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Great Lakes Beetle Barn

Specializing in European Mounts on deer, bear, turkey, and other game animals using dermestid beetles
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11/18/2024

Another Pennsylvania beauty going home today after going through a little beetle cleaning and degreasing! Thank you Rodney for the opportunity and trusting the Great Lakes Beetle Barn for your European mount!

We are still taking in deer and other animals as well. If you’re looking to get a European skull mount done feel free to call, text, or message.

Great Lakes Beetle Barn
Espyville, PA
412-335-5933

11/15/2024

What an awesome opportunity and super badass outcome! The Pennsylvania Game Commission contacted me here at the Great Lakes Beetle Barn in regards to doing a few of their seized deer that were in an evidence freezer. I put the beetles to work and sent it in for a little transformation. The end result is incredible! The pictures and videos of this buck do it no justice! This deer will proudly displayed in one of their regional offices for years to come!

Great Lakes Beetle Barn
George J Uhl III
Espyville, Pa - WMU 1A
412-335-5933

11/09/2024

Another warrior out the door today! G. Schrum put this bruiser on the ground early this season and brought it over to the Great Lakes Beetle Barn for a little makeover. This was an incredible buck! Great mass and tall! Congrats on this one bud!

We are still taking in more work and love hearing from you all! Call, text, or message if you’re looking to get a European mount done!

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11/06/2024

It will be hard watching this one go to its home! What an absolute monster main frame 8 point that’s just about perfect. Definitely a dream deer for most! Pictures don’t do this thing Justice! Thanks J. Dillon for the opportunity and also to Ryan’s Deer Processing, Jamestown Pa for the referral.

Great Lakes Beetle Barn is still taking In PA deer for European mounts using dermestid beetles so please reach out and let’s get you on the books!

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Espyville, PA

11/05/2024

Huge thanks to J. Taylor for trusting me to do his first archery buck! What a cool lookin deer and it was great sharing stories with you!

John’s son also scored on a buck this week while home on leave so you all will be seeing that one posted as well!!

We look forward to seeing you back for years to come bud! Thank you again!!

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11/04/2024

The week of the BEASTS!!! These 3 are absolute monsters! Although they are not quite finished yet I just couldn’t help myself and had to show off a little teaser! What do you guys think!?Great Lakes Beetle Barn

11/04/2024

This awesome looking skull and rustic wood plaque combo in our “semi charred” finish is going to look great displayed in J. Hamilton’s house! This was the first buck taken on a good friend’s property that he just recently bought! Congrats to you both and here’s to many more years of successful hunting!

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11/03/2024

Well, let’s get this party started! J. Taktus connected early this season with an absolute beauty! I can’t wait to see this one added to the locust post at camp with the others! Congrats on
An awesome buck and thanks for your repeat business year after year!

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11/03/2024

All I guess you can say the boys are moving and getting taken out! I can’t thank you all enough for the support and trust doing your mounts. Looking like long week of skinning and quite a few venison meals for the beetles coming up!

This isn’t even counting the 11 that have been dropped off this morning/or will be dropped today!

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11/02/2024

We LOVE sun here and so do the skulls! UV light does amazing things to bone! Look at these things! 🔥🔥🔥

10/30/2024

It’s been a busy week here at the Great Lakes Beetle Barn and more are on the way! The beetle tanks are full and we have quite a few in the degreasing tanks that will be ready soon! Also, the finished watusi cow skulls should be wrapped up soon! No teaser pics until the owner gets them back!

Thanks to Ryan’s Deer Processing, Jamestown Pa for the continued support and sending his customers heads to us for the transformation!

Great Lakes Beetle Barn
Espyville, PA
George J Uhl III
412-335-5933

10/26/2024

With the PRIME archery season quickly approaching, the Great Lakes Beetle Barn is eager to see your awesome trophy deer and give you a HIGH QUALITY European style skull mount. We use dermestid beetles to ensure all delicate bones, nasal turbinates and all details are preserved and intact. We DO NOT BOIL as this weakens and hurts the skull. We are located in Espyville, PA in WMU 1A. We have a convenient drop off freezer to work with your schedule. Check out our page, share with your friends, and let’s get your trophy home! 412-335-5933Great Lakes Beetle Barn

10/22/2024

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Busy little buggers!

10/22/2024

There has been some absolutely INCREDIBLE deer coming through the shop lately and the little beetle workers are hard at it daily! We are doing our best to keep up with the skinning and getting your European mount back to you in a reasonable time. Please remember, this isn’t an overnight process and we DO NOT BOIL. The degreasing stage to get all of the fats/oils out of the bone is the most critical and takes the longest. Doing this stage right will lead to an ultra white skull even a year in the future. Other skulls with fast turn around will look good initially but will quickly yellow- we don’t want that!

I pride myself on giving you back something you are proud to display in your home, shop, garage for years to come!

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10/14/2024

Time to load them up with some fresh meat on this cool rainy Monday morning! The Great Lakes Beetle Barn is rockin’!

10/09/2024

WHOA!!! What an absolutely sweet opportunity!!

Pretty damn cool when the Pennsylvania Game Commission officers see your European mounts at a local festival and ask you to do THEIR seized/confiscated deer for their headquarters office. Pretty damn proud of that, not gonna lie!

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10/08/2024

The beetles are snacking and the awesome Bucks are coming in steady! Thank you all for the support! We have plenty of beetles to accommodate as much work as you demand! 🙃

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10/03/2024

The Great Lakes Beetle Barn, located in WMU 1A in Espyville, PA, would like to wish all Pennsylvania archery and rifle hunters GOOD LUCK and a SAFE season! We would love to work with you guys and get your trophy transformed into a European style skull mount. We use ONLY dermestid beetles (no boiling) to keep all delicate bones and nasal turbinates in tact! We have a drop off freezer located outside the shop to accommodate your schedule.

We are $150 total for the skinning, beetle cleaning, full degreasing and whitening. We do both buck and doe as well as many other animals including beaver, coyote, bear, cow etc. Many other custom scenery mounting options available! Like our Facebook business page (Great Lakes Beetle Barn) and share the word with your friends! We can’t wait to see your awesome deer!

Great Lakes Beetle Barn
Espyville, PA
412-335-5933

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We love the sun!

We LOVE sun here and so do the skulls! UV light does amazing things to bone! Look at these things! 🔥🔥🔥

Time to load them up with some fresh meat on this cool rainy Monday morning! The Great Lakes Beetle Barn is rockin’!

WHOA!!! What an absolutely sweet opportunity!! Pretty damn cool when the Pennsylvania Game Commission officers see your European mounts at a local festival and ask you to do THEIR seized/confiscated deer for their headquarters office. Pretty damn proud of that, not gonna lie! Great Lakes Beetle Barn

We are less than 2 WEEKS away from the start of the 2024/2025 Pennsylvania archery season opener in The WMU 1A area. As most of you know I started on a wild crazy European skull mount journey 2 seasons ago using the Dermestid flesh eating beetles. They do an absolute phenomenal job and keep All delicate bones, turbinates etc IN TACT over the traditional boiling job. If you, your family, or friends are looking for a top quality European style skull mount, please share our Great Lakes Beetle Barn page, check our previous work and spread the word! Below is a few “new” tabletop or shelf/desk mount options on an old locust post. The bases can vary on your ideas and vision!! This season we will be $150 for skinning, beetle cleaning, full degreasing and whitening on deer! We do it all! Deer, bear, pigs, cows, coyotes, fox, beavers etc! Thank you!! George Uhl Great Lakes Beetle Barn Espyville, PA 16424 412-335-5933

WHOA!!!! The Great Lakes Beetle Barn is STILL at it finishing up some absolutely incredible European deer mounts for lucky hunters!!! Joe Hoogstad and his daughter were able to both fill their PA buck tags last season and wanted to display them proudly! We went to work and made it happen! Lilly opted for an incredible snow Camo hydrodipped pattern on some awesome 2-tone wood. The other stuck with the natural white look on a darker backdrop. They both turned out great! The upcoming season is fast approaching, please consider us this year for you’re European mount! We are located in Espyville, PA in WMU 1A. George Uhl 412-335-5933 Great Lakes Beetle Barn

A whitetail deer with FANGS this morning that just came out of the beetles. 1 in 20,000 deer have this cool trait! It’s gonna be a damn good day!

Now that’s a healthy looking colony of beetles at the Great Lakes Beetle Barn! This head was just put in about 10 minutes ago to start the transformation!

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No days off at the Great Lakes Beetle Barn! The workers are more than hungry and we are happy to report that MORE reinforcements are Enroute! You guys are amazing, if expanding and needing a BIGGER operation mid way through the season is any indication of success, I think we’re nailing it!!

Coming along nicely! It’s been a busy week here at the Great Lakes Beetle Barn and we are only about halfway through our yearly workload! You guys are awesome! I can’t thank you all enough for the continued support and referrals!

Yahtzee!

The new beetle colony was immediately put to work and doing a phenomenal job! This additional colony should speed up our turn around times and get your trophy back home to you faster!