Skull & Osage pic

[Wapiti Chaser]

I just finished last years skull mount and put it on some Osage that was bound for the wood stove. I thought the Osage was fitting because I shot him with my Osage bow. This is the first time I did a skull mount by just leaving it in a bucket of water. It was so easy I could do it. No more boiling,beatles or burying in the garden for me.


 

[JJB]

That turned out really nice.  I love the look of the osage and very appropriate since you got it with an osage bow.
-Jay

[Flingblade]

Great looking mount!  I'd like to know more about the cleaning by leaving in bucket of water technique.?

[ron w]

Perfect........  

[tex-archer]

Looks good!!

[Wapiti Chaser]

I just caped out the head and put the skull in a 5 gallon bucket of water for two months ( really stinks). When done hose it off and put some of hair bleach stuff on it to make it white.

[DannyBows]

That is really sharp, well done!    

[Shinken]

That turned out really nice!  Good work!

Keep the wind in your face!

Shoot straight, Shinken

 

[ChristopherO]

It does look very nice.  Since building a few bows with osage I've grown very fond to that yellow wood.
A suggestion, though, only use peroxide to bleach the skull/bones as bleach will continue to erode the bone over time whereas peroxide will not.

[Wapiti Chaser]

I used stuff that hair dressers use. Its a powder you mix with peroxide haven't had any problems yet but have only done three or four that way.

[Alexander Traditional]

That's pretty neat looking!

[iohkus]

Oooooooo, THAT'S gotta STINK. How far from the house did you leave it?
      Looks very good however!

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Looks great Bob. i still have to bleach last years skull!

This is the motivation I needed.

[Mike Mongelli]

Great idea!

[Dave Bowers]

very cool

[kcbrown]

That looks great but I get that bucket of water did stink.

[PA Bones]

That looks great.  I am going to try your method on my next skull mount

[fmscan]

Thanks for the post, I learned something and liked the osage as much as the rack...

[LookMomNoSights]

Very nice!

[drewsbow]

very nice Bob