Finally got around to finishing up my first deer euro mount ever.
I never had any personal encounter with this particular buck until I found him dead on the last day of 2017/2018 hunting season.
I couldn't tell what killed him, however the coyotes did their thing and I figured he was dead for at least 2-3 days.
I buried him behind the barn shortly after I got him home and let 'Mother Nature' do her thing.
I dug it up about a week ago and then started the process of clean up.
A squirrel chewed the tip of the main beam, however It's not 'TOO' bad.
I soaked it in a 5 gallon bucket in the sun with dawn dish soap & some hot water for an entire day.
Then I soaked it in the same bucket full of hydrogen peroxide for a few more days.
Additionally, I went and purchased some hair salon products such as the following below.
I mixed the the two up with a 2-1 ratio, then pasted it on the skull only. It sat over night until the next morning, then I washed it off with the outdoor hose.
After the skull completely dried in the sun, I went ahead and did the final detailed touches to both the antlers and the skull.
Some hand sanding and a little bit of glue here & there.
I purchased the wooden oak plaque from 'Amazon' at reasonable price.
I'm pretty happy in how it turned out.
He's a three in half year old twelve point with two broken off tines, one on each side.
I need ink for my printer, but here's what the photograph is suppose to look like.
Once I pick me up a brand new ink cartridge, I'll replace the current photograph.
I also have some real good trail camera video footage of him in action at one of my pine licking branches making a big scrape.
Another heads up!
I have another cool buck mount that's completely different that I'll be sharing real soon once I pick him up from the taxidermist, so stay tuned folks.
I never had any personal encounter with this particular buck until I found him dead on the last day of 2017/2018 hunting season.
I couldn't tell what killed him, however the coyotes did their thing and I figured he was dead for at least 2-3 days.
I buried him behind the barn shortly after I got him home and let 'Mother Nature' do her thing.
I dug it up about a week ago and then started the process of clean up.
A squirrel chewed the tip of the main beam, however It's not 'TOO' bad.
I soaked it in a 5 gallon bucket in the sun with dawn dish soap & some hot water for an entire day.
Then I soaked it in the same bucket full of hydrogen peroxide for a few more days.
Additionally, I went and purchased some hair salon products such as the following below.
I mixed the the two up with a 2-1 ratio, then pasted it on the skull only. It sat over night until the next morning, then I washed it off with the outdoor hose.
After the skull completely dried in the sun, I went ahead and did the final detailed touches to both the antlers and the skull.
Some hand sanding and a little bit of glue here & there.
I purchased the wooden oak plaque from 'Amazon' at reasonable price.
I'm pretty happy in how it turned out.
He's a three in half year old twelve point with two broken off tines, one on each side.
I need ink for my printer, but here's what the photograph is suppose to look like.
Once I pick me up a brand new ink cartridge, I'll replace the current photograph.
I also have some real good trail camera video footage of him in action at one of my pine licking branches making a big scrape.
Another heads up!
I have another cool buck mount that's completely different that I'll be sharing real soon once I pick him up from the taxidermist, so stay tuned folks.
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