Any DIY European mounts that i can do?!??

im wondering because im thinking about doing on for myself because I don't want to pay someone to do it for me. Thanks guys!

 

What do you mean? Do you want someones head to do it?

 

I killed a buck today and I want to do a European mount for it!

 

Yeah, its not that hard, As long as the ladies in the house dont mind you boiling a deer head on the stove in the house. There are a ton of write ups on the internet on how to. Basicly you skin the whole head and remove all the meat you can and put it on a low boil, You will have to take it out about every hour or two and clean meat off of it about 8 to 10 times. You will need some sort of rough brush and pair of needle pilers to get most of the nose cartilage and meat out of there. Once all the meat is off you will want to degrease the skull , I put it in dish soap water on a simmer and and change the water a few times 3 or 4. Let it dry and put hair developer on it to bleach it will probably have to repeat a few times, Watch getting it on the rack it will bleach that also. Here is a buck and hog head i did. I ended up havin to paint the hog head i could not get the color on it i wanted.

 

Would 40% peroxide work as well????

 

Yes thats what i use and i let it soak in dish detergent for 24 hrs to degrease it

 

Yeah i believe its the same or atleast the same strength, What i use is in a cream form and its 40%.

 

Here's my first euro. I didn't end up using any bleach on it.

 

I use the Powdered salon bleach with the cream developer (Mix it together). Just ask the lady at the register for the powder and cream developer to bleach hair lol im lucky my wife is a hair stylist so i get it for free

 

That looks really nice! I really like the color of the skull! what did you use for it if you don't mind me asking??

 

ALright ive looked around and I think im going to just boil it and see how it looks if it not white enough ill put peroxide on it

 

http://www.taxidermy.net/forum/index.php/topic,125076.0.html

TRY THIS!! it works awesome and is very simple. read the full article, a lot of great information. Good luck

 

I like to simmer my skulls in oxi-clean powder. Whitens the skull and gels the meat, it will literally fall off the bone.

To start, skin your head and clean away as much meat as possible.

Start a pot of water with the skull in it. Add oxi-clean to the water.

Bring the water to a rolling simmer. DO NOT BOIL!

I usually let the head simmer for about 20 minutes and then pull it out to scrape the meat off. If your in the house a sink hose sprayer works great here. Or your garden hose if outside.

Repeat last step as needed.

The brain can be tricky but I find that scrambling the brains with a screwdriver will aid in the removal.

I typed this on my phone, so I may be missing some steps. Feel free to ask any questions. Each skull will take me about 1.5 hours.

My wifes mule deer and my bear and pig


My European skull display. The skull on top is my mule deer from this year. This was my first time using oxi-clean. You can see how much whiter it is than my naturally finished skulls.


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You don't waste any time do you? Looks good.

 

How about the one thats two the left of the top one??? that the color im trying to get!

 

Those were simmered in arm and hammer super washing soda

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Before or after all the skin was off the skull??

 

After

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Alright thanks man!