Great idea man

Sounds like it could look very nice an unique.

Go for it! It's not you're going to ruin the antlers or anything serious like that. I didn't know what I was doing till I did a few myself. Enjoy the ride.

Here is a regular mount my dad had done a couple years ago, with a little painting of the deer in the middle.

Hey Dag where do you purchase that kind of leather?

Tippman,

You can purchase the leather shown in the pics at Van Dykes Taxidermy Supply On-line. Saddle-tan is the color of that particular leather.

For those of you that do your own European mounts, how do you dispose of all the Hydrogen Peroxide? Dump it down the drain?

I'm currently in the process of boiling a skull ( Dad got a "keeper" this year!) and am about to begin whitening it.

Just wondering how to dispose of the Peroxide safely! Thanks!

I don't see anything wrong with using the drain.

I strained mine and dumped it back in the bottle for use on the next one.

For Hydrogen Peroxide--dilution is the solution!

That's what I figured!

This is what I've been doing with mine, just finished from this year. Pic was actually taken before completely cleaned up around the burs.

how do you go about ataching the euro mount to the board? i have just screwed my plaque mounts before. a piece of wire? or glue?

Lag bolt up through the back into the base of the skull just under the spinal cord opening...and if you have a steady enough hand...another screw up into one of the lower jaw bones...careful with that one though!

Instead of a lag bolt, you can also use a bolt with one of those spring openinging thingys that you use to hang heavy stuff on drywall - hard to explain but it fits into the hole of the brain cavity and then pops open and when you start tightening the screw it pulls the skull firmly against the plaque with no damage to the skull..pretty slick and easy way to do it. What are those dang things called anyway......

Here is another idea if you have some sitting around.....

Love this one...custom panel, all ND bucks.

Nice work with the leather...I did mine like those without the braid but felt like something was missing....I add darker leather braid to mine that is darker than the stetched leather to add some contrast and another color. Here is a moose panel mount with the colors I usually use...wish I could take in more of these.