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Thread: Experimenting with Euro/Skull Mounts

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    Experimenting with Euro/Skull Mounts

    Hey guys, I've been experimenting with cleaning up the skulls of animals that my friends and I have been getting. I've been Watching YouTube videos of how to do it and learning as I go. I thought I should post a few photos to share for those interested in this kind of thing!

    Here's my first billy (and first solo hunt success) from last year, so I had to mount it. It's mounted below my first stag, which I got this year just before the roar kicked off.

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    Ah yeah I forgot to mention, the thing that got me approval to get them on the wall by the other half was polishing the teeth clean with a mini engraver tool. My daughter said I should be a deer dentist.

    The goat teeth were cut right off for a clean mount flush to the wall. I just cut it with a bahco saw then gave it a sand.

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    doing neat job of those heads could turn into a little earning side line
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry the hunter View Post
    doing neat job of those heads could turn into a little earning side line
    Thanks mate, really love the work you have been putting up here.

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    If you want to use a timber shield as a backing - old oak bedheads and footboards are a cheap and easy source of timber and have nice grain.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fee Knicks View Post
    If you want to use a timber shield as a backing - old oak bedheads and footboards are a cheap and easy source of timber and have nice grain.
    That's a great idea! I've been using up the plywood offcuts left over from building our kitchen. Glued to show the end grain. I'll post some pictures of them when I take some.

    The headboard idea is a good one, usually nice dark wood. I guess salvage yards or op-shops have them.

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    yeah a hunt thru old op shops etc could turn up treasures to use - I have never been a fan of full mounts - the Europeans have ornate carved head boards and skull mounts and they look real good - plus many modern houses just do not have the head space to put a full mount on the wall - rimu is nice and so is kauri and gives a nice NZ native style to the mount - totara would be good to
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    Nice work, that goat is a ripper well done
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    I've also been thinking about this. If I do a good job I might even get permission to hang it. Lol
    Cutting board from supermarket. Not a lot needed to convert it to a shield.
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    That's a trophy goat what's the spread?

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    @Marty Henry yeah it is a stunner, a trophy for me for sure. But it comes in at 29.5 inches, just under!

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    Very nicely done!

    I also like it this way myself.
    Usually I do "long nose cuts" but without teeth.

    Maybe another ideo for you:

    With special ones that I like to stick out a little I really like those stands on sideboards or shelfs lately...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ben_SK View Post
    Very nicely done!

    I also like it this way myself.
    Usually I do "long nose cuts" but without teeth.

    Maybe another ideo for you:

    With special ones that I like to stick out a little I really like those stands on sideboards or shelfs lately...
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    Wow @Ben_SK that chamois on the stand is an epic way to mount it. It looks incredible. Maybe that'll be what I do when I eventually get one (I always tend to get distracted by deer on the way up through the bush!).

    I don't think the video link came through, keen to see what it was. Cheers!
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    Hello Springy,

    thanks! And yeah, I know what you mean... For me it only worked out because it was a dedicated chamois mission.

    Did you refer to the "attachment 261061" when you were talking about a video link?
    That was just the picture...
    I did not try to provide another link.

    Cheers
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    Ah I get you now @Ben_SK I read 'ideo' as video rather than idea. All good. Yes a dedicated mission sounds like the way to go!
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