Moose Euro - what mounting bracket?

[coloyooper]

I finally got my moose euro back and am looking for recommendations for a hook/bracket to mount it up. A surprise to nobody, but they are a LOT heavier than an elk skull. Ideally I’d like the skull parallel to the wall. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[MDR]

I use a heavy screw hook in a stud and a loop of cable through the back of the skull. Hangs parallel and dirt cheap to do.

 

[kodiak725]

I have mine on a skull hooker and have no complaints

 

[coloyooper]

I use a heavy screw hook in a stud and a loop of cable through the back of the skull. Hangs parallel and dirt cheap to do.

Can you send me a pic of the setup? I like dirt cheap

 

[coloyooper]

I have mine on a skull hooker and have no complaints

I’ve got skull hooker on a handful of skulls but was hoping to keep it more flush to the wall.

 

[abbrown]

I've got a very secure stud in a great location in my living room you can hang it on

 

[Elk Chaser]

I have a Shiras mounted with a Dead On Display hanger and it looks great. Not sure what yours weighs as they do have a weight limit, you might reach out to them?

European Skull Mount Hanger - LARGE

Heavy-duty large European skull mount hanger for elk, moose, and big game. Premium steel wall bracket with black finish. Built for trophy-class skulls.

www.deadondisplay.com

 

[Nick4050]

Get a good lag thread screw hook and predrill a hole in a solid stud, then run a 10" piece of cable through the backside of the skull and crimp it into a loop. you can adjust the length of the loop to where it will let the skull sit flat against the wall without hanging low enough to show the cable.

 

[Brejas]

My bull moose euro weighs 58 pounds and I use a Skull Hooker, which has been great.

 

[Slugz]

Iron Mountain Skull Hangers

 

[william schmaltz]

Snare cable through the skull. Use a better hook than this, but you get the point.

This way is handy. A guy that did the euro put it in years ago. It’s a sturdy lag bolt with an eye on it and bent perfectly installed in the skull with nut/washer. Then just hooks to a lag bolt in a stud. The cable is secondary in case it jolts off in an earthquake. This is a 66” bull and about the only thing I trust for a bull that large. I wish the guy was still in business, I’d buy a dozen of these from him and do all em this way.

I have an ultra mega that weighed 86lbs that is on the floor of my garage. I don’t know what the hell to do with it. I don’t trust the bone on the back of the skull to not break under the weight. Might just crimp snare cable around each base and hook it to two different studs in the garage…..

 

[FranklinBluth]

I got a Dead on Display hanger at the Salt Lake show a couple weeks back and can say it has been simple and sturdy to hold my moose head up.

 

[MDR]

Can you send me a pic of the setup? I like dirt cheap

William Schmaltz posted the method I use in the first pic. Only difference is I route the loop out of the hole for the spinal cord

 

[fulldraw93]

Dead On Display mounted to a wall stud.