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Offline Chuck Jones

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Skull mount
« on: November 14, 2016, 03:46:00 PM »
I got lucky and killed a nice 8 point on Friday last week. The third nice buck in 3 years on my little 10 acre triangle woods in southern Illinois.

I wasn't going to have him mounted, so I decided to try and boil the skull and clean it up that way.

I got everything off that I could, and boiled the skull for about 1 1/2 hours at low boil. I then pressure washed most of the tissue off, and scraped the rest off. I wiped the bone down with peroxide and set in the sun to dry.

Turned out good and is a natural white.

I'll add a picture a sap.
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Offline Chuck Jones

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Re: Skull mount
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2016, 03:49:00 PM »
Here are the pictures..

   2016 buck  by  okawbow , on Flickr

   November. 2016 buck  by  okawbow , on Flickr
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Offline Crittergetter

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Re: Skull mount
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2016, 03:50:00 PM »
That turned out great!!
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Re: Skull mount
« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2016, 04:39:00 PM »
Nice job......   :thumbsup:
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Offline NANUK

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Re: Skull mount
« Reply #4 on: November 14, 2016, 04:41:00 PM »
Congrats on a nice buck and nice job on the euro mount!
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Offline Gen273

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Re: Skull mount
« Reply #5 on: November 14, 2016, 06:58:00 PM »
Awesome buck!!! Congrats!
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Offline Dry Creek

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Re: Skull mount
« Reply #6 on: November 14, 2016, 07:07:00 PM »
Turned out really nice
Congrats on a nice one!!
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Offline CraigC

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Re: Skull mount
« Reply #7 on: November 14, 2016, 07:14:00 PM »
looks good...I just paid $150 for mine...just didn't have the time to deal with it...
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Offline Bill Kissner

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Re: Skull mount
« Reply #8 on: November 14, 2016, 07:15:00 PM »
Dandy buck Chuck! Congratulations. I really am liking European mounts.
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Offline CoachBGriff

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Re: Skull mount
« Reply #9 on: November 14, 2016, 07:26:00 PM »
Looks great!

I love a good skull mount like that... especially when the antlers are darker like that one!

Thanks for sharing.
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Offline Longbowwally

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Re: Skull mount
« Reply #10 on: November 14, 2016, 07:34:00 PM »
Nice buck! By the way my grandkids love the two little Black Rhino bows I bought for them….
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Re: Skull mount
« Reply #11 on: November 14, 2016, 07:38:00 PM »
Nice buck! That mount turned out really nice.
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Offline Kopper1013

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Re: Skull mount
« Reply #12 on: November 14, 2016, 07:57:00 PM »
Beautiful buck great job with the skull congrats
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Offline Shadowhnter

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Re: Skull mount
« Reply #13 on: November 14, 2016, 08:04:00 PM »
How did you get the nose cartilage out so well?
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Offline Chuck Jones

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Re: Skull mount
« Reply #14 on: November 14, 2016, 08:08:00 PM »
Boiling and cleaning the skull was less work than I thought. I was able to get it done between bow making jobs during the day.

It only cost me one bottle of gas and a couple hours of work. Looks much better than a skull plate, board mount. I'll probably do the next one this way also.

This buck was too good to just nail on the shop wall. He will make the P&Y book and that's a big deal in my hunting area.
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Offline Chuck Jones

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Re: Skull mount
« Reply #15 on: November 14, 2016, 08:11:00 PM »
Shadow hunter, the cartilage came out easily with the pressure washer and needle nose pliers. I used a couple squirts of Dawn dishwashing liquid in the water, and that might have helped.
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Offline recurve3

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Re: Skull mount
« Reply #16 on: November 14, 2016, 09:08:00 PM »
Congrats Chuck!

looks great.
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Re: Skull mount
« Reply #17 on: November 15, 2016, 08:43:00 AM »
Congrats on a great deer Chuck! The skull turned out great too. Very nice indeed.
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Re: Skull mount
« Reply #18 on: November 15, 2016, 08:52:00 AM »
:thumbsup:     :thumbsup:
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Offline Alexander Traditional

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Re: Skull mount
« Reply #19 on: November 15, 2016, 09:01:00 AM »
That's a real nice job for doing it yourself. Nice looking buck too!
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