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Big Game Hunting => Out Of State Hunting => Topic started by: ganghis on October 12, 2022, 09:05:36 PM

Title: First elk / ID euro mount recs
Post by: ganghis on October 12, 2022, 09:05:36 PM: Killed my first bull yesterday - a 5 point! I'm another 2 days packing it out (7 miles from my rig) but looking for an ID taxi good at Euro mounts. I'm near grangeville but am open to driving other places east side (lewiston, post falls). I'm in 14 which requires cwd testing now so I don't think I can take it back to WA. Story later!
Title: Re: First elk / ID euro mount recs
Post by: Caseknife on October 13, 2022, 07:27:28 AM: Do it yourself, lots of threads on the subject here. Pretty easy, I've probably done over a dozen. Much more satisfying when you look at something on the wall that you have created yourself.
Title: Re: First elk / ID euro mount recs
Post by: dmoua on October 13, 2022, 09:49:38 AM: Adam at Elusive Creatures in Post Falls.
Title: Re: First elk / ID euro mount recs
Post by: boneaddict on October 13, 2022, 11:44:33 AM: Doing it yourself is fun and part of the whole “ticket”, but I’m not sure of your situation in regards to locale and cwd.
Title: Re: First elk / ID euro mount recs
Post by: bkaech on October 13, 2022, 02:19:11 PM: Quote from: Caseknife on October 13, 2022, 07:27:28 AM
Do it yourself, lots of threads on the subject here. Pretty easy, I've probably done over a dozen. Much more satisfying when you look at something on the wall that you have created yourself.

WA doesn't want any soft tissue from the skull to enter our state, new CWD guidlines, so to stay legal he needs to leave it in Idaho or cut the top of the skull plate off and remove all soft tissue before bringing back into WA.

I wish I knew a taxidermist in Idaho to help you, I love to euro-mount skulls myself, so I am not sure what I will do to my next Idaho notched tag.
Title: Re: First elk / ID euro mount recs
Post by: vandeman17 on October 13, 2022, 02:43:07 PM: Quote from: bkaech on October 13, 2022, 02:19:11 PM
Quote from: Caseknife on October 13, 2022, 07:27:28 AM
Do it yourself, lots of threads on the subject here. Pretty easy, I've probably done over a dozen. Much more satisfying when you look at something on the wall that you have created yourself.

WA doesn't want any soft tissue from the skull to enter our state, new CWD guidlines, so to stay legal he needs to leave it in Idaho or cut the top of the skull plate off and remove all soft tissue before bringing back into WA.

I wish I knew a taxidermist in Idaho to help you, I love to euro-mount skulls myself, so I am not sure what I will do to my next Idaho notched tag.

If he has a stove, buy a big pot and some dish soap. Boil the skull then bring it to a car wash and hit it with the pressure sprayer
Title: Re: First elk / ID euro mount recs
Post by: ganghis on October 14, 2022, 06:50:04 PM: Thanks for the replies, all. Finally back in cell range. Turns out you can't even bring the skull out of units 14 or 15 here, which creates a situation where the local taxi freezers are already full. I guess I could have bought a pot and put it on my wood stove but in the end I just cut the skull plate off. Not my first choice for a first elk! I feel worse from the 2 parties I met who took down monster sixes.