Skull Cap Antler Mount

Attach or make a cover for the skull plate.

Skull cap antler mount.

Now you will center the antler over the correct pedicle of the top section of the skull plate form make sure you are drilling the correct antler side and drill a 3 16 hole roughly 1 deep into the base of the antler. In this figure lines blue red and green would each work fine. A deer skull cap and antler mount is commonly known as a european mount. Step by step instructions for creating an antler mount.

Cut the antler off the skull as shown in fig 1. It includes a wood plaque and one red and one cream colored skull cover plus mounting hardware. Materials needed to mount deer antlers. Cut antlers off skull when cutting off deer antlers for an antler plaque mount pay careful attention to the angle of your through cut because this will affect how your antlers display on the wall.

The next step is to place the skull cap in a pot of water add 1 tablespoon of sodium carbonate to the water then simmer for 20 30 minutes. Everything your need for successful antler mounting. Cut off the antlers. We found it was best to start the hole through the top section and then drill the antler separately.

Skin and cut as much meat and hide as possible. Deer antler mounting kit this easy to assemble kit fits almost all sizes and shapes of deer antlers. First let s review the major steps involved in mounting deer antlers. Attach the antlers to a plaque.

How to create an antler mount. Items you will need. It all depends on your preferred angle of display. Remove the hide from the skull cap skull plate clean the skull cap.

Mckenzie taxidermy offers a great selection of antler skull caps and shed connectors. Then i ll cover each in more detail. With a little effort you can make a european mount to display your trophy buck.