have the temptation to run their hands thru the fur....olis and acids from the hands will shorten the life of the mount.

Other's will undoubtedly have more sophisticated info than that. Congrats on the trophy.
Rich

NRA4life · March 7, 2005, 10:25 PM

I have a couple pronghorn mounts and I've found that the best thing is just to keep them dusted real good. I use a funny looking thing that my wife has to dust her porcelain statues. It's some kind of very soft feathers all bound together. The hair on pronghorn is very course and seems more susceptible to come out than other mounts I've found so try not to handle it too much. I mainly leave them be and just run the feather duster thing all over them once a year or so.

March 6, 2005, 04:24 PM	#1
handwerk Senior Member Join Date: January 30, 2005 Posts: 107	mount advice Last year I got my pronghorn back from my wyoming hunt; it's the first big-game head I've had mounted, he did a great job. Just wondering what a person needs to do to keep it looking great in the years to come. Thanks for you help!

March 6, 2005, 08:51 PM	#2
Rich Lucibella Staff Join Date: October 6, 1998 Location: South Florida Posts: 10,229	I know that dry climates are better than moist ones; and occasional light vacuuming doesn't hurt. Most important, mount it where people won't have the temptation to run their hands thru the fur....olis and acids from the hands will shorten the life of the mount. Other's will undoubtedly have more sophisticated info than that. Congrats on the trophy. Rich __________________ S.W.A.T. Magazine Weapons, Training and Tactics for the Real World Join us at TFL or at AR15.com or on Facebook

March 7, 2005, 10:25 PM	#3
NRA4life Senior Member Join Date: July 26, 2001 Location: WA Posts: 183	I have a couple pronghorn mounts and I've found that the best thing is just to keep them dusted real good. I use a funny looking thing that my wife has to dust her porcelain statues. It's some kind of very soft feathers all bound together. The hair on pronghorn is very course and seems more susceptible to come out than other mounts I've found so try not to handle it too much. I mainly leave them be and just run the feather duster thing all over them once a year or so.