Anybody got any ideas for mounting these as they are?

 
 

You could mount one to a piece of driftwood and let the other hang as they are locked or use a piece of cut Cedar trunk as a pedestal mount with some rock and moss on the base in a corner would look real neat.

Cool idea Ron. Anybody else? Surely we have some taxidermists among us.

Hey Golden Hawk!

I just saw your pics and - dang! - thats what I would try to do:
   

A heavy board as stable platform and to support the weight. Deer colored wooden board - maybe stained plywood - to resamble the necks of both deer. And any sort of small post to lift them up in position, but without hinder the sight.
You can do the neck thick enough to drill a long hole and just slide them over the posts.
Hope you'll like it?! Its a two minute sketch - so I am sorry for some missing parts      

Falk

I'm not sure that I would mount them.  They're too fascinating to be locked in a position on the wall where they can't be handled.  It's  interesting to look at the burnished and abraded areas where the antlers meshed.  I think of them as a natural sort of 3-D sculpture (with a great story) that begs to be viewed from many angles.  The closest I ever came to mounting locks was hanging one set by a heavy cord from a ceiling rafter.  Start it turning slowly and look at it for an hour at a time.  And my wife says I don't know how to have a good time!  HAH!!!

How about mounting them in a corner ?

I kind of agree with Woody. Clean them up and put them on a turn-about pedastal mount so you can spin them around and see the whole lock-up.

See Leroy almost just what I told ya. Mount them on a fancy wood stand with a nice twisted iron rod and set it on a table. Or the table idea.<><

Sounds like I have my idea now to make it happen. Thanks all !! When It's done I'll post pics again.

LeRoy

Look forward to seeing it. Would make an interesting follow along thread, hint hint

Sticshooter voiced my thought, pretty much.
Pretty stand/base with a rod holding the skull of the one on the left, was my first thought.

I recently saw a magazine in Barnes and noble called BATTLING BUCKS It was quite Amazing....Anyway it was dedicated to bucks fighting and Locked and how people mounted them you might get some good Ideas there.  There was even one with 3 P&Y Bucks Locked..  Quite amazing...

clean the skulls up a bit.

Buy a coffee table (or something similar) from someone like vandykes.  

http://www.vandykestaxidermy.com/product/01003987

Have a small forest scene, leaves couple branches, and maybe a red, gray or fox squirell, or maybe a red fox, going through it off to one side, or maybe nothing at all other then the skulls.   With maybe the one of the skulls or both slightly buried as if there were there a little bit?

Some other coffee table idears,

http://www.vandykestaxidermy.com/product/01519604

http://www.vandykestaxidermy.com/product/01519642

How about mounting them in a the "V" of a section of a tree/deadwood?  One on each branch.   Mount the tree on a lazy susan on a floor stand with forest floor clutter.  This way you could turn it around for different angles of viewing.

FYI Guys thanks for all the ideas. The skulls are at the taxidermist now and will be done fairly soon. They are being pedistal mounted so they can be turned and looked at from all angles. i'll post pics when they return.

LeRoy

Big Ron beat me to it. A pedestal mount from driftwood. It would take awhile to find the right piece(s).

Stay tuned for the pics. I just got them back last night.

Well here they are? What do you think?

WOW! That is sweet!

Very cool!