Bare Bones Mounts
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Specializing in European trophy & collection mounts for wholesale and retail customers.
At Bare Bones Mounts, we specialize in European mounts processed with dermestid beetles.  Dermestid Beetles do the skull cleaning by removing the flesh from your trophy while leaving the intricate bones intact. Our methods maintain the strength of the natural bone for mounts that last a lifetime.  Dermestid beetles are used for skull cleaning when scoring the size of an animal's skull for a record or trophy size and when a top quality trophy is desired!  While other skull cleaning methods degrade or weaken bone structure, Dermestid Beetles remove the unwanted flesh and cartilage and leave skulls and bones intact for a perfect European Mount.  From Pope & Young Elk & Tundra Caribou to small animals and birds, we can do it all!
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This young Whitetail Deer sustained some impact to the skull prior to us receiving the mount.  When the beetles were finished with the skull it became obvious that some sort of trauma had taken place.  We decided to arrange the skull into a natural scene and leave it in a more natural state.  Rather than completely degrease and whiten the skull, we degreased it to the point of being mostly uniform in color, and did not whiten it at all.  After the processing achieved the natural, "Found in the woods" look, we preserved the bones and arranged it to appear the deer died and this was the position it was found, with fragments of its skull on the ground around the main portion of the skull.  While not the mount, our customer originally planned on, he was quite pleased to have this unique mount to display his trophy.

At Bare Bones Mounts it is important to us to build relationships with all of our customers whether you are a Hunter, Taxidermist, Guides, Game Farm, Artist, or Museum.  We pride ourselves for top quality skull cleaning.  Every European mount is important to us from the smallest Muskrat Skull to a Pope & Young Elk.  We want your Trophy Skull to be processed and finished the way you want it.  We will work with you to find the right plaque and finish to have a Bare Bones Mount that you are proud to show off for years to come!