Elk Mount

[Huntsman66]

Evening All,

I have an ELK Mount that has been hanging in our local Sportsman's Warehouse for the past few years, and I don't have wall space for it anymore as I have better animals up now. Anyway, question is whether there is an outlet to sell a mount? There isn't a local market and I don't have a clue where to start with a listing.
Have any of you ever sold anything like this?

Thanks for any ideas….

 

[Tidus56]

Post it on here for sale and see what happens. You never know

 

[Huntsman66]

Well I guess I could, I guess I was thinking that everyone on here had their own…..

 

[badthirtyone]

I've heard tell that there actually are places that buy them. Prices I have heard discussed seemed to be in the range of basically breaking even on what it probably cost to get the taxidermy work done to begin with, but some true monster/specimen type mounts go for good money.

As much as I have heard this discussed in local circles, I've honestly never needed or thought about looking into it further so I can't give any specifics or company leads.

Good luck with whatever you decide to do, bro!

 

[JMW67]

Donate to a benefit auction and write it off

 

[Huntsman66]

I've heard tell that there actually are places that buy them. Prices I have heard discussed seemed to be in the range of basically breaking even on what it probably cost to get the taxidermy work done to begin with, but some true monster/specimen type mounts go for good money.

As much as I have heard this discussed in local circles, I've honestly never needed or thought about looking into it further so I can't give any specifics or company leads.

Good luck with whatever you decide to do, bro!

Yeah this isn't a monster, its a 6x6 bull and I think he taped out at about 285", I just don't have room for him on the wall (or so my wife tells me ) and he's been hanging at Sportsman's for a while, and I was thinking it would be better to just move it out than keep track of him over there. Plus it would go a ways on that new build im gonna be doing…lol

 

[WYOHTF]

Well I guess I could, I guess I was thinking that everyone on here had their own…..

Heck
Offer to sell it with a cover story and charge a lil extra for your silence. Surprised Gunbroker doesn't have a spot for these.

I too like the idea of donating it

 

[badthirtyone]

Heck
Offer to sell it with a cover story and charge a lil extra for your silence. Surprised Gunbroker doesn't have a spot for these.

I too like the idea of donating it

When I was referencing the sales of these mounts, I've heard more than once where the "manbun" or city crowd will hang them on their walls with the expectation that anyone seeing them simply assumes that the displayer had taken the animal. I'm sure that they are not too quick to correct folks, either...

 

[Huntsman66]

Heck
Offer to sell it with a cover story and charge a lil extra for your silence. Surprised Gunbroker doesn't have a spot for these.

I too like the idea of donating it

Oh you know that's a good thought…. Type up the story of the hunt and sell the rights!….

 

[Scott E Ames]

I sold a 6x6 330 class elk shoulder mount for $2,500. I was approached by a decorator who said she needed a big trophy for someone's office. I am pretty sure she didn't even know it was an elk. The guy below was at the taxidermist's and almost done so it was a no brainer.

 

[Huntsman66]

Very nice!.. yeah this bull isn't that big. He was the first nice bull I killed years ago so I did the mount, since then I have killed much bigger stuff and replaced him and I don't have room for all of them. I didnt think guys on here would be interested in it, but thought maybe they could point me in a direction like you found yourself in.

 

[Scott E Ames]

Do a Google search for
Who buys mounted trophy animals?
Lots of companies listed. Saw a mule deer shoulder mount for sale for $5000+. Maybe they can help.

 

[Tidus56]

I sold a 6x6 330 class elk shoulder mount for $2,500. I was approached by a decorator who said she needed a big trophy for someone's office. I am pretty sure she didn't even know it was an elk. The guy below was at the taxidermist's and almost done so it was a no brainer.


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Nice waterbuck and elk. Can't get a good look at that gemsbok.

 

[huntercole]

Put it in Craig's list or Facebook marketplace. There's an auction place in eastern Iowa that sells taxidermy every year