European Mount Cost

[Beargrasstx]

No offense, but the products you listed are really not what a taxidermist is going to use, which Chance Love is. Will the products you use work? Sure, but are no where near the best. If you don't use a pressure washer, how are you getting the entire nasal and sinus cavities cleaned out? That stuff gets boiled, but if you don't get it out you might have a smelly head on your hands days/weeks/months later, not to mention it can cause oil to seep out, ie the heads that tend to yellow later.



For example, I use 50% hydrogen peroxide that you have to get from a chemical supply house and have to get an acct. That stuff is now almost $40 per gallon. And I mix that with magnesium carbonate to make a paste (5lbs is $26). In the boil I would use about 20-30 oz of dawn dishwashing and a cup or more of sodium bicarbonate, that another $8-12. When doing it properly it can very easily get about $100 especially when factoring in a plaque ($20-$30 for a flat plaque).

Watch the video- I let nature clean the skulls. This isn't a quick turnaround. This is a diy, not professional. No smelly skulls.

I tried making my own paste before with the ingredients you listed but I didn't do a good job. Didn't come out as white.

I did have one skull hanging in a barn for 2 years. Never again- hide was like leather.

I'm just offering an alternative that works and I have done 9 skulls this way which saved me several hundred dollars.



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[Beargrasstx]

Trust me, I know exactly how “easy” it is.







Geez guy, assume much? Not that it matters but I mow my own yard, fix things around the house, and you are wrong about everything else. You seem to only want to include the material costs in a euro. And yep, those are relatively cheap. But if you don’t include other factors (such as time) then you aren’t being accurate.

Well how do you put a price on time? It might take you 3 hours of labor to do one skull. I always do several together and usually a 2 to 3 hour deal. Hardest part is the cleaning.

The whitening is easy

So some guys don't mow yards or do things around the house because they have high paying jobs and cheaper for them to pay someone and keep working there other job

I work shift work in a refinery so paid well for my time at work but I also have free time during the weekdays to knock out projects. Not everyone has that luxury but it doesn't take that long to do a skull. Especially if you did a good job skinning it the day you killed it.

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[diamond10x]

I just paid 180$ for a mule deer head. I about had a heart attack when they quoted me. Paid it as its the only place within a couple hours and I don't have the stuff to do it myself like I did back in TX.

[BigCohiba]

I just picked mine up today. $175 without a plaque. Overall’s in New Caney. I thought it was steep but I didn’t want to fool around doing it myself. This is the 4th one I’ve had done there and they all look excellent.

[bigbad243]

Watch the video- I let nature clean the skulls. This isn't a quick turnaround. This is a diy, not professional. No smelly skulls.

I tried making my own paste before with the ingredients you listed but I didn't do a good job. Didn't come out as white.

I did have one skull hanging in a barn for 2 years. Never again- hide was like leather.

I'm just offering an alternative that works and I have done 9 skulls this way which saved me several hundred dollars.



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To each there own, but your way isn't a good way to do it. When it sits and "nature does the work" you are going to end up with yellow skulls. All the grease seeps into the bone and eventually wants out. The past only works with 35-50% peroxide, not the volume stuff you get at Sallys.

[SHSU18]

I have two different guys that do them in Cypress / Tomball Area. One went up from $60 to $80 and the other is a high school kid who is doing them for $60. Comes out super clean.

[BTLowry]

Do my own

But I would not mess with a deer for <$200 either if I was doing it for someone else and that would be skull cleaning only, no plaque

You want me to euro a hog? Catch me in a good mood and I MIGHT do it for $450 and that is a strong MIGHT
They are a royal PIA trying to get all that grease out/off

[Hughiam]

I charge $250, use beetles and correctly degrease, absolutely no heat over 115*. Bears are $300-$350. I quit doing moose, caribou and elk, but was at $450 and $550.

[smokeless]

My local guy does them for $50. No base.

[Codie]

$100 ($120 with a hanger) and 1 week turnaround - 6A taxidermy here in Graham