Instead of the plaster/concrete mix, I use $4 can of spray foam, which hardens and then can be carved into any shape. Isn’t as smooth a surface as plaster, but it makes a lightweight mount.

I may very well never watch another one of your videos…but that hug you gave your dog made me go hug my dog, then like and subscribe, which a rarely do. Good on you my man, I wish you the best, those mounts look great.

Hey Ryan! I super enjoy every video. I mounted my first buck I got, and have been mounting since them back in 2016. Thanks to your tips and "every hole, every orfice" I've started doing mounts for friends and family. So thanks so much and Merry Christmas!!

Everything you put on here is gold! Love watching your videos! Thank you sir!

Great video, I really enjoy your "How to videos"! I followed your first video on how to do this a few years ago, and the antler mount turned out great. I have a couple more deer antler sets I got from my grandfather and I will be using your videos to help me get those done right too! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

Thank you again for your tips and your videos! I've now done four antler mounts for my dad and two Euro amounts for myself getting ready to do my antler mount for my 2023 bull. Excellent work buddy!

Great looking mounts. Thanks for a way to save antlers that have been hanging a while that can be turned into something awesome to honor the animal and the hunt. God bless you and your family, Merry Christmas.

One of the best how to videos…. Great job sir!

Thank you for your videos, I have completed a couple of European mounts and now want to try this, Merry Christmas!

Thank you for keeping your KZfaq alive Bless you and your family and wish you all a Merry Christmas Thank you for sharing Love your work

Thank you for everything you share with us you have to be one of the most passionate artists I have ever seen! Again thank you and Merry Christmas to you and yours

Merry Christmas bud, thank you for teaching us this technique. Looks good and saves a bunch of money...

I enjoy the videos. I've done a few deer skulls lately using some of your methods. I think I found a new hobby/passion in doing them. I like your way on explaining your processes.

You straight up rock my man. Excellent work. Made my deer season.

Have been mounting my trophies using this inexpensive method for many years. I once had a taxidermist tell me he could not do any better job himself.. Your mounts are beautiful and they look as professional as any I've seen . Keep nocking em out.

Looks great my friend I’ve done many myself! I’ve used everything from car bondo to fiver glass to plaster of Paris but never tried using your mixture! Thanks for the video I’ve enjoyed it! Happy hunting!

I am partial to the euros using your steps and have done a couple. Got one to do for a buddy soon. Going to have to look back for a refresher.

Thanks for the video Ryan super awesome job!!! 👍👍😃😃

Merry Christmas brother! Thanks for sharing the video and God bless you and yours!

Love The Fast Forward Section Really Cool 😎 Nice Mount 👍

You gave me great ideas and a new way off doing things on my next antler mount!!!! Thank you again for sharing this on KZfaq, Merry Christmas and happy new year from. Your friend from Nebraska !!!!

Thank you. Very informative!

Very informative. Great video.

I have always wanted a walmount. They look so cool.

Man I love all your videos 😍 good work and info on all the videos 🙂👍

Great video!

Big from Vermont lad. You have some awesome content I've learned alot from you. Felix Navidad amigo

They both look beautiful

Just got me a gsp last month I don’t really plan to bird dog him but he’s something els man like a cat in ur arms loves being picked up and held or laying in ur lap bad ass video man !

Nice work!

Great job brother

Thanks so much for the video

You seem like a really great person, so I subscribed.

Ryan, firstly want to say thank you first and foremost. Because of you, I’ve turned a hobby into a profitable business. Seeing you made your own app is SUPER awesome and I immediately downloaded. I have a couple questions for you: 1) do you always use havalon blades? It seems the prices for them have gone up a ton in the last year. I’ve seen some off brand ones on Amazon but wasn’t sure if they were worth the hype. 2) I notice you always wear KUIU brand gear. I have been debating on getting some for years now (literally) but I have some reservations. I live in the north and it gets super cold here during whitetail season and I wasn’t sure if you’d recommend KUIU over SITKA? 3) I’d love to hear some of your horror stories about taxidermy. I’ve been learning on the fly for the last 5 years and have made a ton of mistakes but that’s how we learn! Thanks for all you do in helping people like us. You seem like a great guy and I wish you nothing but success. I will and do watch every single video you post on YT and your app!

Great job, Very similar to how I do mine.

Good work .

I never get tired of watching you do your magic and thanks again for showing us how to do the simple antler mount. Question...what would you use to darken up the whitened older antler set to make it look more....not so bleached out? Mike in sunny Florida

Enjoyed the process and learned a few things to help me make better antler mounts. I have only used felt and jute cord around the base of the antlers. I have been doing this for free for any members of our hunt camp. Can you give me a heads up as to what I should charge if a stranger asked me to do a mount for him or her. With felt and leather.

I've done those for several year with a few minor differences. I will use premade forms (mainly for convenience) and paper mache. I also prefer different shades of rope to go around the burr.

Thank you for your time & sharing your knowledge. I've been gifted two sets to use for my jewelery necklace displays but I don't know how to mount them so its standing up on a table top with necklaces hanging, so I'm interested in your thoughts & reccomendations.

Great vid! Just wondering what cement mixture you use? Thanks for video.

Great video. This has inspired me to try my hand on a rack I have in the garage. Just curious, I am looking on the leather guys website and trying to figure out which type of deer leather you used that had grain with a sheen on one side and a matte texture on the other side? This is the last piece of my puzzle before I start my project

Merry Christmas! I have a handful of antler mounts that can benefit from this process.

I've watched a few of your videos and I am excited to use this to mount my first whitetail buck. Thank you for providing these great instructional videos and merry Christmas! I did have one question though. I got my first bull elk last year and when we were field dressing it we were in a rush to beat a snow storm and when it came time to take the antlers, we just sawed them off and I have had a hard time finding a good way to mount them. How would you recommend mounting antlers like that?

Thank you for sharing this process. Afer my dad passed all his racks that were hanging outside getting bleached out were taken down for a remodel and I was able to get them all. I really would like to do this with them and put togther a "DADS DEER" wall as a tribute to him and the animals he took over the years. What is the best thing to do with the antlers that are bleached out? most of them are 10 to 30 yeras old.

Love the video! Halfway through my first project right now. Can you let me know what type of epoxy you use?

Hey Ryan, was wondering if you could maybe do a antelope crown mount, I live in South Africa and we don't have that many deere over here. Happy New years, greetings from SA

Been watching you for a long time i learned how to do you European Mounts by watching your video's? Question i have a lot of jaw bone i saved , is there anything you do with them . I making knife handles with them ? Love to watch you work, we learn so much from you, Thanks, Merry Christmas to you and your family. See Ya

Gotta do this fo sho

great video,i was curious i have a mount my grandfather gave me ,i was curious do you do mounts for customer ? this mount was done long time ago that original hair is somewhat falling off an i think antlers have turned this whit gray color . ty chris

Coming from a DIY skull mounter. What style mop n glo mounted. You recommend. Could only find mop n glo 3-in-1 citrus

do you have to put felt or leather over the epoxy. I really like the way they look once they have dried before you put the leather one.

We’re going thru that phase. Me and my dad just said something about cutting up a Camo sweatshirt.

Great Video! How thick is the backer board? 3/4" ?Thanks

Nice

First of all, Merry Christmas! I've been watching on and off for a while and quickly got into bone hoarding ontop of my scrap metal hoarding, so I use your cleaning processes alot. I collected some carcasses from out in the field about two years ago and finally got around to cleaning them up. I've already got the skull cleaned up nicely on the non smashed one, but I'm struggling to get the mummified tissue off the vertebrae. My sister and I have been soaking the bones in some dish soap and warm water for about three days now, scrubbing them between water changes. Alot of the tissue has come loose but the tendons are clinging, and I can't use a power washer because of how small the bones are. Do you have any suggestions on how to get the rest of the tissue off before I attempt a boil? I plan on turning them into a necklace so I want them to look really nice.

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Is your pointer a German Shorthair or Braque Francais? Beautiful dog!

At 0:17 he voice cracks 😂😂😂

You should do a shoulder mount video

This off topic from this video but why do you boil them in oxiclean. We just boil them in non iodized salt. This keeps antlers from changing colors so you don't need to wrap them then we pressure wash. We also just spray peroxide on the skull and let it dry 4 or 5 times and it's perfect white. We don't ha e issues with yellowing later on. Does the oxiclean make pressure washing easier?

Is there a benefit of mixing concrete with Plaster of Paris instead of just using complete Plaster of Paris? Very well done video!

Do you put anything on the antler itself (pastewax)???

You may want to try Durhams water putty! Won’t crack drillable and sandable . Contact cement to adhere leather

Please upload more catch and cook please

Not the right video to comment on but I wanted to ask a question, have you ever repaired a broken skull? I was driving one night saw a dead buck on the side of the road and decided to euro mount it. Picked it up and realized one antler broke part of the eye socket off with it. Is it possible to fix that and still have a half way decent looking mount?

Tried this today. My first try, the 50/50 mix hardened between the time I added the water and the time I walked over to the workbench and was no longer pliable. Mixed up another batch on the workbench and was only able to get the inside of the skull stuffed with the 50/50 mix and a big blob coming out the front before the mix no longer moldable. I used a knife to smooth out what I had before it go too hard. Will try a 3rd go for the top of the skull. Not sure why my mix is hardening so quickly. Both the plaster of paris and the concrete mix say they have a 20 minute set time, but it seems more like 5 minutes for me. Maybe I need to add more water to the mix...

What spray adhesive do you use?

How do you get the stench out of the skull piece. The one I want to do for a family member still has a odor. 6 months old...

Are you using concrete or cement with the Plaster Of Paris?

This might sound like kind of a dumb question but what color of leather is that?

The best part was when u hold the dog 👍

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Where did you get. Your compound to make crown .

Can you show up close how you wrap the small piece around the bases? Maybe you have a video or photo showing it better already

How do you put a fix horns the have broke in half not horns but skull

I am interest to buy two of them. Where can I buy?

Help! It cracked and fell apart, what did I do wrong? How van I save it is there a way to strat over? 😢

i have a deer skull but i havent cleaned it yet and i dont wanna do something wrong when i clean it-

Where can you buy the deer hide?

What’s in the jars?

Awesome Ryan except the part where you free hand cut with a jig saw. Those are the things that freak out your Mom!

How much prize antler 🙏🙏

It should be pretty easy to do

MERRY Christmas!

Leave them on the deer or, parts of you can be mounted when you pass away on your Birthday.

Wem so etwas gefällt.....

How to mount antlers....get off the couch and go hunting and kill one first.