Double bobcat taxi question

[Blane]

I recently had the chance to take two bobcats with my bow. This is really my first season to hunt and Ive taken these two and a doe so far and I am hooked. There is a long story behind the bobcat kills but the two walked in together, shot lead (mama) first, little one just sat down and shot it too. Little one fit in the bottom of a feedsack so prob about 16" long and a foot tall. Lengthy search and eventually retrieved both of them. i am going to get them mounted together and was looking for help. So far thinking about having mama carrying a dove, no quail in Lee County, and the little one in front of it trying to pull wing from its mouth. Next idea was same thing but instead of dove, use a copperhead or other snake. Last idea i had was having little one looking at a snake, prob rattlesnake, with its nails and teeth showing. Then have mama jumping in from the backside of snake like she is coming to protect it. Any other ideas would be appreciated. I would rather not have them mounted with mama and little one fighting each other.

[Texantax]

Have the mom going up a tree after squirrel and baby watching intently. Your choices are gonna be limited on the smaller one just due to a lack of mannequin choices in that size. Good luck to you and let us know how it turns out.

[Milner7]

What about the mother stretched out with something in paw and the baby strectched out from the other side reaching up also but just short of the bird. One cat on each side of the bird. I would go with quail anyway just because they look better than dove.



Another thought is to have them walking together and enclose them in a glass table.

[Knox]

Do em both comin down a branch?
This one I got done last year

[Dusty Britches]

My friend in College Station specializes in predator mounts - and bobcats at that. He used to be a professional trapper and knows bobcats. His name is Dana Lampmon, 979-776-6053. Leave a message and tell him Tracey sent you.

He can give you some great ideas and a great price. Here's my coyote that he did:
He's mounted to look like he is sniffing the air. In one of the pictures you can see his nose slightly turned up.

[awatsonjr]

Nice mounts

[Captrix]

Doves lose a lot of feathers, I don't think taxidermists like to do them. A quail would look better.

[Milner7]

Doves lose a lot of feathers, I don't think taxidermists like to do them. A quail would look better.

Blane dont worry about there not being any quail where you live. I dont think anywhere in Texas really has quail anymore. Just dont tell my dog or she may refuse to hunt unless we are in Kansas. lol

[TXZiggy]

A friend of mine has a cool mount of two bobcats with a small covey of quail busting around them. I think there were 5 or 6 quail and the bobcats leaping. Can't find the pic of it but it looks awesome!

[tgil]

Sounds like you've got a lot of creative ideas. I got nothin' to add. Run your ideas by the taxi and he, if he's good, will create what you want. That is, if the form can be had or modified to work.

[Cajun Blake]

2 bobcats and a small animal on a base .... be prepared to drop some serious coin ; I'm guessing $1200 ~ $1500+ for quality respectable work . If $$ is no problem, go for it


ideas

[Blane]

The taxi told me about the doves being a pain to do because their natural defense is to sluff feathers off. I like the mount of the two of them going up to get the small animal and the two on the wall together. Thanks for the ideas.

[bu2herndog]

That coyote mount looks great.

Good ideas Cajun Blake.

[BO-N-ARO]

First, congrats on killing two bobcats..... and in your first year of bowhunting! Many many bowhunters I know have been hunting for many many years and are looking for their first cat.
I really like your idea about moma having a bird and the little guy pulling at it. Most likely the small cat will have to be a custom form so you might save some cash by working with a catalog pose for moma.
Looking forward to the finished piece.

[TexMax]

Research. I won't say anything about pose as there's been some good ideas listed here (including yours). Don't go with 'your' taxidermist because that's who you always use for deer. Lots of guys have done just that and they turn out terrible.