Some trophies just don’t deserve a trip to the taxidermist for a shoulder mount, yet they don’t deserve to be tacked to the tool shed, either. Boiling a skull doesn’t actually involve boiling, but ...

Reader warning: The above video contains graphic content. Anthony Petrosino, an electrician for most of his life, got into the European skull mount business about five years ago. His business, West ...

Steve Stahl climbed up the thin ladder to the second story of his two-car garage and then walked into a specially built room where his dermestid (flesh-eating) beetles are kept. He lifted a screen off ...

DEER LODGE — Frank Slaughtner and his son, JR, of Deer Lodge are avid hunters and over the years had a number of European trophy mounts done. In 2004, they purchased a starter colony of dermestid ...

Following directions on the Quick White to make the paste, I brushed the entire skull with the mixture, wearing rubber gloves as I did. I was a little unsure of the outcome during the process, because ...

They’re cool looking, take up less space than a shoulder mount and cost a fraction of more traditional taxidermy work. As a result, European mounts are growing in popularity with deer hunters as a way ...