2012 Whitetail Euro Mount

[Vanish]

Finally got off my butt and finished cleaning up the skull so I could mount it. He's got a lot of .... character. Completely broken off two tines, three other tines broken tips, and that weird inside pointing extra where he broke off the brow tine. The antler bases are also totally lopsided. I was really surprised at just how much bigger this one is than my wife's 10 point from the year before. I'd take a side by side but that would upset her. While I've seen plenty of big bucks and mounts, I cannot imagine what a truly big buck would look like in our home. To think there are deer with spreads DOUBLE this one...

Now I need to find a place to put it, because in these shots its hanging where my wife's buck goes! Luckily we're moving in a month to a bigger place.

[no limits]

good looking deer and nice job on the mount looks good he must have been quite the warrior

[LckyTylr]

Looks good. For some reason, I get the feeling that he was a heavy bruiser with his ears back and a bad attitude . . . no?

[wawhitey]

great looking buck and great looking mount

[Swede]

I used to think I preferred the full head mount, but after doing a few and seeing others like the ones above, I am becoming partial to the European mount. Nice job on some nice mounts.

[Jaquomo]

Nice job on a pretty buck. Love those old battlers with chipped-up racks. Just put him in a different room from your wife's and she'll never notice the size difference!

I'm also very partial to Euros these days. Have five muley Euros, two pronghorn, six big elk - with two others I still need to boil and bleach, and love every one of them. The greatroom in our cabin is sort of turning into a "Euro farm" with some shoulder mounts scattered around for variety.

[ElkNut1]

Ryan, very nice job bud! I've never done a euro mount before or had one done but I like the look! Maybe in the future! (grin)

ElkNut1

[Vanish]

Thanks guys!

Our new house unfortunately is missing the high ceilings I wanted for the elk mount, but the deer and pronghorn are going above the fireplace!

[snake]

Good looking mount! I really like that rack, especially with all the character. I have done several euro mounts myself and really like the look of them.

[Bowhunter]

Vanish, What did you use to whiten the skull? I will probably do a euro mount if I get a bull elk this year.

[Vanish]

Vanish, What did you use to whiten the skull? I will probably do a euro mount if I get a bull elk this year.

I've done a couple different things in the past. This one was done with a hydorgen peroxide hair bleaching paste. I don't remember the exact name, but I think it was 04 by volume. It works pretty well, but my preferred method is to put the whole skull in a bag, and fill that bag with the cheap hy-per from walmart or similar and dilute with water. Then just let it sit for a few days. The difficult part there is getting the skull to fit in a small bag.