Leaving Euro Mounts Outside

[DB4x4]

I am putting an addition onto our house. If I get a buck this year, I would like to have him Euro mounted and put the skull at the new front porch peak.



Has anybody left a Euro mounted skull outside in the elements? Will it be ruined or will it last awhile? Thoughts?

 

[Arrowsquirrel]

It basically ruines it over time. The antlers get white and chalky like a shed that has been out in the sun for a year.

 

[bigmike23]

Wonder if you could clear coat it to protect it from the elements

 

[Arrowsquirrel]

Wonder if you could clear coat it to protect it from the elements

Seems like it would work...

 

[DelaWhere_Arrow]

Does Thompson’s Water Sealer work on bone? Does wonders for our cedar.

 

[krub6b]

My grandpa had a collection of skull caps that hung above the entry to his detached garage for 20 ish years. You could tell the older ones and most had tips busted/weathered off, some green growth and a definite patina. His detached garage was all metal so now worry about squirrels getting to them either, vinyl or wood could allow the tree rats to damage them heavily.

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[Iron_llama]

I'd be worried about mice and other critters eating them for calcium. But I've also seen barns with decades of skulls and antlers on the walls, a family history of hunting.

 

[BowhunterXC]

No! I'm not leaving a hard earned mount outside for the critters to chew on and the elements to deteriorate.
They'll stay inside with me, where I can enjoy looking at them, until I die.

 

[Zero One Actual]

I see euro mounts all over Colorado, Montana and Idaho that have been out for years. I’m “assuming” it has to do with humidity and the sun exposure of where it is mounted at your place. Go for it. Then years from now get a other one.

 

[Jammintree]

Marine Varnish is the finish of choice for this. But I think it’s overkill. Zero One hit the mail on the head: just accept it’s not gonna last forever.