Gonna work on the hog euro mount this weekend. Have done deer so I understand the process. However, on some videos I have been watching, they pull the teeth and tusk out after it has cooked for a bit, then when done glue them back in. Is this necessary? Couldn't that affect the length of tusks shown?

Also, when they pulled the tusks they stressed on filling the tusks with some type of filler to keep it from splitting down the road. Anyone do this?

It's been my experience that the teeth fall out very easily after boiling. So, pulling them allows you to label where they go and keep from losing any.

It's a taxidermist trick to pull out the tusks almost all the way to increase the size. Makes the finished product more impressive than it was in life. The base of the tusks are hollow and could get brittle or crack. So, filling the tusks is a good idea. Some taxidermists use fake tusks that are much larger than the animal's own.

Please post a pic when you get finished and let us know how the process went.

Take your time damn hog is greasy lol...

Hog head is very greasy and you pull the tusk to not only keep up with them to prevent damage from them falling to the bottom of the pot and getting busted but u have to clean the inside of them out. It is easy to put them back where they go because if you pull them out to much the jaw, skull and whetters won't line up right and if u push them in to much there will be a gap between the whetters and cutters.

Put lots of dawn dish soap in your boil

Process started



Pot ain't quite big enough

Gotta let it dry(with some borax in areas), whiten it, and glue teeth and tusks back in. Any suggestions on keeping top of skull and bottom jaw together? Also, what should I fill bases of tusks with?

Get some Peroxide from a beauty supply/hairdresser place. Do not use Bleach!!!

Yep, I know. Got some 30 peroxide that I been using for my deer

drill a small hole and wire them together.

Can`t wait to see the finished product

When they are professionally done they turn out looking like these 3 that I recently did for a taxidermist buddy of mine.

You need to do lots of degreasing on your skull before you ever begin the whitening process.

The dark color that you ended up with is very indicative of the skull being heavily saturated with grease.

How do you recommend degreasing? I have not put any of my peroxide on yet.

Lefthorn use Dawn dish soap or laundry detergent bring water to a soft boil.

The Dawn is something that will work.

Be very careful with boiling your skull.

Too much heat and the bone will come apart on you.

Would clear silicon or lexel keep the teeth from separating?

Finally got it finished up