Euro Help

[coloyooper]

Hey everybody,

Looking for some help on this moose euro. Got it back from Alaska this afternoon and the transport service “prepped” it prior to shipping. They wanted to charge an arm and a leg to do the full euro so I told them to hold off. My question, based off the pics, does this still need a good boiling? It’s got a little stank to it so I’m sure I already know the answer but overall it’s picked pretty clean. I’ve not done my own yet so looking for pointers.

Thanks!

 

[cnelk]

Yep.
Put it in a bucket with an aquarium heater or sous vide with water & Dawn dish soap for a few days.
Do not boil

My Alaska moose came the same way

 

[coloyooper]

Yep.
Put it in a bucket with an aquarium heater or sous vide with water & Dawn dish soap for a few days.
Do not boil

My Alaska moose came the same way

What temp roughly? I know 212° will soften the bone too much.

 

[cnelk]

Barely simmer. Just warm water, 150 degrees or so

 

[mattm94]

Curious, did they use a pressure washer to prep it for shipping?

Agree on the low simmer and NEVER let it actually boil.

 

[butcherboy]

It needs some serious degreasing. Dawn soap and ammonia will do the trick. Keep the water temp from going above 150 degrees. Best is 110-120. When the water gets murky and greasy then change it out for fresh water, soap, and ammonia.

 

[Stache Attack]

Get one of those skull cookers. It holds at 160 degrees very well. In 6-8 hours I was very impressed

 

[Cady Creek]

As cnelk stated, give it a simmer not a boil. I add Dawn and baking soda then hit it with a pressure washer, followed by air compressor. A quick inspection will tell you if it needs to go back in the pot or not. If it looks pretty clean and degreased with all the gunk removed, I then soak in the cheap 3% peroxide for 48 hours. Let it dry and then mix up some schedule 40 peroxide and add in Clairol BW2 bleach powder to make a paste. Paint in on the skull avoiding antlers and bases(I wrap in electrical tape and tinfoil) then wrap entire skull in plastic and let it sit somewhere warm for another 48hrs. Rinse well and should be good to go. Can always give it another coat of the paste if necessary. There is plenty of variations to this process, and this is just what works for me on whitetails and elk. Your MMV.

 

[MuleyFever]

Any of you have pictures of a moose skull in water from doing one? The way moose antlers grow out to the side more than an elk or deer how are you guys keeping the whole skull underwater? I have seen pics of them being steamed and now see how that may work better given the geometry of the skull and antlers.

 

[william schmaltz]

Steam it for an hour and be done with it. Those poor bases look like they have already seen too much soap and water!

 

[coloyooper]

Steam it for an hour and be done with it. Those poor bases look like they have already seen too much soap and water!

Yeah I wasn’t exactly thrilled with the bases when it showed up yesterday

 

[coloyooper]

Any of you have pictures of a moose skull in water from doing one? The way moose antlers grow out to the side more than an elk or deer how are you guys keeping the whole skull underwater? I have seen pics of them being steamed and now see how that may work better given the geometry of the skull and antlers.

Yes also this. Pics would be awesome. Bull is 62” wide so not exactly easy to dunk the skull

 

[idelkslayer]

On skulls where I had trouble getting the portion of the skull between the bases underwater I have laid a wash cloth or hand towel over that area and then covered it with tin foil. The cloth wicks up moisture and the tin foil helps hold in that heat and steam.

 

[MuleyFever]

Yes also this. Pics would be awesome. Bull is 62” wide so not exactly easy to dunk the skull

One reason why I am seriously thinking of just bringing the antlers home if I get a moose on my hunt and using one of the 3d printed skulls.

 

[Nickofthewoods]

One reason why I am seriously thinking of just bringing the antlers home if I get a moose on my hunt and using one of the 3d printed skulls.

I would love to see someone's full write up doing this with a 3d printed skull. I'm interested in theory but if it looked too artificial I think I would rather just suffer through the DIY euro process.

 

[MuleyFever]

I would love to see someone's full write up doing this with a 3d printed skull. I'm interested in theory but if it looked too artificial I think I would rather just suffer through the DIY euro process.

This is the one I saw. Pic is from the website. Wonder how it would look once its up on the wall.

 

[SDHNTR]

Yeah I wasn’t exactly thrilled with the bases when it showed up yesterday

Some brown shoe polish rubbed on those bleached parts will bring em back to life and close to matching.

 

[bz_711]

I liked this option when I saw it...but more for when starting with fresh skull:

1.3M views · 17K reactions | DIY Euro Skull Start to Finish! I hate boiling out skulls and it takes way too long. It also was pretty hard to do with giant moose so once we were shown the steam method, we never looked back. Once you have this setu

DIY Euro Skull Start to Finish! I hate boiling out skulls and it takes way too long. It also was pretty hard to do with giant moose so once we were shown the steam method, we never looked back....

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[TSAMP]

One reason why I am seriously thinking of just bringing the antlers home if I get a moose on my hunt and using one of the 3d printed skulls.

Don't do a 3d printed one. They make some great plaster ones you can get from any taxidermy website. I did a plastic one on a whitetail and hate it.

 

[MuleyFever]

Don't do a 3d printed one. They make some great plaster ones you can get from any taxidermy website. I did a plastic one on a whitetail and hate it.

Good alternative.