[tnbowhunter]

Originally Posted by TallTexan

I killed a 36 point non typicial in 1980. I had him mounted but now the head is showing his age. My son says I need to have him redone. He says the new head frames are better and show more body muscle. What do you think. I don't want them to mess it up.

You should get him "remounted". Your son is right, taxidermy has come a long way in the past several years. Not only in the forms but in the eyes, chemicals, etc. I have remounted a few deer myself. It's not much harder to remount an old trophy as it is to mount a new one. It just takes a little more time taking the antlers off of the old mount, etc. In fact you can supply your own cape from a freshly killed deer that you don't intend to have mounted.[as long as it is close to the same size that is]. Or just about any Taxidermist will be able to supply you with a fresh cape. If done correctly the remount will look like the antlers belonged on that particular deer.

I would love to see some pics of your buck, sounds like one heck of a deer. Congrats to ya!!!!