Is he looking to get it done or do it himself?

I am no expert, but I got my first Buck this year and I removed as much skin and meet as I could before boiling in a big pot for a few hours, turned out OK, but I'm not hanging it in the house (not allowed haha).

I was told to stay away from bleach as it could make the skull weak, but I did use it (diluted), and it whitened up a lot.

Another diy option is to wrap it or hang it and let nature take its course, not sure how long it would take this time of the year, and he'd want somewhere to leave it that no one would find it or complain.

There are lads (or at least a lad) on Facebook who makes timber plaques, not sure his name I seen him post on some of the hunting pages.

Not going to post pictures here, but if you pm me your number I'll WhatsApp a few pics I took while doing mine.

Very nice. What method did you use to cure the hide?

€50 is nothing, to get something like that tanned. Nice one

A buddy I shoot with did it. He knows how, has done loads for himself before so he looked after it. Plus it was a birthday present for the eldest which was also her first time out hunting and we got that hind. In fairness he did a lot of work on it. Time he said was the main thing.

Private land that you have permission on, possibly state forestry where you have the lease for hunting. Deer hunting isn't done by clubs really, more so individuals.

For me it's not about the trophy, more so being out and hopefully get a deer. It's about the meat for me. Friends and family like the steaks, burgers and diced meat I make off the deer.

If it happens to be a stag, that's a bonus really for me and you can get a nice head to keep too.

All within the seasons for the animals.

You can do multiple things to just go a skull mount.

As said some let nature do its job,but I find in our inclement and damp weather it usually has a green tinge to the bone when it's finished.As we don't have big red ant hills here[The Austrian hunter's way of cleaning trophies, all done by nature within 4 days.Just wash and dry and hang]. Novel one the idea of using a running stream, must try that idea.

Boiling is the best way to do this quickly when you have flensed off as much skin and meat from the skull and separated or not the lower jaw.I'd advise doing the cooking outside as it can be somewhat smelly and time-consuming and "your indoors "mightn't appreciate his/her kitchen being taken over.A large pot or a quarter clean 50 gal drum is ideal for this as you need to immerse the skull to the antler "roses"[where they join the skull] Depending on the animals age you need to check it regularly to see how the meat is coming off.A low and slow boil is better Once you have 3/4 of the meat off,I find you can use a powerwasher on a VERY weak setting to clean out the rest of the skull and brain cavity. Beware of splatter! Hence the very low setting advice..If you have boiled it too much and parts of the skull like the nasal bones fall out. Gorilla glue is your friend when it's all dry. You can glue in the missing bits with glue no problem. If no powerwasher to hand, steep in freshwater for 2 days or longer to remove any more flesh and change the water frequently.

At this stage, I pack the skull with cotton wool and pour a weak solution of hydrogen peroxide to saturate the cotton wool and then leave it for 24 hours. That bleaches it white no problem. Then leave the skull to dry for 48 hours, and then decide what sort of skull mount you want. Full, half or quarter. I usually go a half mount to save on wall space.

Hope that helps.