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Here is my first European mount. Boiled his head in bleach water for about 3 hrs. Pretty simple and a cheap way to display a rack and I think they look cool. Any of you guys try this?

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NICE MOUNT

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I've done my own european mounts before. They look real nice. I used a water/hydrogen peroxide to bleach mine, though. Makes em nice and white.

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You can still put the skull in plain drug store peroxide to whiten it further. I soak mine about 12 hours then place in the sun. The sun may do as much as the peroxide, but they sure turn out white. I have found though that not all skulls will bleach as white as others. I don't know what the difference would be, but after 30+ skulls, there is a difference.

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nICE ,YES I HAVE DONE THIS,BEATS 400 SMACKERS

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nice!

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its nice i like to keep my european mounts a little darker like yours.

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Looks great. I love european mounts and I'vedone them.

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So how does this work? You take the head with the skin and everything and boil it or do you have to skin the head as much as possible and remove eyes, ears and any brain matter before boiling.

Then as I understand it the head gets soaked in peroxide. Then out in the sun.

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Definitely skin it first.

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I boil my heads in sal soda that I order from a taxidermy cataloge. It makes the fats and meat "gelatize" and come off the skull easier. There is still some old fashioned elbow grease involved, but not what it used to take me.

To be honest, I am going to take two heads that I have in the freezer to a buddy that is just getting a taxidermy business off the ground and is only charging $65 for a european mount. I enjoy doing them myself and take pride in my own work, but my time is worth more than that.