Got this in an email......

[jfeiro]

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> This bull was recently taken during Yukon Territories' first elk hunting
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> Check out this bull (green score 451+)
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> This bull was killed in the Yukon on 9-25.
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> Elk were put in there in 1958 from Yellowstone Park .
> This was the first year they have been hunted.
> They drew for 15 permits. The hunter is Al Klassen.
> He's been a sheep guide in the Yukon and Northwest Territories and has
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> Preliminary gross score... 451 5/8
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[denaliguide]

that is a beast. wonder if he got it from the herd thats out to the west of whitehorse?

[Deathcricket]

Nice one! Curious about the head shot in the 2nd pic. Shouldn't you leave the skin on though, if you're going to mount it? Why would you rip all the skin off? Or did he just want the antlers and those are impossible to remove without power tools?

[denaliguide]

its called caping it out. he is probably going to do a shoulder mount. you slice the hide from a point between the antlers back along the spine to a point well past the shoulders. then you salt it down in prep for tanning. a wet (or green) cape is pretty heavy, and would be a good load by itself.

alternatively, you can take the cape from the skull and then have the skull bleached. when it's mounted without any hide on it, it's called a european mount.

if all he wanted were the antlers, a bone saw is all it takes. not tough to saw off the top of a skull. power tools would be overkill.