Expert Antelope Taxidermy in Wisconsin
A pronghorn antelope is one of the most striking trophies in North America – jet-black cutters, a cinnamon-and-white cape, and hair so hollow and fragile that it demands a taxidermist who knows exactly how to handle it. For over 50 years, Stehling’s Taxidermy has mounted pronghorn for hunters coming home from Wyoming, Montana, the Dakotas, Nevada, and New Mexico. Whether it is your first speed goat or the buck that finally broke 80 inches, we build lifelike antelope shoulder mounts, pedestal mounts, and life-size displays that hold up for generations.
Antelope Mount Options
Pronghorn are beautiful as upright or turned-head shoulder mounts, and they are one of the best species for a pedestal mount – the white throat patches, cheek patch, and mane read from every angle when the mount is out in the room. We also build half-body and full-body life-size antelope, often on a sagebrush or prairie habitat base that puts the animal back in the country you hunted. Combination pedestals that pair an antelope with a mule deer from the same western trip are a favorite for hunters who want one display instead of two. We will help you choose the pose, the base, and the horn presentation so the finished mount fits your room and tells your story.
Antelope Mount Gallery
Real pronghorn mounts built in our two Wisconsin studios. Click any photo to see it full size.
Ready to get your pronghorn mounted?
Tell us about your trophy and we will help you choose the pose, the base and the horn presentation. Drop off at either Wisconsin studio, or ship us your frozen cape and horns.
Mule Deer & Antelope Combination Pedestal Mount – Stehling’s Taxidermy
Field Care: Protecting Your Antelope Before It Reaches Us
Antelope are the least forgiving cape in North American big game, and most pronghorn seasons open in warm, dusty, early-fall weather. The hair is hollow and brittle, the hide is thin, and hair slip can start within hours if the cape stays warm. Good field care is the single biggest factor in how your mount turns out.
- Do not drag the animal. Dragging breaks and rubs the hollow hair, and the damage cannot be repaired later.
- Cape quickly. Get the hide off within an hour or two of the shot, before body heat sets hair slip in motion.
- Cape long. Cut well behind the front shoulders and leave extra hide at the brisket. We can always trim; we can never add.
- Never cut the throat and avoid cutting up the front of the neck if you want a clean, seamless mount.
- Keep the horn sheaths. The black outer sheaths can slip off the bony cores when the head warms up. That is normal – just keep both, mark left and right, and bring them with you.
- Wipe blood off the hair before it dries, and keep the cape out of dirt, sun, and the hot bed of a truck.
- Cool it, then freeze it. Get the cape into shade and airflow immediately, then double-bag it and freeze it solid as soon as you can. If a freezer is days away, salt the cape thoroughly.
- Ship or travel frozen. A frozen, well-bagged cape and horns travel home safely. When in doubt, call us before you cut – we are glad to walk you through it.
Where to Bring Your Antelope Mount
Every antelope mount is completed in-house at one of our two Wisconsin studios. Drop off or ship to our Jefferson studio in south-central Wisconsin or our New Franken (Green Bay area) studio in the northeast. We serve hunters throughout the state and beyond – see all the areas we serve, or review our shipping instructions before you send a cape.
Antelope taxidermy is part of our big game taxidermy work. Explore related mounts: Elk Taxidermy · Caribou Taxidermy · Whitetail Deer Taxidermy · European Mounts.