I thought y'all might like this. I am going to BC for my first black bear hunt in May and plan to have the skull bronzed. Here are some photos and a link.

Bob

Skull Metalizing Link

Bronze Black Bear



Copper Black Bear

I'm planning to do a Baboon, porupine, and a bear skull.

The nickel plating looks cool too!

Look at the Baboon on their website! That's the one I whacked at Buffalo Range. It was their first baboon they did. Turned out great

Jeff

Are these guys the same or just eerily similar?

They are the same. He runs 2 different sites. I had a bear skull done in bronze. It is beautiful. A real pleasure. He is also able to repair damaged skulls.

A very nice guy who delivers when he says he will and offers a good service at a fair rate.

He moved out west years ago so he could hunt and fish.

Bob, you will treasure that trophy for a very long time. Good luck on the hunt. Are you headed to the mountains or perhaps an island?

Somehow I can't see that on my den table with the grandbaby's bronzed shoes right next to it. However, the next big hog I shoot with some good cutters, I'm gonna give it a try.

I recently did a metal look boar skull and it wasnt too popular with hunters, most prefering the tusks left as is or the skull plain white.
I do like the look of the metal ones though.

One of the nice things about having skulls bronzed, is that they can "fix" the teeth in them. My baboon skull was missing 4-5 teeth, from being boiled too long, and they were able to fix them before bronzing. You can't tell which ones are real and which ones are not.

Jeff

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Originally posted by shehuntz:
I recently did a metal look boar skull and it wasnt too popular with hunters, most prefering the tusks left as is or the skull plain white.
I do like the look of the metal ones though.

Well I like it! Very nice job. Yours have a different "look". Wonder if it exactly the same process or are you able to control the final color?

I think a lot of people who are squemish would prefer bronzed. I understand that they prefer it over the natural ie: unsanitized bone.

Shehuntz-I like your hog....to heck with 'em.

375 AI-I am going to be hunting the Cariboo region in central BC on a spot and stalk hunt. I am going to try and get a wolf as well. They have a bunch of them up there.

Bob

Here is a good looking hog as well, bronze with silver tusks:

I like it as well Sam. I read the comments on Aussie hunting. Bugger em!

Skulls did the Whitetail European mount picture here on the bottom...

Cool Maybe the next bear I shoot. But then Iam might be to cheap.

They do look nice.

I haven't had a skull bronzed yet but I did buy one of their plaques this year for my mule deer and mounted it myself.