Grayson Goheen is the kind of kid who would rather be outside than anywhere else. He loves hunting, fishing, and trapping. Those passions have turned into a small but growing business called Bubba’s Euros, where he creates European mounts (cleaned and preserved skull mounts, often with antlers attached) and is expanding into trapping gear like weasel boxes and muskrat floats.
With help from his mom, Missie, an entrepreneur herself through Country Rustic Customs, Grayson is learning what it looks like to build something from scratch. He is figuring out the process of his craft, learning from mistakes, and slowly building a customer base one mount at a time.
Q&A
Q: Can you tell me about your business?
A: I do European mounts. I also make some trapping stuff. I do turkey fans too.
Q: For someone WHO has no idea, what’s a European mount?
A: It’s when you take an animal’s skull and boil it so all the meat comes off, and you preserve the bone.
Q: So it’s basically the skull, and sometimes the antlers too?
A: Yep. Like this buck I shot last year, it’s the skull with the antlers. I also do coyote and beaver. They don’t have horns, so it’s just the skull.
Q: How long have you been doing this?
A: About four years.
Q: So you started when you were really young?
A: Yeah, about five.
Q: Was it a business right away?
A: No. I did it mainly for fun and the experience.
Q: When did you start hunting?
A: I started going with when I started walking.
Q: Do you remember your first animal?
A: I hunted ducks before turkey. My first turkey was probably around nine.
Q: What do you like about hunting?
A: Pursuing the animal is the best part, and eating it.
Q: What’s your favorite thing to eat?
A: Deer backstrap.
Q: When did this become a business?
A: About a year ago.
Q: How many customers have you had so far?
A: 15-20 so far.
Q: What do you think you’ve learned about business?
A: How to negotiate.
Q: What have you used your money for?
A: More hunting stuff.
Q: Any hunts you’re excited about coming up?
A: Not anything soon. But in 2027, I might go on a mule deer hunt with my dad and a couple of my cousins in Colorado.
Q: What do you like to do for fun?
A: Hunting. Fishing. Trapping.
Q: Do you play any sports?
A: I’m going to shoot trap, but I have one more year. I have to be 12.
Q: What do you want to do when you grow up?
A: Taxidermy. Stuff like this.
Q: How are you learning?
A: Watching a bunch of videos, mostly on YouTube.
Q: Do you have a dream hunt?
A: For my 18th birthday, instead of a regular trip, I want to go to Africa.
Q: What do you want to hunt there?
A: An oryx.
Q: You mentioned trapping products, too. What do you make?
A: Weasel boxes and muskrat floats.
Q: Have you sold any of those yet?
A: Not yet. My mom just put them online.
Q: How can people find your business?
A: My mom runs most of that. It’s on Facebook, and I have a business page. I also have an Instagram.
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