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My 1st DIY Euro mount --- PIC Heavy!!!
« on: May 29, 2009, 07:46:04 PM »
I finally finished my first DIY Euro mount.  It is a whitetail skull and rack that my nieces husband found while falling timber in Idaho.  He usually finds 5-10 matched sheds every year, and sells them to make money for  his hunting items.

I have a slab of 5/4 Black Walnut that is 24 in. wide, and now 6 ft. long that I used part of for the plaques, a lot of sanding, and some good dark walnut stain did the trick.  I took the skull, and scrubbed it in hot water and Dawn, let it dry, put the whitening stuff on it, and it came out whiter than I thought it would.  I also darkened the bleached part of the horns up a bit with some stain.  I still need to finish buffing out where I touched the skull to the wood, but it is basically done.
Here is the photos I took along the process.

The rough sawn black walnut I used.


After sanding it down with a belt sander, and 180 grit on a vibrating sander


Pre fitting pieces




What the skull originally looked like.


After scrubbing.



With the whitening/peroxide compound on the skull



Skull after bleaching


After 1 coat of stain.




Antlers after darkening them a bit.



The finished product.





I would like to say thanks to Michelle, and Bucklucky for the good advice, it helped a lot!!!

« Last Edit: June 02, 2009, 04:25:53 PM by Huntbear »
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Re: DIY Euro mount --- PIC Heavy!!!
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2009, 08:07:59 PM »
Wow, really nice work.  I can see you really took the time to do it right.
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Re: DIY Euro mount --- PIC Heavy!!!
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2009, 09:31:37 PM »
Thanks, I have about 18 hours in the project.  A lot of them spent sanding, lol.
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Re: My 1st DIY Euro mount --- PIC Heavy!!!
« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2009, 12:43:04 AM »
looks good
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Re: My 1st DIY Euro mount --- PIC Heavy!!!
« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2009, 08:28:41 AM »
Turned out great!!! I like euros's.

He is an idea for your next one. Dad has played around with a few ideas. This one is my favorite. I wanted one that was a pedistle rather than hang on the wall. I think he did a pretty good job. Anyway its an idea for your next one if you want to keep messing with em.

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Re: My 1st DIY Euro mount --- PIC Heavy!!!
« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2009, 04:14:33 PM »
I like that pedestal type mount, I may have to do my next one that way.   

I did the wall mount for the first since wall space was available for it.

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« Reply #6 on: June 03, 2009, 04:42:51 PM »
what whitening paste did you use?  Looks great - nice work man!
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Re: My 1st DIY Euro mount --- PIC Heavy!!!
« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2009, 04:44:57 PM »
The whitening paste was left over from my brother's Cabelas euro kit... whatever that stuff is, but it worked really well imho.
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Re: My 1st DIY Euro mount --- PIC Heavy!!!
« Reply #8 on: June 08, 2009, 07:28:32 AM »
nice job! 

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Re: My 1st DIY Euro mount --- PIC Heavy!!!
« Reply #9 on: June 08, 2009, 07:39:29 AM »
The pedestal is a great idea and looks really good, I also really like europeans
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Re: My 1st DIY Euro mount --- PIC Heavy!!!
« Reply #10 on: June 08, 2009, 12:03:57 PM »
Dad made a few. I ended up using this one. I like the darker finish.

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« Reply #11 on: June 08, 2009, 01:56:42 PM »
Nice work Hunt Bear!

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Re: My 1st DIY Euro mount --- PIC Heavy!!!
« Reply #12 on: June 08, 2009, 02:03:02 PM »
Nice Job pretty soon there will be no need for taxidermists!!!
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« Reply #13 on: June 08, 2009, 02:04:46 PM »
LOL, their will always be a need for taxidermists.  Most people don't have the patience to do their own taxidermy.

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« Reply #14 on: June 11, 2009, 03:23:36 PM »
LOL, their will always be a need for taxidermists.  Most people don't have the patience to do their own taxidermy.


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Re: My 1st DIY Euro mount --- PIC Heavy!!!
« Reply #15 on: June 12, 2009, 09:24:11 AM »
look nice , i have a nice whitetail skull and antlers i would like to euro mount as well. what did you use for bleaching the skull ?

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« Reply #16 on: June 14, 2009, 02:20:35 PM »
The whitening paste was left over from my brother's Cabelas euro kit... whatever that stuff is, but it worked really well imho.
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