Taxidermist question. Can you fix broken skull mount?

[Miller]

Is it possible to fix this skull with another skull. What is in the picture is all that was salvageable. The rest was broken into really small pieces. I guess besides the obvious answers is there any way to fix this or does anyone know of anyone that can?

[slayer]

they sell the european mounts with just the skull, you cut your horns off and mount on the plastic skull. Might not look as original before, but will still be able to show off the horns.

[buck_wild]

they sell the european mounts with just the skull, you cut your horns off and mount on the plastic skull. Might not look as original before, but will still be able to show off the horns.

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[Mudslinger]

They look good. I bought one of the kits from one of the taxidermy supply houses for a pair of elk sheds in found in NM. Looked great when I finished getting them done, scored right around 350 -360 after i mounted them. Sheds alone without a spread scored 310"

[Texastaxi]

I've gotta ask ... how'd you do that?

[kashmoney]

I've gotta ask ... how'd you do that?

There has been some threads for free lab pups.
Maybe he took some one up on there offer.

[J-J Matt]

Get one of the kits from a taxidermist, don't buy on of the ones from Gander or Academy. I don't think they finish out as good as the ones taxis do. I would talk to your taxi about ordering you one, or just give it to him and let him do it.

[Mudslinger]

Wasn't easy. I drilled holes in the bases of the antlers and inserted two 3" coated deck screws in the holes. I then drilled larger corresponding holes in the european mount at the antler bases, filled with epoxy and the tied, anchored and set the horns to where they had a decent spread and looked good on the base and let it set for a couple of days. the european base had pretty deep impressions where the antlers set, so there was a lot of epoxy the hold the screws and antlers. I then used a 2 part expoxy or whatever the taxis use around here to "finish" off the part between the base and antlers to look like one continuous flow, painted and that was it. I used these as a fund raiser at our local RMEF banquet one year. The closest "guessed score" to the actaul score won the european mount. I had people tell me that they were worth $1500, but it raised 3 to 4 hundred bucks for our RMEF chapter. They looked good and were mounted solid on the european base.

[bow4life]

there are kits available at some taxi supply companies that you can cut your horns off and mount them to the new skull. Below is one that my dad (a taxi) did for a customer. Looks pretty good IMO.

[Miller]

Thanks for the tips. Much appreciated. I knew someone would ask. I stuck them up on a plant shelf that was about 10 feet off the ground. Just put them up there next to a log until I had time to hang them. They actually looked pretty good up there or so I thought with the other mounts. Guess they weren't up there that good as one morning I found the skull on the ground.

[whitetailslayer]

If it's possible for you to get a hold of another buck skull, I would swap out your antlers onto a real skull. With a little "know-how", it can be done.

[oneforthewall]

Pretty well covered it guys.