My Muzzy Season 8pt

[Spirithawk]

Here's my muzzleloader 8pt for this last season. I do the European mounts myself.
 

[hillbill]

that turned out nice! i did one just like it for my son with a large buck he got a couple years ago.he made and stained a nice red oak shield to mount it on.
 
what method did you use? i soaked his skull in water for a couple months then wired it to a post and pressure washed the meat off.worked very well.

[Spirithawk]

Thanks. I usualy skin the head, trim off as much meat as possible, wrap the antlers to keep the sun from bleaching them, and hang the head in a tree. There is a type of large black beetle that shows up and they will clean the skull to bare bone. No idea what type of beetle they are but they do a great job fairly quickly once they show up. This one I skinned, trimmed the meat off like usual, and then boiled the skull. It works and is much faster but has it's drawbacks and I prefer the hanging in a tree much better. Inever had much luck trying to bleach the skulls white. What I do is spray them with flat white paint. Looks natural and gives them a very clean look.

[dtalbot]

Fine lookin' job on a fine lookin' deer! Congrats!

[Spirithawk]

Thanks.