How do you display your EURO mounts?

[Grubstake]

Here's what I've done

 

[Browtine]

Old barn wood for me as well.

 

[Matt Cashell]

I love how Skull Hookers present the skull.

 

[Tony Trietch]

Thanks everyone for the help with hanging these skulls. As a custom home builder and some one that constructs things for a living, I keep thinking-I can build that...
I do not like the look of the wood plaques. Just me, I see wood all day every day at work. The skull hooker does seem to be the best at providing mounting options (direction-angle-pose), but the best prices I could find are $31 tyd for deer size and $46 tyd Elk size.
I found a steel bracket that is much easier on the wallet and still provides a clean look of no wood and a secure fit (rod into spinal stem hole). The only thing it does not do is tilt side to side. The vertical angle is more of a natural position similar to that of Robby's or the Skull Hooker.

I have ordered a few and will report back how they work.
Here is a link: http://www.taxidermistwoodshop.com/Deer-Skull-Hanger-p/sh01.htm for the deer/bear/cat,
For the elk: http://www.taxidermistwoodshop.com/Elk-Skull-Hanger-p/sh03.htm
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[Stid2677]

Here is one I made for my moose,,

I like the Trappers too,,,,

 

[2rocky]

Here is another DIY IDEA

I think I would put an expanding wall anchor in the brain cavity for security...

 

[Grubstake]

That moose one is super cool!

 

[IdyllwildArcher]

Nick, I have an idea for your bear skulls.

Take a chainsaw and cut a cross section out of a 18-24 inch tree about 6 inches thick. Take a grinder and put flat side down on the surface of the wood at the 12, 3, 6, and 9 o'clock positions. Glue/bolt your skulls into the depressions. Use a drill to put holes into the 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, and 11 oclock positions and glue sawed off antler tines from sheds into those holes. Buy a DIY clock and install it in the center of the log.

Bam! Coolest clock ever made!

If you had 12 skulls and a big log, you could do it that way too.

You could use tines to make Roman numerals too.

 

[TheBuzz]

I like that Skull Hooker too...if I am lucky enough to arrow a Bull Elk, probably do the same. I am partial to Euro Mounts, Myself.

 

[IdyllwildArcher]

Stid, no offence bro, but your moose mount looks like a bong.

I like it!

 

[bojangles808]

just got my archery buck back from the taxidermist

 

[Tony Trietch]

Well I received the brackets from "The Taxidermists' Woodshop.
They are exactly what I was looking for and very cheap.
$8 for deer and $25 for elk.

 

[IdyllwildArcher]

Could you give some detail the process of attaching the skull? Did you drill the bone? How'd you decide where to put the hole? Did it seem easy and straight-forward?

I assume it seems sturdy? Would you guess that a heavy elk skull/rack would stay attached?

Do you think it'd work for a skull cap or just a euro?

 

[Tony Trietch]

Could you give some detail the process of attaching the skull? Did you drill the bone? How'd you decide where to put the hole? Did it seem easy and straight-forward?

I assume it seems sturdy? Would you guess that a heavy elk skull/rack would stay attached?

Do you think it'd work for a skull cap or just a euro?

The deer/bear size unit requires no drilling. Just slide the skull over the tab and the nubs at each side of the spinal cavity bump the plate. Done.
The elk size does require two hole to be drilled. It would hold up the biggest racked elk on the planet (as long as you anchor it to a stud and not drywall).
Very solid.

 

[realunlucky]

Well I received the brackets from "The Taxidermists' Woodshop.
They are exactly what I was looking for and very cheap.
$8 for deer and $25 for elk.

I really like these thanks

 

[maverick2]

There are some great ideas in this thread! Wanted to hang my moose in a corner so it wouldn't take up so much room, as well as set the skull at a more natural angle, so played around with some barn wood I had. Ended up with this -- will dismantle it and sand/soften edges and put a finish on it, but the overall affect will be the same.

 

[cnelk]

We are running out of wall space so I made a similar corner mount for my son's WT buck he shot last fall
A nice way to fill corners and there is always a stud to screw into

 

[bz_711]

Very happy with the Skuller Hookers I recently got (except for the price)...now I just need a house with vaulted ceilings so I can mount an elk or moose

 

[weaver]

Heres one of mine. A little too much wood for my taste.

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