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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
S HOOTING THE B REEZE
European memories
By Rod Carpenter
For the Blue Mountain Eagle
H
opefully, as you read
these lines, you will
be reliving the mem-
ories of a successful hunting
season this fall. Now you are
looking at those hard earned
antlers and wondering what
to do with them. Don’t have
the wall space or the pennies
for a mount? With a little
time and elbow grease you
can create a European mount
to display your trophy. To Rod Carpenter
clarify, a European mount
is the antlers attached to the The brain has lots of fat and
bleached skull and, to my grease that can mess up the
eye, looks very good.
final product.
Begin by skinning out the
Once the brain has been
skull. You don’t need to be removed, put the skull in a
very careful about getting all pot and pour in enough wa-
the meat off of the skull at ter to just cover the skull and
this point. Then using a bent boil it for about an hour. I
wire you need to remove the recommend you do this out-
brain through the big hole side as it has a certain odor.
at the base of the skull. It Don’t leave it in there for
is very important that you hours on end; the bones of
do this before moving on. the skull will begin to sepa-
rate. Some folks like to add
a half cup or so of OxyClean
or a squirt of dish soap to
the water while it boils to
brighten the skull. Try not
to have the water over the
base of the antlers as it will
bleach out the color. If that
does happen, it isn’t the end
of the world. After you are
finished with the mount a
light coat of stain can restore
the color.
Then comes the tedious
part: Using a thin-bladed
knife, scrape all of the meat
off of the skull. This can
take a while as you need
to get in all the nooks and
crannies. A wire with a hook
in the end helps. Inside the
nose are some very fragile
bones. Some guys just ram
a screwdriver up there and
scrape them all out; others
carefully clean the nose to
preserve them — depends on
how OCD you are, I guess.
High-pressure spray from a
hose can help blast out tissue
in hard to reach places.
Once you are satisfied,
the last step is to whiten the
skull. You will need some 40
percent by volume hydrogen
peroxide. It is inexpensive,
but I can’t find any around
here and order mine online.
Wearing rubber gloves,
carefully coat the skull in
the peroxide, making sure
not to get any on the antlers.
Let it sit for 24-48 hours,
rinse and repeat until you
achieve your desired level of
brightness.
The finished product is
an inexpensive, classy way
to preserve the memories of
a great hunt.
Please drop us a line at
shootingthebreezebme@
gmail.com with your ques-
tions, comments, or sugges-
tions for future articles.
Rod Carpenter is an avid
sportsman, certified regis-
tered nurse anesthetist and
president of the Bear Creek
Shooting Range.
Contributed photo
A European mount.
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