Imitation elk skull for euro-mount???

[Rhino Hunter]

A few years back I shot decent bull, but I didn't have the money at the time to mount it. I dropped it off at a taxi to cape it (for a future mount), but she cut he skull plate before I could tell her to keep the skull whole for a euro mount. I never had it mounted and now the cape is bad (and I'm kinda short on wall space according to my wife).

Now I'm thinking about a euro mount. But, the skull isn't whole.

My question is...does anybody have experience with the imitation elk skulls for a euro mount? How do they look when compete? I imagine it would difficult at best to get the correct spread/angle the antlers once I cut them off of the skull plate. Is there a way to salvage the current skull plate and use in conjunction with an imitation elk skull?

Thank you in advance for any input.

 

[mn taxidermist]

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There are imitation skulls available that look pretty good.Your taxidermist should be able to fix you up.

 

[nidahunter]

I did this with a moose rack a couple of years ago. Just mount up the antlers in the slot in the skull and use epoxy putty to fill it out,sand it and then I painted the entire thing with ivory colored paint. It looked really good when finished and was fun to do.

 

[Rhino Hunter]

Sounds like a great idea. Got any pics? Where did you get the skull from?

Thanx!

 

[sbhooper]

http://www.tabhintontaxidermy-sup.com/european_skulls.htm

 

[raiderbowhunter]

Here is a mountain mikes elk euro. Not too difficult, but definitely helps to have am extra set of hands when attaching antlers to the plate.

 

[Rhino Hunter]

Here is a mountain mikes elk euro. Not too difficult, but definitely helps to have am extra set of hands when attaching antlers to the plate.

Very nice!