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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: cougkilr on November 13, 2009, 04:14:37 PM

Title: European mounts finished
Post by: cougkilr on November 13, 2009, 04:14:37 PM: Heres a couple pics of my bull and a buddies bull from this year and his blacktail, just finished with the whitening and now ready for the wall
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Post by: sdwwaverider on November 13, 2009, 04:44:06 PM: Very nice. great looking mounts.
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Post by: markts on November 13, 2009, 06:57:35 PM: Very nice, were they boiled??? Mark
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Post by: TheHunt on November 13, 2009, 08:28:22 PM: Yes, tell us the process you used
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Post by: cougkilr on November 13, 2009, 10:32:38 PM: Yep boiled the heads, first skin everything that you can off of the head and then boil it until all of the crap starts to fall off, I usually let it boil for a while the try to pull some of it of and then return it to the boiling water, then I spray it out and off with a hose or even better a pressure washer to get the remaining head matter off the skull, just be careful when using a pressure washer, but it works great. Next we use a powder from a taxidermist magazine called magnesium carbonate and make a pste with that and high % peroxide, i cant remember the % but you can not buy it at normal stors, i think its 20 something %, after you make the paste slap it on the skull, cover everywhere that you want white and let it dry for a day or two until it will flake off, and thats all, its a pretty simple process.
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Post by: eastside boy on November 13, 2009, 10:35:20 PM: Very Nice Work!!!!
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on November 13, 2009, 10:38:30 PM: good lookin skulls
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Post by: robb92 on November 14, 2009, 07:09:46 AM: Very nice work!!! thanks for posting the pics!
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Post by: elkaholic_74 on November 14, 2009, 10:56:48 AM: those look sharp! nice job, did you have any trouble with the teeth coming loose or the nose being to fragile during boiling?
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Post by: cougkilr on November 14, 2009, 11:18:14 AM: The teeth stayed in pretty good except for the ivorys and the nose pieces fell off on mine, so I glued them back on when I was finished, I havn't had any problem with the nose pieces becoming fragile before, I know if you use bleech it will make the skull fragile
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Post by: rasbo on November 14, 2009, 01:46:01 PM: looks great coug
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Post by: Winchester670 on November 14, 2009, 04:13:36 PM: Wow awesome that's what I want to do with my first deer/elk hopefully ill get one this year :)
What do you need for it?
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Post by: cougkilr on November 14, 2009, 09:38:29 PM: Quote from: Winchester670 on November 14, 2009, 04:13:36 PM
Wow awesome that's what I want to do with my first deer/elk hopefully ill get one this year :)
What do you need for it?

A big pot to boil the head in, check out Research Mannikins online and order some Magnesium carbonate and get some high % peroxide, i think like 28% and that should get you started
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Post by: Winchester670 on November 15, 2009, 02:46:12 AM: awesome thanks :)