In a house that old you re asking for trouble.
How to hang deer skull on the wall without nails.
Run a 3 inch screw horizontally at the ceiling and attach your rope wire there.
All you need is 1 2 5 x 5 8 corner brace 2 1 4 20 hex jam nut and 1 1 4 x 1 5 carriage bolt.
Mark the placement for two small holes on the back of the steer skull directly behind the eye sockets.
By hand bend the corner brace about 10 30 degrees to get the desired angle.
Then tighten down the bolt.
Use a drill bit slightly smaller than the screws so that the screws do not slip or shift after the skull is mounted on the wall.
One method i have seen taxidermists use on rugs that are ment to hang on the wall sew on small rings to each point where it would need to be supported.
You ll need to attach a decorative rope wire to the rafter cap on the wall.
Drive a minimum of two drywall screws through the wooden plaque and into the back of the deer skull.
Trophy specialist apr 21 2011 apr 21 2011 6.
Hang your deer skull with an adjustable skull hanging bracket stepping it up a level displaying a european deer mount on the wall gets a little more interesting when you have freedom of the angle you display the skull at.
Feb 20 2014 8.
Drill a small hole into your panel so the skull would be centered on the panel.
Works really good on all kind of skulls.
Insert your bolt through the panel place the wing on the bolt and insert that into the hole in the back of the skull.
The fourth and final step to a european mount is to actually mount display the deer skull.
We decided that our pump house looked a little plain and we needed to find something to decorate it with.
Just make sure that the clothing.
Drill carefully into the skull at those points with a power drill.
Use locktight on the two nuts to keep the bolt in place and you can paint them a flat black to be less conspicuous if desired.
I am using a standard utility or clothing hook to mount the skull.
Place one screw at the top of the skull and drill slowly to prevent cracking and splitting the skull.
Use screws measuring approximately two inches longer than the depth of the wooden plague.
In this case you use a skull hanger to position the skull to the angle of your liking.
You could use a ring from a key ring or even.