With Ice water in her vaines and camo hair she droped this one in its tracks while it walked behind a Doe at 158 yards on the range finder. She was jumping around and High 5ing me after the shot. The next day Drake made my day by making a great shot on a Doe he had spotted on his own on his way to a stand. It was a proud Papa weekend for me...

Nice! and check out those eyeguards!

Cool buck for sure. You should do a european skull mount of it...

VERY NICE!

Good job Dad and daughter.

way to go allie! all i managed was a spike on the opener, which is fine by me. that deer sure is a nice one! how was the weather over there this past weekend?



willy

Way to go Art and kiddo's. Dandy whitey....good shooting!!!!!!!

Cool stuff.My 14 year old daughter is finally showing some interest,so next year she maybe in.Got my buck last thursday night after work,so it's time for the rivers to drop and head out.Congrates.Good luck,
SZ

Art, I've done a few of those mounts. Pretty easy and very inexpensive. It is a bit smelly, and messy getting the flesh off, but the boys like theirs.

I've done a couple the slow cook way and plane on doing this one as well.
Anyone know the cost of doing it with beatles???

Never looked for the beatles.

I'm going the maceration route this time. Bucket of water, let it rot for a while (week or two), then boil it. The last one I did for a friend was just plain boiled and it didn't turn out as good as the rot and boil. Stinky, but effective.

The old rot-n-boil huh...
sounds like the X's cooking
had a buddy that would tie a rope around em and toss em into the lake for a while...

I've done quite a few euro's. A buddy of mine is a taxidermist, he hooked me up with some powder you add to the boil and any fleshy stuff just falls right off. As in, I'm pretty sure you could boil for a little while, then grab an antler, and shake it clean. Reallllllllly slick way to do them.

A secondary method, is to boil in hydrogen peroxide. This not only cuts down on the stink, but bleaches the skull a blinding white, while aiding in flesh removal....

Like all those ascot wearin' feather flingers say.... "slow, and low..."
This holds true for duration and heat of a euro boil....

http://www.skulltaxidermy.com/kits.html

$55 for a starter colony.

Powder sounds better than bugs unless Andy wants to build a bug house. I'll buy the bugs !!!! any more info on this powder???

Thanks for the tips...

This is the stuff...
(linky)
Sal's Soda

It doesn't do all the work...but it sure helps!

Look for Skulldugery on the web. It is company somwhere between Olympia and Vancouver. Buck deer is about $100. They do everything from snakes to whales.

Too cool, great job!!

Keith

That's great Art.
No better hunting partner on Earth than your kids.
Good on you Dad.

One can never have made too many good memories....


That's a great one!

Awesome job! My daughters are showing a little interest in hunting. I will probably let the oldest take the class when she is 10 or 11 if she is still interested then.