HiLost 32 Posted January 1, 2011 Report Share Posted January 1, 2011 how do people on here usually get their antlers mounted? do youse do them yourselves or send them away to a taxidermist or similar to be done professionally? what is involved in preparing a head for mounting do you bleach it and then varnish or is there special chemicals involved? probably daft questions to ask but Ive never done it before and Ive a set Id quite like done for the wall and it would be great if someone can either post an "idiots guide" or contact details for someone in scotland who can do a good job? thanks in advance Quote Link to post
A1an 4 Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 how do people on here usually get their antlers mounted? do youse do them yourselves or send them away to a taxidermist or similar to be done professionally? what is involved in preparing a head for mounting do you bleach it and then varnish or is there special chemicals involved? probably daft questions to ask but Ive never done it before and Ive a set Id quite like done for the wall and it would be great if someone can either post an "idiots guide" or contact details for someone in scotland who can do a good job? thanks in advance Its so easy even Stevie Wonder could do it. Firstly remove the whole head from the animal. Place the head on a worktop/bench so that it is facing you, slice to the skull with a knife right down from between the horns to the nose, use this to now skinning both the left and the right sides of the head. Now with the head skinned it is time for cutting the required mount, there is a jig available for this but with a little time and patience you can do just as good a job free hand. Holding the horn put the head on its nose, you can now cut from the top of the head, down through the eye sockets and out through the nose, the length of nose is personal preference. Once you have this done it is time to boil it, I use a gas burner and the bottom third of a Propane bottle as the pot. Sink the skull into boiling water making sure all the skull is covered but NOT the horn. Boiling (for reds anyway) takes approximately 20mins, after the meat has fallen from the bone and after you have used a set of snipe nosed pliers to get the last of the meat and cartlidge from behing the nose you can power wash it with the same power washer you use to do the car. This gets the last of the "bits" off and leaves a beautifully clean skull. Do NOT power wash the horns, it will take all the colouring off them. No chemical, paints, varnishes needed. If you would like a bit more depth of colour to the horn then you can use dark tan and black boot polish. It really is VERY easy. Hope that helps. Quote Link to post
CZ452American 0 Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 i just boiled the head up and now im lookin to buy a plack to put it on Quote Link to post
HiLost 32 Posted January 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 try ebay mate I was having a look on there the other night and you can buy the wooden plaques to put them on Quote Link to post
A1an 4 Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 [sarcasm]Aye, Thats no problem, anytime.[sarcasm] 1 Quote Link to post
Roonstar 0 Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 i just boiled the head up and now im lookin to buy a plack to put it on Here you go bud http://www.jager-sport.co.uk/?id=2&cid=27 Quote Link to post
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