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Buy a new gun or mount a buck head?

Unread postby Stanley » Sat Mar 03, 2012 12:31 pm

Would you rather buy a new pistol/gun/bow or get a good buck mounted? Was just thinking about this. I would personally have a buck mounted.


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Re: Buy a new gun or mount a buck head?

Unread postby muddy » Sat Mar 03, 2012 12:38 pm

New gun unless the deer is 170+

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Re: Buy a new gun or mount a buck head?

Unread postby whitetail007 » Sat Mar 03, 2012 12:39 pm

a new weapon for sure.
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Re: Buy a new gun or mount a buck head?

Unread postby GRFox » Sat Mar 03, 2012 12:40 pm

I only have 2 mounts. If it was a good buck, no way im not getting it mounted.

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Re: Buy a new gun or mount a buck head?

Unread postby bonemonger » Sat Mar 03, 2012 12:44 pm

new bow, got all the deer the wife will allow mounted.
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Re: Buy a new gun or mount a buck head?

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Re: Buy a new gun or mount a buck head?

Unread postby Edcyclopedia » Sat Mar 03, 2012 1:27 pm

Buck mount - no doubt.

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Re: Buy a new gun or mount a buck head?

Unread postby Dewey » Sat Mar 03, 2012 1:41 pm

Already have way too many guns that I never shoot anymore so I would have to say I would rather have the buck mount.

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Re: Buy a new gun or mount a buck head?

Unread postby Hunter74 » Sat Mar 03, 2012 2:07 pm

I would go with a bow or gun.. I'm just one of them that needs to get a new bow every couple of years lol... There's a couple more guns I'd like to add to my collection too, plus I think I like the European skull mounts the best and they don't cost much

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Re: Buy a new gun or mount a buck head?

Unread postby patman » Sat Mar 03, 2012 2:11 pm

If you have the wall space buck mount.
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Re: Buy a new gun or mount a buck head?

Unread postby ttsbuck » Sat Mar 03, 2012 2:36 pm

I love sitting in my rec room looking at my mounts and reliving the hunts, so definitely the mount.
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Re: Buy a new gun or mount a buck head?

Unread postby BassBoysLLP » Sat Mar 03, 2012 3:16 pm

Mount a buck head. Althought my minimum for mounting is somewhere between 150-160" (unless unusual). Anything less gets a European mount or gets the reciprocating saw.

Don't get me wrong. I LOVE GUNS! However, I spend so much time chasing these big brutes on an individual level that I have a hard time not honoring them in the long term.
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Re: Buy a new gun or mount a buck head?

Unread postby Brad » Sat Mar 03, 2012 4:19 pm

Head mount, I have all the guns I really need, most of my hunting gets done with the same 4 or 5 guns and my bow, I like sitting in my stand remembering all the deer I have killed with that weapon versus getting a new one and trying to get its first kill. I may not buy another gun for years mostly because I don't really want any more that I can think of offhand.
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Re: Buy a new gun or mount a buck head?

Unread postby BigHills BuckHunter » Sat Mar 03, 2012 4:30 pm

I would get a mount done for sure.
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Re: Buy a new gun or mount a buck head?

Unread postby ozzz » Sat Mar 03, 2012 6:02 pm

Mount a buck without a buck, guns.
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