European Trophy mount?
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Topic: European Trophy mount?
Posted By: Timberghozt
Subject: European Trophy mount?
Date Posted: 10 October 2004 at 23:53
I was watching a show on OLN yesterday about elk hunting in Colorado.The guy on there with his guide`s help shot a good 5x5 bull.The guide and the hunter were talking and he said something about his bull would make a good European style mount.I am not much on taxidermy,actually I know nothing about it.I was wondering what a European mount is?P.S. don`t flame me too bad. Not too many elk to mount down here in Texas.. ------------- 
"Don`t touch my .50 numbnuts" Me..... |
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 11 October 2004 at 00:31
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A European mount is a skull mount. the whole skull is mounted on the plaque. Most antlers in the US are mounted by sawing off the skull, leaving only a small skull plate. the top of the skull is usually covered with felt and mounted to the plaque. The cleaned skull is totally visible in a European mount. i have some of my mounts European. if you do a European mount, ofter people use flesh eating beatles to clean the skull. they come out nice and clean. If it is warm weather local bugs like wasps will do the job quick. BEAR |
Posted By: klallen
Date Posted: 11 October 2004 at 01:56
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Morning TIMBER >> The cut for such a mount is along these lines. It's the way I'm gonna do last years Whitetail. The flat surface on the back varies depending on the preference of the fella doing the mount (how much head he wants). As BEAR said, bugs of many kinds can do the tissue cleaning for ya. I've done no more to mine then what you see below. They dried completely that way. I'm gonna set aside some time when I can get them boiled clean. Mount on a wood pedestal platform for the wall or a desk viewing and you're set. The bleached out bone turns white. I much prefer the typical, felt covered skull mounts, but this european style does give an interesting look. Later. >> klallen
------------- A Big Mouth Don't Make A Big Man !!! The Duke |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 11 October 2004 at 07:04
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 11 October 2004 at 07:06
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Missed the text on the prior post. It is a European mount of an Impala. I've got a few of these and I think that when you have a few mounts in a room, the skull format helps in the overall presentation. BEAR |
Posted By: Timberghozt
Date Posted: 11 October 2004 at 13:55
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Thanks fellas.I was wondering about this.Nice pics fellas, both of em. Tash, sorry I posted this in the wrong forum.Early in the morning without my coffee is my excuse... Gene -------------
"Don`t touch my .50 numbnuts" Me..... |
Posted By: SteelyEyes
Date Posted: 11 October 2004 at 14:54
| I've done my own elk that way a couple of times. I like the way it looks and it's cheaper than having a shoulder mount done. I'm holding off for a whopper before I do that. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 12 October 2004 at 05:09
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Whoppers are nice. But most of my whoppers seem to come from Burger King!
BEAR |
Posted By: Timberghozt
Date Posted: 15 October 2004 at 11:11
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I think I may have my next buck done like that.It would look nice on a peice of mesquite with a brass plate under it with the date engraved on it. Unless it is a real good buck , then I`ll opt for a nice shoulder mount.. -------------
"Don`t touch my .50 numbnuts" Me..... |
Posted By: Timberghozt
Date Posted: 15 October 2004 at 11:16
I forgot to mention regarding bugs doing it for ya.I`ve taken big hog heads and dropped em on a fire ant mound.They`ll flat clean the meat off of anything they touch.The bad part is you have to get the skull away from the little bastards.If yall don`t have fire ants up there.Trust me, the little bastards hurt like the dickens and have to be some creation from hell.. -------------
"Don`t touch my .50 numbnuts" Me..... |
Posted By: TasunkaWitko
Date Posted: 07 December 2006 at 17:09
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due to my son's awesome buck this year, we've got a new interest in this topic in the tasunkawitko household. klallen, how did that turn out with your boiling it? being the time of year it is, we're not going to have any insects handy to do the work, but boiling might be an option. we also might simply skin and freeze until spring and then let the ants or wasp have their way with it. ------------- TasunkaWitko - Chinook, Montana  Helfen, Wehren, Heilen Die Wahrheit wird euch frei machen |
Posted By: mtmiller
Date Posted: 08 December 2006 at 03:49
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Ron, if you are interested, there is a bug guy here in Havre. Let me know if you need contact info. ------------- Havre, MT |
Posted By: dakotasin
Date Posted: 08 December 2006 at 04:09
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what a timely topic - especially for tas! if you want to use bugs and you live in the sticks, bury the thing lest the coyotes make off w/ it... experience is a good teacher! ------------- Hunting is not a matter of life or death; it is much more important than that. |
Posted By: TasunkaWitko
Date Posted: 08 December 2006 at 04:54
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mtmiller - you might be hearing from me pretty soon!
dakotasin - yep, you are correct. last year my oldest son, who has an interest in taxidermy, lost his first buck's skull the same way when he left it with the ants around here. ------------- TasunkaWitko - Chinook, Montana Helfen, Wehren, Heilen Die Wahrheit wird euch frei machen |
Posted By: dawgfan
Date Posted: 08 December 2006 at 07:31
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Y'all be carefull boiling a skull. They tell me that the fat gets in the bone and causes problems. I had a friend do one for me and he bleached out the antler bases. Note - cover with foil if you insist on boiling. I never could get them back to an accurate color using stains. There's a company a friend has used and been very pleased, link below. http://www.skulltaxidermy.com/ - http://www.skulltaxidermy.com/ ------------- Growing older, but not up |
Posted By: varmintcaller
Date Posted: 13 December 2006 at 15:00
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I had my moose made into an european mount, Took it to a taxidermist and he boiled the skull and bleached it, no fat problems and it looks great, he did the whole thing for a hundred bucks. That included the skinning and fleshing operations. ------------- Molon Labe "Come take Them" |