European hunters consequently most often resort to making their own skull mounts. Reader Alan Belanger wrote in asking about how to make a European mount of his deer.

Finally, before mounting the skull onto the plaque, we sprayed it lightly twice with a coat of polyurethane. This shined the skull a bit, giving it a polished look (some people prefer the duller ...

But I had long wanted to try to make such a mount myself, by boiling the skull at home. So, using a dandy set of antlers from a road-killed deer I wrote about earlier this fall, I'm giving it a try.

CNY Outdoors Conquest man uses 'flesh-eating' beetles for his European skull mounts of deer and other animals Published: Nov. 05, 2010, 4:40 p.m.

Plaques, hangers and braided rope to mount your deer’s rack can be purchased from a taxidermist, many local sporting goods’ stores, or from major sporting goods’ catalog retailers. You can even custom ...