Bare Bones Inc.

They work on a wide range of big game, small game, birds, livestock, exotics, marine mammals, and occasional pets.

Their primary mount styles include European skull mounts, cleaned and preserved skulls, full skeletal articulations, and custom plaque or habitat-style displays.

Owner Ryan Pickoski has years of skull-focused experience, including large restoration projects and extensive cataloging and cleaning work with the University of Maine.

They emphasize museum-grade workmanship, using controlled beetle cleaning, warm-water degreasing, low-concentration peroxide whitening, and Polyvinyl Butyral preservative for durable, display-ready pieces.

Pricing is transparent and menu-style, with flat rates for most species, per-inch pricing for alligators, additional fees for lower jaws and extra preparation work, and options for wholesale, volume discounts, and custom-quoted services like camo dips and metalized skulls.

Standard turnaround for skull work is roughly 10 to 12 months, after which you have two weeks to arrange pickup or shipping before storage fees and eventual forfeiture policies apply.

They also offer custom plaques (including state-shaped options), camo dipping, metalized skulls, habitat scenes, full skeleton assemblies, restoration projects, commercial and museum displays, and may sell unclaimed skulls after storage deadlines.