Mountain Mike Euro Mount Kit - Good Alternative?
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2020
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Thanks for posting this! I’ve had an 18-pt rack on skull cap mounted to a 2x4 for 15 years. Killed it when I was too broke to have a full mount and didn’t know about euro mounts so this fits my need to make it nice and presentable.
Good stuff. I've considered purchasing that in the past for sheds and such, but I'm glad you showed the process. Pretty simple and it turned out great in my opinion.
I think it is awesome. I have been putting off finishing the skull cap of the buck I shot last year and I am thinking this might be the quick and easy solution! I didn't even know this existed. THANKS!
Looks Good. I did one of these also a couple years ago. Another option for antlers and a skull plate is to mount them on an iron buck skull. It doesn’t look like a real skull but is a pretty good look.
I just did one last week, I thought it looked great and really easy!
I used one a few years ago. It was on a full velvet buck. Turned out great
Purchased one today. I hope it looks like the way yours came out. Thanks for the info!
I think it looks great!
I just finished my 20th Whitetail European mount for 2020 and a huge Bull Moose from Vermont! I boil the heads I do but I occasionally get someone that wants an old scull that has the hide on it "whitened up" and bleaching them is almost impossible. I'm definitely gonna try the mounting kit on the next one I have to "just clean up " as I'm told many times.
Did this today, Garrett. Worked awesome 👏👏👏
For 17 bucks it beats all the work that goes into making the perfect euro mount. It looks great on the video! Thanks for sharing.
Looks awesome. Will be trying it out this season.
Your looks good! I’m not crazy about them but living in PA with 3 other states within an hour’s drive they have become a requirement for me because I do not like just the skull plate. I make a wash of 1 part flat white latex paint and 2 parts water and coat the skull to take the shine off of it. Then I spray it with clear flat acrylic, so you can easily clean/dust it later.
Looks great! Very thorough video & I appreciate the effort in putting it all together for us. I’ve shared it with some buddies cause we hunt CWD zones PLUS you can’t transport anything back into Arkansas, without scraping brains out & all that. Now we can just cut out the skull caps for our euros & I’ll bring my shoulder mounts to a taxidermist with good reviews as close as I can get to the Arkansas border, lol.
Thanks for the video. Looks good in the video so I am going to give it a try.
Looked good to me, thanks for the review!
I have used those a few times and they work fine for the money. They are a good alternative for the traditional euro mount IMO
This works great, it is much better than waiting 12 to 14 months for my euro mounts from Nebraska and South Dakota. No more waiting!
Looks like a great option. I will buying a few of these that I already have antlers for.
I think it turned out awesome! Good job! After you bleach out a skull on traditional euro mount, the skulls look similar anyway.
Looks fantastic and definitely something I’d consider
I did one with the same kit and sanded the plastic with fine sand paper just to take the sheen off. I hope to have the need for another kit this fall.
I used one on a set of sheds i found a couple of years ago the mounting bracket is worth the investment too
Looks good to me.
A few of my buddies and I do a lot of out state hunts. And with all of the restrictions on dufferent state game laws now because of CWD. That's the easy way to transport ur buck.
Looks a lot better than I expected it too.👍
Thanks for the video. I think I will try one of these. Looks like there are 3 sizes.
Looks legit. I just bought one for some nice sheds, I saw another video using wood stain to make the skull look more realistic so I’m going to attempt that
Looks great! Great job!
Looks good to me. I like the idea of being able to mount one that otherwise I wouldn't get to.
Looks legit to me! Definitely a good idea for us PA guys with the same CWD restrictions.
From four feet away it looks good. I had my sons first buck euro mounted and with in a year it fell and broke the nose piece. So I could see using those plastic ones for the smaller bucks
Looks good from here.... had the same issue when I would be hunting in MI years ago and heading back to Ohio or WI
It's a great alternative, I have one very similar to this one. I don't love it, but I don't hate it either.
Looks pretty legit dude. And like you said 30min max compared to all that goes into a real euro mount, def seems like a good option.
I would def want those measurements to be as close as possible.... if too far off then I don’t think I’d go that route.
right best to write down the measurements before tightening everything down fully
Yours looks much better than the one I did many years ago. The one I bought you had to use putty to close the gap around the antler bases. It is a larger skull replica and doesn’t look very good.
Nice job! This is exactly what I am looking for. Thank you for making this.
Looks good for the price although it does look way more realistic painted. Using Kilz paint and primer has given me the best results so far. Looks the same color as my real euro mounts.
Thanks for the comment I was just wandering what I would paint I have 4 to do and I would have never thought about the Kilz and primer 2 from this year I’m getting done now 125$ and the man does a really nice job on them but the older ones I was on the fence so I’m going to give this kit a try thanks again!
Might do that on a nice set of sheds.
Ordered one here just a few days ago. Was really hoping it wasn't going to look tacky. Now that I've seen this I have a little higher expectations. Definitely not the real thing but 20 to 40 ft away should look pretty real in hoping.
Love those mounts. Also great for sets of sheds!
I prefer them for sheds as real skull looks key. Yeah, this may be time and cost effective too an extent, but looks will never be on par.
Looks pretty cool on video.
Looks good!! Price is right too.
Only thing I actually enjoy is the painted/ hyro-dipped “skull-cap” rack portion that you just saw antlers off buck, sand bases to perfection and viola!! 10x better looking, less space, and way more realistic than the “plastic surgery of taxidermy!!” 😂
Awesome I’m getting one they make camo and flag to
Looks good!
Looks great
I like to personalize them add dates and whatnot sometimes i try to camo them
I want to go out of state to hunt. Love the challenge of michigan public land. But would like to test my skills somewhere else.
To eliminate that gap issue you can just drill out the hole in the skull plate slightly larger than the screw. That way, the screw will grab the antler only and not the plastic plate.
Good idea
Looked good. Seemed wider before you mounted it on there. Regardless looks great.
You are good at that kind of thing. It would take me six hours and I'd screw it up every way possible.
Looks good
Looks pretty good man! Cant really tell from over here! Haha
Look amazing my skull plate broke and i was left with a huge 9 pointer rack and this made it amazing but in canada its like 40$ haha
Get some white chalk paint then hit some of the cracks and teeth with glazing (like for cabinets) and it really adds to the realism. If hung above the head you can’t tell the difference
Thanks, I'll try that out!
Looks good to me.
The shine, no small detail bones in the nose and the teeth make it look fake, but a good option for staying legal.
Since most places charge between 90 to 120 for euro mount, for those of us on a budget it makes a lot of sense. But I would only use it for mounts that are going on high walls, looks too fake to place anywhere at eye level or lower.
What about the TWO holes left on the front of the skull at the end? Should you fill those 2 holes or not? Looks artificial... :)
On the video it looks as good as the real thing
looks cool bro as long as you took measurements of the deers spread before you removed the antlers and adjusted them fitting the right spread hey it would pass as a legit mount cause even people who do euro mounts are basically just displaying the measurements of the deer and the antler size and points on the rack i mean whats so appealing looking at a deers head with the eye balls missing and the nose and the fur basically as they are called a skull mount so if some ones just wanting to display their deer's potential in measurements and points and they don't screw up the measurements or knowingly make the spread look bigger then it really is which i would think would make it more look unrealistic then hey i say by all means people if they got the time and the tools to do so and make it look legit and don't make the antlers look all wonky and stay as close to if not on point to the measurement the deer was when the antlers were on it then i say hey go for it save thousands and months to years to get your trophy back and get them bragging points to friends and family specially a good idea for a kid or even an adults first buck
Damn dude you got this for a song on the dance they are like 40 bucks now
These things will never be on par next to a real euro mount, but can be time and cost effective.
Amazon sells state shaped bamboo cutting boards that I mount the universal mount to and then glue my IL. deer pin at the bottom and then mount the whole thing on the wall. really adds some interest to the mount. If you look at my avatar to get a tiny picture of what I am getting at.
Lean into the plastic. Paint it blue..black.. plaid.. have fun with it.
For 17 bucks it looks Great. But....Would the plastic mount take a camo dip, or can you get them already in camo ?? That would really be the ticket. The shine from the plastic makes it look fake (could be just the lighting).
It looks like they do sell dipped camo ones. They are more expensive though. These clean ones could likely be dipped too then I imagine.
I just bought this. NO longer $17 bucks. Amazon and shipping, now $70 !!!
They've definitely gotten more expensive. If you have Prime or find at a local store it seems like they're usually $35-40
Looks decent to me
Holding it at the end there. You wouldn't think twice on it.
I would stain the teeth up a little bit. Looks good! To be honest I would spend more than $17
And should have put a link to the hunt in the description. ( If you got it on film). Cuz I love the videos
Just added the link to the description
@@DIYSportsman turns out I've seen that one before 👍. Good luck this season
Land of the free?
Just did one for my first buck not sure what the gap filler is for. Do you know?
I'm not sure. I didn't use any of mine.
Ok thanks for replying!
Definitely a good product. I do Euros for my friends. Friend of mine brought me a skull that had been shattered by the bullet head shot, This did the trick and looked real nice.
Interesting how they have more than doubled in price in just 2 years. Did plastic go up that much!
Makes me wonder if it was a discounted price on Amazon back then also.
My first thought was it definitely looks like plastic. At first I thought, it definitely is clean but that plastic isn't for me. BUT!!!! then I started thinking, maybe a tiny bit of a plastic look is EXACTLY what is good about it. I have a non-hunter friends or even non-hunting spouses of my hunting friends that may think a real skull mount was "yecky". a fake mount like this is actually realistic enough for my hunting friends and yet I can tell the "yecky" people... it isn't a real head, it is a fake skull. Maybe this mount is actually the perfect compromise for everyone. !!!! nice!
Apparently the price has doubled since this video was made. 🤦
Where to get for $17.00?
Unfortunately they raised the price quite a bit since I made the video. I'm not sure if it was the manufacturer or Amazon. But they're around $30+ now even when I find them in a store.
Now $34.99
Can’t tell it’s not real. Doing an out of state this year and the cwd laws apply to my state.
Looks good from here 🤣😂
I'd add 2 inches to the spread! LoL
Nudge article
I don't like them. I guess if u hang them up real high them might be ok.. reminds me of a cheap Halloween decoration.
Double the price since this video came out not worth double the price maybe 20 25 tops. The camo ones he’s asking 55 wtf
Where’s your dam mask hahaha!!!! Put one on the mount too!
Lol
Very plastic!!!! Looking!!!!! Bad
Looks decent 👍🏻