It is possible to hang a mount from stone or brick by drilling a hole and then epoxying a screw into the hole but i would use a 3 screw for such an application.
How to hang a deer head on a stone wall.
Except for drying times the project only took me an hour or so.
A small minority of deer hunters get all their skinning and butchering work done at ground level but the rest of us usually opt for a solid meat pole where we can hang our deer tell lies and sip a beverage while meat is made.
Turn a screw with a picture hook attached into the anchor.
I use a minimum size of 2 on my hanging screws.
The screw should be one size smaller than the anchor.
Hang a deer head on the wall 0.
Leave the head of the screw sticking out a bit from the stone wall.
I grew up with a father who was and still is a full time taxidermist so i saw many freshly mounted deer heads leave my house.
When the hunters left our house most of them were smiling from ear to ear.
You could then attach your mount to that plate.
If it s a heavy mount elk moose then i use two screws side by side.
How about if you would cut a larger wood plate matching the shape of the back of your mount and would be big enough to bridge the gap between the studs and screw it in.
Use the screwdriver or the cordless drill to screw the mounting screw into the stud.
Your mount should cover that up though.
The plate could either be finished as a wood base that are on some mounts or painted to match your wall.
By tracy breen on december 21 2010 journal.
4 hour job not counting the paint.
Scan the wall where you want to hang the deer with the stud finder to locate a stud.
Home journal hang a deer head on the wall.
But before the venison flag is raised first you need to decide how to hang the deer.
Never trust your mount to a drywall hanger of any kind.
Using a free pallet and diy stains i mounted an 8 pointer to hang on my wall.