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Beetles to clean skull for European mount
Posted on 8/13/21 at 9:07 pm
Posted on 8/13/21 at 9:07 pm
Anyone have experience with this or know of a taxidermist who does?
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Posted on 8/13/21 at 10:00 pm to GO TIGERS GO
For euro mounts, beetles are the real deal. A friend of mine in Texas does my skull mounts. They come out looking like this
Posted on 8/13/21 at 10:11 pm to GO TIGERS GO
How does a fire ant mound do???
Posted on 8/13/21 at 10:14 pm to GO TIGERS GO
My hunting buddy knows a guy with a beetle box. I’ll get his info when he comes out of the woods and post it. I think he’s in SW Mississippi
Posted on 8/14/21 at 3:24 am to GO TIGERS GO
Can you get the beetles for a freshly killed democrat anti-2a congress person? 
Ok, DV away; couldn't help myself.
Ok, DV away; couldn't help myself.
Posted on 8/14/21 at 6:41 am to GO TIGERS GO
I don't know of many taxidermists using beetles anymore. You have to keep them fed year-round, and the bone requires much more degreasing before you can whiten it (compared to simmering or heated/cold maceration). I still simmer them, but most people are going to maceration.
Posted on 8/14/21 at 7:18 am to GO TIGERS GO
I skin it, simmer it with a little dawn soap for a few hrs, then pressure wash it. let it dry, tape antlers and I coat with 40% hydrogen peroxide. Set it out in sun to dry. Here’s a few I’ve done over the years
This post was edited on 8/14/21 at 3:30 pm
Posted on 8/14/21 at 8:20 am to GO TIGERS GO
A buddy who I hunt with uses dermestid beetles in his taxidermy work. He has used them for years.
Here is a website, not his, showing how they work.
LINK
Here is a website, not his, showing how they work.
LINK
Posted on 8/14/21 at 5:45 pm to GO TIGERS GO
Fins to Feathers in Saint Amant have shipped several deer heads for me to a place with beetles. He does the prework, ships them and then mounts them to driftwood.
Posted on 8/16/21 at 8:41 am to GO TIGERS GO
Look up Coleman Skull Mounts on Facebook, right outside of McComb. He did my daughters (no pics).
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