Mounting antlers

Boer seun

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Hi all,
I bought one of those horn mounting kit's made by quacker boy, to do a scull mount, every thing works fine except for that red filt "scull cap" I think that's what it's called.
Whell the freakin thing is chit and wont fit properly so i went and bought some red filt to attempt covering the scull myself.
Has anyone done this kind of thing before?
how do you attach the fabric on to the scull and do you stuff it with something to make etc, etc.
Any help apreciated
Thanks in Advance
Cheers
Boer
 
You can use paper mache to build up whatever shape you want and use a stapler to attach the material to that, from the back. Attach the whole thing to the plaque you already have and you're done. There are other ways, none are hard.
 
How I do it

1) Screw horns to plaque and shim them if you have to get them looking right.
2) Use some scrap styrofoam to cut a piece that completes the nice point at the bottom of the skull plate and glue it to the plaque ( carpenters glue)
3) Use a thin coat of drywall mud to sculpt a nice shape to the skull cap.
4) Sand the dry mud to make it smooth and round. ( you can repeat and add more mud as needed.
5) Find the cloth you want and using silicone press and glue it to the cap you have created. Use a razor knife to trim as you go and tack the perimeter with a staple gun.
6) Glue cording around the perimeter and base of horns with a hot glue gun

Done. This method only costs pennies if you make your own plaques and use scap fabric. With a bit of practice you can make a perfect proffesional looking job. ( By the way make sure to clean and boil the antlers first )

I can send a pic or two if you would like to see some samples
 
You can cut the bone to shape , and angle req'd , then use body filler (cars) then wrap.
I use a simple approach , cut skull to a good angle, wrap salt dried hide under the skull mount(was always still attached at the base of antlers) , then screw it down from the back side. Turns out nice.
 
I've done a few with those kits and they always fit like crap. However, once you cut them out for the horns and attach them over the skullcap/plaque, get some decorative cord or rope from a fabric shop, and run one lap of it around the edge of the velvet skullcap cover, making a loop over the base of each horn as you go. You can hold it on with a hot glue gun. It covers those ugly gaps and gives you an amazingly professional-looking job.:cool:

John
 
Instead of the antlers screwed to the sheild next time try doing a euro mount.
1) Cut head off animal
2) Skin head, cut away all excess flesh, lower jaw , eye balls etc.
3) Put skull in old roasting pan fill with water up to the antler base , put roaster on BQ simmer on low for a few hours , keep water topped up.
4) Clean flesh away from skull , scrap as much as posibe off with your knife, pull cartilage out of nose.
5) Wrap skull with white clean cloth , don,t let cloth touch the base of the horns.
6) Soak with hydrgen peroxide , wrap with tin foil , keep cloth soaked, 3to 4 days remove cloth , repeat step 4 , rinse , let dry in warm place , and vola you will have a trophy worth displaying.
 
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I know those euro mounts very popular in RSA.
Well hope I shoot a Monster this fall so I can justify another shoulder mount.
If not I think the German mount would be nice
 
Here's one I did using buckskin instead of felt. I just stuffed some some wrapping styrofoam (like the thin sheets used for packing stereo equipment) inder the buckskin to give it some 'body'. Native design is just done with coloured markers. If you look closely, you can see the casing from the .270 shell that likked this deer - right behind the antler on the right.

Andrew

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