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December 6, 2017
Wallowa County Chieftain
Marcum’s bare-bones business is booming
Andy Marcum of Enterprise has discovered
a talent that he’s turned into a booming second
job.
You may recall Marcum from last week’s
story on Divide Camp. In addition to working
for Wallowa Resources as a noxious weed spe-
cialist, Marcum is the newest board member for
the camp, a hunting guide and a former U.S.
Marine.
His “second job” (maybe it’s the third or
fourth) is making European mounts of trophy
game for hunters.
A European mount is the bleached skull of
a predator, or skull and horns of game animals.
“I’ve always been a hunter and made a few
mounts on my own,” he said. “The popularity of
European mounts has really blown up in the last
few years, and I saw an opportunity to get peo-
ple their mounts fast –– it only takes me one to
two days to do this.”
That is blazing fast, since the skull is usually
subjected to munching by flesh-eating beetles or
boiling to clean the meat and sinew away.
But Marcum has his own method, involv-
BIZ BUZZ
Kathleen Ellyn
ing liquid peroxide and a power washer that
gets them cleaned and bleached to the desirable
“bone white” very quickly.
It’s still a tricky job, he said.
“When you are learning new skull structures,
every animal is different. It’s a learning curve.”
Marcum’s learning curve came with three
badgers on which he tried the new method.
“Their teeth come out easily, so it was a chal-
lenge,” he said.
But by badger number three, he had it fig-
ured out.
Once he let folks know he was doing the
work, word about his skill spread rapidly and he
now has customers from all over the U.S. Two
Sitka deer from Alaska were waiting for his
attention last week.
“During deer and elk season — and beyond,
the demand is still going — it got bigger than I
expected,” he said.
“Still going” is a bit of a challenge in that
some of the potential trophies have been sitting
around in someone’s garage since hunting sea-
son ended.
“Some skulls are pretty nasty when I get
them,” Markum admitted.
But he’s still turning the trophies around in
record time. Robert Butterfield of Joseph deliv-
ered a seven-point bull elk head and expected
to have it the next day. Butterfield already had
a four-point mule deer skull done by Marcum.
“Looks awful nice to me,” Butterfield said.
“It’s nice when they turn out that white.”
Marcus is now looking into doing more
exotic European mounts such as bird skulls.
“Those are more meticulous and sensitive to
do,” he said.
“Meticulous and sensitive” inspires the ques-
tion, “could he do a mouse skull?” He could.
Contact Marcum at Benaih Creations,
541-263-1053.
Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain
Andy Marcum (left) stands with return cus-
tomer Robert Butterfield of Joseph. The Eu-
ropean mount deer skull Butterfield holds
was the first trophy Marcum did for him. The
trophy elk is his second project.
Crowd enjoys night of bluegrass
By Paul Wahl
Wallowa County Chieftain
Paul Wahl/Chieftain
Del McCoury puts heart into his performance Nov. 30 at the OK Theatre in Enterprise. His son
Rob performs on the banjo behind him.
T HE B OOKLOFT
Bluegrass legend Delano
McCoury and his band landed
in Enterprise on Nov. 30, and
no one who attended departed
disappointed.
The OK Theatre was filled
to capacity with music-lovers
young and old. It didn’t take
long for the concert to become
an all-out hootenanny com-
plete with throngs of danc-
ers at the front and back of the
auditorium.
The five-piece band included
McCoury’s son Ronnie as man-
dolin player and son Rob on
banjo. A grandson joined the
group midway through the con-
cert on the guitar.
A smiling and upbeat
McCoury opened the con-
cert with “Count Me Out,”
released in 2001, and followed
with “Bluegrass Breakdown,”
a rapidfire instrumental that
showcased the musicianship
of the group.
The 78-year-old McCoury’s
falsetto was strong, particu-
larly on “Livin’ on the Moun-
tain” and his 1998 hit “Don’t
Stop the Music.”
For most of the evening, the
band fielded requests, much to
the delight of fans who shouted
out dozens of favorites.
The evening also included
one of McCoury’s personal
favorites, “1952 Vincent Black
Lighting,” which he referred
to as “that motorcycle song.”
Released by guitarist Richard
Thompson in 1991, it tells the
story of a thief named James
and the girl Red Molly whom
he charms with a ride on his
1952 Vincent Black Lightning
motorcycle.
Made in England, the
motorcycle held a land-speed
record for a time. Only 31
were built before production
ended in 1952.
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Also part of the program
was a gospel song, “I’m Work-
ing on a Building,” which was
made popular by Bill Monroe
and his band during McCoury’s
stint with the group.
This was McCoury’s first
trip to Eastern Oregon.
“I like your town,” he told
the audience at one point.
The tour began in northern
California and worked its way
through Oregon and Washing-
ton before a final concert Dec.
9 in Denver.
In traditional bluegrass
form, the band was sharply
dressed with neatly trimmed
hair –– no man buns or wild
clothing. McCoury and his
group took the stage shortly
after 8 p.m. and entertained
nonstop until around 9:30 p.m.
They returned for two addi-
tional songs as an encore.
Caleb Klauder and Reeb
Willms opened for McCoury.
The duo ran through a dozen
songs, including “You’ll Get
No More of Me,” bluegrass
standard “Natural Bridge
Blues” and a Klauder original,
“Can I Go Home With You.”
Klauder is a formidable
instrumentalists taking turns at
the banjo, mandolin and guitar,
while Willms added voice and
guitar depth to each song.
The concert was the last
before the OK Theatre is shut-
tered while upgrades and
repairs are completed.
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