european mount

Looks great! Still waiting on mine.

I really dig euro mounts, especially on elk. They are too dang big to shoulder mount!

That's very nice. I'll post my Wyoming antelope when I get it back...

Yeah it's no joke. I didn't get vaulted ceilings so I couldn't mount one either. It'd have to go in the bedroom.

We're probably gonna add on a family room and I'll make sure I can fit an elk in there just in case I ever have too

I did a European for my deer. Haven't started the picture thing...

Mark

The one I killed week before last is getting euro mounted too. This will be my first one to do this way. I'll post it when he's done.

My taxidermist uses a process similar to what the OP described. He uses some kind of heated water/degreaser that he says keeps the skull from yellowing

A few pictures from my trophy room.

Very nice

I skin them and then hang them in a fence row for a year. Bring them in and scrub them after that. Its a nasty process but maybe not as bad as boiling them from what I've seen.

I scrubbed one in clorox and it got really nice and white but I've been told that you can damage a skull that way. I don't see how it hurt it any but maybe the bones will break down over time. I just hang them in my barn so getting them super clean/sanitary isn't quite as big of an issue.

Skin the head when fresh and remove as much meat as possible. Boil up head, don't over boil. Get out your power washer and carefully power wash the heads clean. Go carefull when power washing the brains out otherwise you get covered, I know from experience. Bleach with peroxide. What they use at the ladies hair salong is ok. Don't use household bleach as the skull will turn yellowish.

I prefer the type of skull mount in Shoghund's trophy room, where the teeth are off and the skull lies flat on the board. The best European mounts are done this way (in my opinion).

I have done a few, one of the easiest things there is, power wash is the way to go, Forget the bleach! some of mine

in the shed,

I much prefer European mounts, the furry ones are much more expensive and always end up dusty and ratty looking.

Got mine back today

I did this one from a ten point I shot on opening day of buck gun season.. ..The worst part was skinning the head.I didn't bleach it, and there is still some cartlige in the snout,but it dosn't smell, so I'm not gonna fool with it anymore,at least for the time being.

That's a very nice buck Jack