Euro mount on a DIY pedestal

Bagel_7

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Found this spike elk dead head about a month ago, boiled it and cleaned it off and whitened it thanks to @BRTreedogs He sent me some Clairol basic white, free, that I could mix with some volume 40.

Out of boredom I decided to make a little table pedestal out of scrap wood in the garage. I think it turned out good. Threw it on the chest in my man cave.
 

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May just be the lighting, but if u put some more volume 40 on it and put in the sun a couple days, it would probably whiten It up a little more. You’ll notice those yellow spots get darker over time.
 
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May just be the lighting, but if u put some more volume 40 on it and put in the sun a couple days, it would probably whiten It up a little more. You’ll notice those yellow spots get darker over time.
I may try that because it didn’t whiten as much using the cream. Normally I add volume 40 liquid into the water and boil. But because I need so much of it to get the 4 to 1 ratio due to the size of the pot I used for an elk I tried it with the cream.
 

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Found this spike elk dead head about a month ago, boiled it and cleaned it off and whitened it thanks to @BRTreedogs He sent me some Clairol basic white, free, that I could mix with some volume 40.

Out of boredom I decided to make a little table pedestal out of scrap wood in the garage. I think it turned out good. Threw it on the chest in my man cave.

Super rad! I've done something similar with an old Osage fence post but yours looks cleaner.
 
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Looks awesome! Dead heads are super tough to get completely white with all the oils that have dried in the skull. I dig the pedestal too!
 

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well I haven't seen anyone do this so I hope I can help people out

that is a 4x4 post with steel piping...you can level it due to screwing/unscrewing feet.

3/8 bolt with washer and about 4 wraps of twine, you can rotate the knot so it's hidden in the brain cavity.

those are 4" pieces of pipe on 3 sides, the long one is 12" and it is sturdy.

all pipe is 3/4 but 1/2 would be fine

I think I self-scored this bull at around 277? but I have never done it before (its the one in my avatar) for an idea of the size
 

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I took a little whitetail buck here in NY in the Adirondacks last season. Buried the head in the fall, dig up in the spring, cleaned up real quick and built a basic cedar pedestal stand.

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I don’t a little whitetail buck here in NY in the Adirondacks last season. Buried the head in the fall, dig up in the spring, cleaned up real quick and built a basic cedar pedestal stand.

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I really like how you put the spent casing on there.


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