Skull cap to skull mount kit

[giles]

I have a nice buck sitting here that I’ve gone back and forth on for years. I have the original cape in the freezer already tanned but have often thought about just making it a skull mount. Gordo saying something about wishing he could do that with his first buck made me dig this article up.

I found this about a year ago...so anyone else interested in making a swap, here you go.

https://www.gohunt.com/read/diy-taxidermy-skull-cap-into-european-mount#gs.Nt7epDM

 

[bowhunter1023]

I should do this with both of Tracie and I's first bucks. Very cool product.

 

[giles]

And affordable

 

[Dustinb80]

Interesting

 

[giles]

Be a cool way of displaying huge sheds as well. Like the matching set Phil found this year.

 

[twireman]

We used that on a big set of sheds...looks pretty good

 

[giles]

We used that on a big set of sheds...looks pretty good

Awesome, got any pics. How do you set the spread?

 

[Gordo]

That is bad ass. Just saw this thread.

I might have to jump on it

 

[cspot]

I have done a few bucks. A couple of things to keep in mind. If doing the one where you cut off the antlers. Make sure to take several measurements of spread and take alot of pics from different angles. This will help you get the antlers in the right position. Other than that it is pretty easy to do and there is no mess. One other thing is try to cut the antler off as close to the base as you can. Sanding the bone down takes some time, so the less to sand the better off you are.

 

[twireman]

Awesome, got any pics. How do you set the spread?

Sorry for late response. We just kinda eyeballed it. They were non typical and honestly we could've done a better job. Ill have to see if Incan dig up some pics..

 

[giles]

No worries, I really just wanted to see them[emoji23].

 

[cspot]

Here is a couple of the one's that I have done.

IMG_22171_zpsd9eefa98 by cspot12, on Flickr

photo 1_zpsbknyrzyu by cspot12, on Flickr

 

[bigten05]

I just did this with the half rack I killed this year. Was gonna use the real skull but got the fake one for 25 bucks. Wasn't worth the time and hassle to skin it and boil it to me.

 

[twireman]

This is a set of sheds mounted on the replica deer skull.

 

[giles]

Some good looking walls gents!