Finally my deer skull European mount is complete. It turned out pretty good, even if I do say so myself. The final stage consisted of letting the skull sit in a basin of peroxide and water. I actually let it sit for several days, and would periodically clean it with a soft brush and cloth. The teeth were the hardest part to get clean, but this part of the process, wasn’t bad at all. You need to remember to keep the horns above the peroxide line, unless you want everything white. I still haven’t made up my mind as to whether I’m going to mount it on a piece of wood or leave it “as is!” The bear skull in the picture is from my 19-6/16 inch Pope and Young bear skull. I used the “let the bugs do their work” bleaching process on that one. No messy skinning, meat removal, brain extraction, just bury it and let the insects do their job. It takes longer this way, but it probably is the best way to go.
I have been having a ton of problems with my site here at “Blogs Monroe” and have been down for nearly two weeks. In my last post there should of been a picture of a soldiers wife sleeping by her husbands coffin. She requested that she be able to spend one last night with him, and the Marine honor guard tenderly and graciously granted her request. The picture is touching and powerful. You can probably surf the web and find it. I don’t know what happened to mine, but I hope my post problems are now solved. Thanks for being patient.
Mike
I final products looks excellent. I”m glad all that hard work paid off.
Those turned out great! I had my dad do a European mount on my moose.
would you mind if I linked to your page here… I’m doing a post about European mounts next week…I’d like others to see how cool they can be!
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