Curious about Euro Mount

[Luminous Ham]

Here in Denmark we have all kinds, the photos are mainly from our version of ebay.

 

[grand veneur]

This picture was posted by Life Forms Taxidermy a sponsor here. My question is if there is a name understood by taxidermist for mounts.It’s not a typical full euro with most of the skull. It’s cut further into the skull leaving less bone which I kind of like.View attachment 458702

In this case the skull is too small and therefore visually a disharmony.

The taxidermist should have taken into account the size of the horns of the trophy. There are for an European mount three sizes of skull depending on the size of the horns or the antlers of the trophies; small skull size like this on the picture and big skull size with or without the teeth, like #8.

 

[grand veneur]

Typical German mount.
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I also mounted some with round shields. The shields are an old stock from the twenties.

 

[grand veneur]

With the buffalo, the question is much less about which skull size you should choose. In most cases, the large skull is chosen with or without teeth, depending on the size and shape of the horns.

In this case, however, we have chosen the small skull because the horn of this old buffalo from West Africa was not very big.

 

[Antanas]

It is important only in CIC system of deer trophy evaluation

 

[cmk]

A lot of national, regional and even personal variation. My roe deer are cut through the bottom of the eye socket, but larger deer are more often cut a bit lower, like the OP sable.

 

[Kalthoff]

The "regional differences" are partly due to the rules for measuring trophies for points. The rules have varied from country to country and have evolved over time.

If you are not interested in collecting medals for your trophies, then esthetics and local traditions will be the deciding factor.

https://www.cic-wildlife.org/trophy-evaluation/the-handbook/

https://www.cicukteb.com/uk-species/index

https://www.raavildt.dk/745-nye-cic-opmalingsregler