Well, i wanted to try my hand at a skull mount with the buck i shot this year...this was my first ever attempt at a euro, but i am really happy with the results. I have to say that euro mounts are no joke, and are NOT AS EASY AS THEY LOOK. There are a LOT of little tiny nooks and crannys that you have to make sure are SPOTLESS, fragile bones, and the repeatative bleaching process...but overall they look really cool. But when i finished my skull, i was looking to make a plaque for the wall...but i thought that's kinda boring, and with all the work that went into making this mount...why don't i do something.........different? So i got started
Here he is...dressed out at 209lbs with a 23" neck...but he was only 1 1/2 years old!
First, i walked in to my woods and found a log
attached a make-shift hanger
i went to the craft store (always uncomfortable) and got the usual stares from the mouth breathing hamburger eating hags that spend their saturday afternoons in the corner of the store knitting tiny sweaters for their dogs...but i got in and out...bought some moss, wheat, and more aluminum wiring
since my local tractor supply company only sells barbed wire in lengths of 400 meters, i improvised and made my own with the aluminum floral wire, a cordless drill, and needle nose pliers
Lastly I hung it up, and started gluing moss and wheat to the mount...now I have a one of a kind skull mount