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  • Lonesome Dove

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    Did my Euro mount today.
    Turned out pretty good for time spent.
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    Lonesome Dove

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    Which method?
    I skinned it and left it outside in a cage and let the bugs do their thing. After a few weeks I boiled it in water and Dawn dish soap then used a pressure washer to remove reminents. Then a boil with a mixture of peroxide and water at a 40-60 ratio approximate. Thanks!
     

    satx78247

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    Thanks for sharing!

    FireInTheWire,

    IF you have FIRE ANT BED nearby, skin the skull, COVER the antlers with heavy-gauge plastic bags/tape, place it nearby for the ants of "clear off" & then "process" the skull as Lonesome dove said.
    (Fire ants are VERY efficient at removing flesh & other soft tissue but do NOT damage the skull. - Dermestid beetles work well too.)

    yours, satx
     

    Lonesome Dove

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    The only thing I feed fire ants is poison
    No shit huh.
    Actually I placed the skull on two different ant hills and only for the first day or so did I see any action. Rainy weather off and on probably didn’t help. I believe the majority of the work was done by the maggots and small Beatles.
    [Side note]
    do this away from
    The house because it will Stink for a while.
     

    FireInTheWire

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    FireInTheWire,

    IF you have FIRE ANT BED nearby, skin the skull, COVER the antlers with heavy-gauge plastic bags/tape, place it nearby for the ants of "clear off" & then "process" the skull as Lonesome dove said.
    (Fire ants are VERY efficient at removing flesh & other soft tissue but do NOT damage the skull. - Dermestid beetles work well too.)

    yours, satx
    Luckily... I do not:) Not sure if harvester ants will do the same.
     

    satx78247

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    Luckily... I do not:) Not sure if harvester ants will do the same.

    FireInTheWire,

    I have allowed ONE fire ant bed to remain UN-poisoned & "not burned out" as it's far from our farmhouse & YEP friends & I have "fed the ants" with deer skulls several times.

    I know ZILCH about harvester ants, btw.

    yours, satx
     

    satx78247

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    Got my mounting plaque finished and on the wall. Looks better now.

    Lonesome Dove,

    VERY NICE JOB, imVho.
    (Fwiw, I've paid to have my LAST "head" done professionally, UNLESS/UNTIL I may collect a REALLY SPECTACULAR Cape Buffalo with my XB.)

    After a friend in the German Army did a Euro-mount of my II-B Hirsh, I asked myself WHY I was paying $$$$$$$ to a taxidermist.

    yours, satx
     
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    TreyG-20

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    Got my mounting plaque finished and on the wall. Looks better now.
    Did you use anything to restore the color in the antlers? I have a Euro that I have bleached the skull, but the antlers have faded from the sun while nature did its thing. I've read about using stump remover. I'm considering acrylic paint.
     

    deemus

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    Did you use anything to restore the color in the antlers? I have a Euro that I have bleached the skull, but the antlers have faded from the sun while nature did its thing. I've read about using stump remover. I'm considering acrylic paint.


    Had a buddy use clear acrylic on the horns like that.
     
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