Eland Mount Ideas

csmcclain · Sep 24, 2026

Shot a nice eland, and I need ideas on a shoulder mount that isn’t too terrible tall. Otherwise, I guess we’re doing a skull mount. Would love any ideas.

Andrew62 · Sep 24, 2026

I can’t help you with mounting ideas, but I do know a big mop of hair when I see it, very nice eland!!

BryceM · Sep 24, 2026

There's no getting around how big they are. In the veld they're huge. In your living room, they just take up a ton of space. A short-neck no-shoulder mount might help, but that sort of thing is out of style for a good reason. They don't look very good and they don't represent the animal well. The big dewlap is part of the trophy. Faced with that prospect, I'd just do a nice euro mount.

Sabre · Sep 24, 2026

I think the closest you would find for a full shoulder mount is a mount where the head is a bit tucked. Which will put the horns in the same space (vertically) that the shoulders would take up anyway. It also makes it stick out just a little less into the room. Vs. A shoulder mount where the head is up and neck stuck out.

I have seen these mounts at outfitters. But I don't believe I have a photo of one.

All that said, they are quite large mounts regardless.

buck wild · Sep 25, 2026

I absolutely HATE straight shoulder mounts (and that's coming from a taxidermist with 90+ mounts in his house) except for an eland. They do make nice straights, and a straight semi-sneak won't take up much vertical space, although they do project out into a room.

Personally, I went with a euro due to space (see 90+ mounts above)

csmcclain · Sep 25, 2026

buck wild said:
I absolutely HATE straight shoulder mounts (and that's coming from a taxidermist with 90+ mounts in his house) except for an eland. They do make nice straights, and a straight semi-sneak won't take up much vertical space, although they do project out into a room.

Personally, I went with a euro due to space (see 90+ mounts above)

Something like this?

dchum · Sep 25, 2026

buck wild said:
I absolutely HATE straight shoulder mounts (and that's coming from a taxidermist with 90+ mounts in his house) except for an eland. They do make nice straights, and a straight semi-sneak won't take up much vertical space, although they do project out into a room.

Personally, I went with a euro due to space (see 90+ mounts above)

What! I have always preferred straights.

Maybe some sneak slight looks good, especially on whitetails/ deer species.

But I don’t like pedestals where the body is cut off on sharp angles. Looks weird and un natural to me. Like this gem’s.

buck wild · Sep 25, 2026

With an eland, horn clearance is never an issue. If space allows I like an upright to semi upright position. You can see the full neck swell better in these positions.

buck wild · Sep 25, 2026

dchum said:
What! I have always preferred straights.

There’s a joke in there somewhere.

I’d wager if you polled taxidermist, 95% would tell you they hate straight poses.

3chunter · Sep 25, 2026

I agree. I hate straight mounts. Except eland looks good for a straight shoulder mount.

Hunt anything · Sep 25, 2026

I don’t like straight mounts either, if I was going to mount an eland he would be mounted with a slight turn.
With that being said I don’t have room for another large mount on the wall so if I did mount one it would be a pedestal mount.

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