European Deer Skull mount
European Deer Skull mount
I killed this 8 point earlier this year in bow season. I skinned the skull the day I shot it (leaving the eyes, brains, etc... in it) and put it in the freezer. I put off doing anything with it until 2 weeks ago. I read all these techniques on how the "right way" to do a euro mount, but found one guy that said just to boil it for a couple hours in plain water and then pressure wash it. So I tried it. And as you can see from the pics, it worked quite well. I boiled the skull (using a turkey fryer deal) in water for about 1.5 hours, then poured out the NASTY water (smell is horrendous, so don't do it in your garage or anywhere close to anyones nose) and put fresh water in and boiled it for another 1.5 hours. I used a fairly heavy duty gas pressure washer (about the strength of a car wash pressure washer) and used the jet spray as opposed to the broad spray. The brains and eyes came out quite easily and after a little time blasting away, it looks pretty good. You might have to boil it again for about 30 minutes after pressure washing to free up the last bit of stuff still on or in the skull and spray it a little more. I was suprised how tough the skull was. I gave it to that thing with the pressure washer and it flipped around a few times, but it held up. All I have left to do is mount the thing on a piece of wood.
Here's the pics:
Here's the pics:
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