I’m sure yall have done this before,

[Catscratch]

That turned out great!


I've gone a cheaper and easier (easier for me) route. Rather than whiten the skull just glue leather to it (if I feel like it). And instead of a skull mount I use a shelf 90 degree bracket. Bend the bracket to get the right angle.

 

[Turkish]

That turned out great!


I've gone a cheaper and easier (easier for me) route. Rather than whiten the skull just glue leather to it (if I feel like it). And instead of a skull mount I use a shelf 90 degree bracket. Bend the bracket to get the right angle.

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Show off!

 

[Catscratch]

Show off!

Lots and lots of bow seasons! Even a blind squirrels finds a nut once in a while.

 

[omicron1792]

That turned out great!


I've gone a cheaper and easier (easier for me) route. Rather than whiten the skull just glue leather to it (if I feel like it). And instead of a skull mount I use a shelf 90 degree bracket. Bend the bracket to get the right angle.

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So cool my man. A real bone collector!

 

[Angus 1895]

It’s amazing how quick the decomposition
Occurs if you bury it in manure/compost

 

[Turkish]

View attachment 60765But i cleaned and whitened my own skull plate from latest harvest.

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I cut skull plate with a hacksaw. Then I removed skin, hair etc I could with a knife.

I used a large pot on the grill with oxyclean and some baking soda detergent. Let is simmer about 8-9 hours. I removed rest of tissue and blasted with hose. Then I used my dremmel to shape the plate a little.

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Next I soaked in peroxide solution for about 6 hours. Dried with paper towel and let dry overnight.

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I bought this skull plate hanger off Amazon. Comes in tomorrow. Looks cool for 19 bucks.

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Really about 30 minutes of actual work. I think I will do this with any deer I harvest from now on. After my trip to Africa I just have nowhere to put mounts these days.

Sticks out from the wall a little too far for me, but otherwise I really like it. Good find. Thanks for sharing!

 

[omicron1792]

Found this while hunting two days ago. Will get the peroxide treatment today. Hate someone shot this young deer somewhere. Hell, he might have died chasing tail though

 

[omicron1792]

New skull mount and skull turned out as good as first. This time I used a paste of 40% gel peroxide, baking soda washing powder, and oxyclean. Painted on for 6 hours, then rinsed off, dried with paper towel and let dry.

Also after simmering on grill I used pressure washer to blast off all soft tissue. Easy peasy 3 minutes of work total.

 

[Catscratch]

Nice!

 

[Bill Loser]

My horned doe from this year. She had 1 side broke off. From what I've read it's very rare for a horned doe to have fully hardened horns. This one not only was ,but with the one broke off, was she fighting or rubbing? I'm not sure but I saw this deer about a month earlier and she had both sides then.
I thought a pink and black hydro dip was fitting for her.