DIY European mount.....First time - 10/29/10
Last weekend I done my first Euro mount. I decided to do it myself. I had mixed results. Let me tell the story.
So I got back from a Mule deer hunt in Wyoming. I killed a average buck. I decided to Euro mount. In Missouri we aren't allowed to bring brain material back into the state due to caution over CWD. So in Wyoming I skinned the skull, and removed the lower jaw. I took the skull to the local butcher shop where they injected boiling water into the brain cavity and blew the brains out of the skull. Don't ask me how it worked, I wasn't allowed to go back and watch. So we drove home over the next two days with my skull in the back of the truck in a garbage bag. We got home on Friday where I promptly unloaded my horns into the garage and sat on the coach that evening and next day. So by Sunday the skull was stinkin up the garage and my wife told me to do something with it.
I went out into the garage and picked up the garbage bag. I ripped a small opening in the bag and the smell about made me hurl. "yep, gotta do something with this" I got my Fish cooker out, a fresh bottle of propane and a pan I didn't care if I ruined. I placed the skull in the pan, added water and a little Cascade dishwashing powder. Let the burner and walked off.
About an hour later my wife screamed bloody murder at me. I walked in and asked: "WTF?" She said I was stinkin the whole house up. I told her it was outside. Needless to say she didn't care. So after about 3 hours of gently boiling the skull I decide to check it out. I pulled it out of the water and stuff was hanging everywhere. I took out the pressure washer and tried it out. The skull cleaned up excellently.
The only problem I had was that while pressure washing I blew the bone under the Nasal cavity lose. So I pulled it lose, and noticed the bridge of the nose was lose. So after drying a while I super glued those pieces back on. Then I noticed the "seam" on the roof of his mouth was coming apart.... More super glue. Anyway after peroxiding with my wifes Hair care suff it looks pretty good.
I'll post pics later.
So I got back from a Mule deer hunt in Wyoming. I killed a average buck. I decided to Euro mount. In Missouri we aren't allowed to bring brain material back into the state due to caution over CWD. So in Wyoming I skinned the skull, and removed the lower jaw. I took the skull to the local butcher shop where they injected boiling water into the brain cavity and blew the brains out of the skull. Don't ask me how it worked, I wasn't allowed to go back and watch. So we drove home over the next two days with my skull in the back of the truck in a garbage bag. We got home on Friday where I promptly unloaded my horns into the garage and sat on the coach that evening and next day. So by Sunday the skull was stinkin up the garage and my wife told me to do something with it.
I went out into the garage and picked up the garbage bag. I ripped a small opening in the bag and the smell about made me hurl. "yep, gotta do something with this" I got my Fish cooker out, a fresh bottle of propane and a pan I didn't care if I ruined. I placed the skull in the pan, added water and a little Cascade dishwashing powder. Let the burner and walked off.
About an hour later my wife screamed bloody murder at me. I walked in and asked: "WTF?" She said I was stinkin the whole house up. I told her it was outside. Needless to say she didn't care. So after about 3 hours of gently boiling the skull I decide to check it out. I pulled it out of the water and stuff was hanging everywhere. I took out the pressure washer and tried it out. The skull cleaned up excellently.
The only problem I had was that while pressure washing I blew the bone under the Nasal cavity lose. So I pulled it lose, and noticed the bridge of the nose was lose. So after drying a while I super glued those pieces back on. Then I noticed the "seam" on the roof of his mouth was coming apart.... More super glue. Anyway after peroxiding with my wifes Hair care suff it looks pretty good.
I'll post pics later.