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I would really like to do is have the skull and horns done european style, and then mounted on a pedistal.



I understand that using bugs to clean the skull is the prefered way to do it (by some) and it does make sense to me.



trying to "cut" away all the meat, etc as this could leave some knife marks on the finished product.



What I want to know is what is the best way I and the guide, who I am told is proficiant with a knife, prep the head for shipping. I will not be able to take a bunch of supplies with me due to the flights required (other stuff will travel in with me to camp). I may not be able to get the head out right away as I will be there for 8 days. Add to that 7-10 days shipping....



Thoughts? Suggestions? Forget it?

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Hey,

just that i undersatnd u right, ..u like to have a european mount on a "piece of wood" ( don�t know what pedistal is) .

Right?

If so..why take it to a taxidermist??



I don�t know how the Trophy is prepareted before shipping... but i gues you won�t take it with u "fresh" or?

Don�t they cook the trophy ( be sure that the antlers don�t get in the water, when cooking it in a pot) in the camp???



Anyway, i only can tell you how i prepare my roes and my fallow for the mount.



In europe we do have 2 different kinds of how we treat our trophies:



1) if we mount the skull on a peace of wood,..you need to cut a part of the skull away, so it will fit right on the wood.







IMHO it look best, when the cut is short under the eyehole.



I see if i find a drawing...ups that will take som ework for me



Here you can see, what i tried to explain,here:





2) Or just prepare the whole skull and fix it to the wall with a metal string, like this:



















This stag skull just look s yellow because of the smoking in the room ;(



To get the trophy white we use "Wasserstoff Peroxid 30%" what we can buy at the pharmacie. But you have to be carefull, that the time the chemical is on the skull isn�t too long or it will "corrosive" the upper part of the skull away!



Men...to be honest i don�t thought that it�s so hard to explain the preparation in english.

Better call a taxidermist , who will explain it to you in "understandable" english



But maybe u now know a bit more



Anyway...when the trophy is cooked with the meat on it...after some time the meat can easily be taken away without big force...i guess your guide will now how it�s done.



cheers for now



Konst





P.S.: Sorry for my bad english, but i�m realy tired because it�s late in the night overhere!



But i think it was worth a try!