Patent ID: 7874531

Claim:
A big game support device for supporting and posing big game animals on a surface, the big game animals having a first antler and a second antler, the big game support device comprising: a base restable on the surface and a vertical support rod extending from the base in a generally upward direction; a vertical mounting support receiving at least a portion of the vertical support rod; an extension member extending in a vertical direction from the vertical mounting support; a horizontal mounting support releasably securable to the vertical mounting support, the horizontal mounting support having a slot for receiving the extension member; securement means for releasably securing the vertical mounting support in a desired position relative to the vertical mounting support; and a clamping mechanism rotationally secured to the horizontal mounting support, the clamping mechanism having a first clamping portion for clamping the first antler and a second clamping portion for clamping the second antler, each of the clamping portions having a first clamping arm and a second clamping arm, the second clamping arm being biased toward the first clamping arm for clamping the antler.