Wild Hog Taxidermy

If you are reading this article means that you most likely already killed the wild boar and you don't know how to taxidermy it. So for example, you caught an European hog, and you want to mount its skull. Questions like "how do I attach the lower jaw to the skull?" or "how to I make it hangable?" start to appear.

Behind the hog's skull there will be a large hole in the bone on either side of the skull. You will have to run some bailing wire through and make a loop. Next, put a good screw into a stud on the wall and just hank it like you would do with a picture. The good thing is that the wire and the crew will not be seen. You might as well wire the lower jaw in place by drilling small holes in it and the skull, where they will not be seen. An alternative would be to drill through the jaw and use a small dowel as a pin in order to articulate the jaw.

Of course, if you find this hard to do or you want to mount a full size hog, you can and should use the services of a professional taxidermist. Below are a couple of relevant examples. .

Passionate wild boar hunters, the McClellan family provides excellent wild boar taxidermy services. They are located in an area where there are a lot of hog hunters and have significant expertise in this domain.

It is a family-owned and operated business since 1976. Experienced in handling domestic shipments and importing game trophies from outside the United States. They offer big game, fish and bird mounts, as well as other taxidermy-related services.

Based in Ohio, they offer all important types of taxidermy including wild boar, coyote, whitetail deer and other big game. The owner, Dan Jennings, has been dealing with taxidermy since he was 14 so it is more than obvious that during the last years he has accumulated valuable experience in taxidermy.

Gerald "Mac" McNamara has over 40 years of experience in the taxidermy business and is the founder and former President of the Wisconsin Taxidermy Association. He displays and sells at numerous sport shows, festivals and craft fair

G J Knight has extensive experience in taxidermy services and offers various mounts of exotic birds, game bird, mammals, raptors, along with smaller birds, shoulder mounts, and big game (including wild boars).