These are becoming increasingly popular among sportsmen simply because they are less expensive and take up less room in the house than the traditional shoulder mount.
Skull cap antler mount.
Cut off the antlers.
The process of preparing a skull cap for mounting can be done by the hunter without the need to hire a taxidermist.
Mckenzie taxidermy offers a great selection of antler skull caps and shed connectors.
Cut antlers off skull when cutting off deer antlers for an antler plaque mount pay careful attention to the angle of your through cut because this will affect how your antlers display on the wall.
With a little effort you can make a european mount to display your trophy buck.
Skin and cut as much meat and hide as possible.
It includes a wood plaque and one red and one cream colored skull cover plus mounting hardware.
It all depends on your preferred angle of display.
First let s review the major steps involved in mounting deer antlers.
Remove the hide from the skull cap skull plate clean the skull cap.
Deer antler mounting kit this easy to assemble kit fits almost all sizes and shapes of deer antlers.
How to create an antler mount.
Now you will center the antler over the correct pedicle of the top section of the skull plate form make sure you are drilling the correct antler side and drill a 3 16 hole roughly 1 deep into the base of the antler.
The next step is to place the skull cap in a pot of water add 1 tablespoon of sodium carbonate to the water then simmer for 20 30 minutes.
Cut the antler off the skull as shown in fig 1.
Attach or make a cover for the skull plate.
We found it was best to start the hole through the top section and then drill the antler separately.
The skull cap is the portion of the skull above the deer s eye socket and usually accompanies the antlers for display.
Materials needed to mount deer antlers.
Items you will need.
In this figure lines blue red and green would each work fine.
Everything your need for successful antler mounting.
Step by step instructions for creating an antler mount.